August 22nd News

Tomorrow's post will likely be quite late, or perhaps just rolled over to the next day if it gets too late.

New stories as of 12: PM (give or take, that's about when I remember doing this this morning):

Egyptians' Ancient Tax Burden Revealed
The Guardian Unlimited
A dusty crate of broken bits of pottery discovered at a stately home in Dorset has given a fresh insight into the life of the ancient Egyptians - and it turns out that concerns over mortgages, taxes and simply making ends meet were as important then as they are now...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2153479,00.html

Man Returns 'Cursed' Pharaoh Piece
CNN
CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) -- A German has handed in a package containing part of a Pharaonic carving to Egypt's embassy in Berlin, with a note saying his stepfather had suffered a "curse of the Pharaohs" for stealing it, Egypt said on Wednesday...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/22/pharaoh.curse.reut/
Also published at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070822/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_egypt_carving_curse;_ylt=Amj91Wmu1dq069_YZ2XwrHCs0NUE

28 Parthian And Sassinad Sites Identified In Golestan
CHN
Tehran 22 August 2007 (CHN Foreign Desk) -- Archeologists of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department of Golestan province have succeeded in identifying 28 historical sites belonging to Parthian (248 BC- 224 AD) and Sassanian (224-651 AD) dynastic eras which must have a relation with Gorgan’s big wall...
http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=7267

Archaeologists Unearth New Finds At Arbeia Roman Fort
24 Hour Museum
Two new names can be added to the roll of Romans who were stationed at Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields. Inscriptions found at the site in the last two seasons of excavation were recently deciphered by Dr Roger Tomlin, an expert on Roman inscriptions based at Oxford University...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART49979.html

Italian Village Demands Return Of Ancient Chariot
NPR
Italy has been at the forefront in securing the return of looted antiquities from major museums in Boston, Los Angeles and New York...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12738928
This article also has an option to listen to it instead of reading it.

Bulgaria's Indiana Jones: Discovery Channel Deserves Pulitzer
Sofia News Agency
Top archaeologist Georgi Kitov has jumped to the defence of a controversial film that Discovery Channel is shooting in Bulgaria on Thracian culture...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84458