August 24th News

With two day's worth of news, there should be lots today.

New stories as of 11:46 AM:

Lost City Found At Stonehenge
This is Wiltshire.co.uk
A RENOWNED archaeologist, who shot to national prominence last year with his amazing discovery of Stonehenge's lost alter stone by a roadside in Berwick St James, now claims to have found the famed lost city of Apollo in the land around Stonehenge...
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1638952.mostviewed.lost_city_found_at_stonehenge.php

"Cyclopean" Walls Discovered In Northern Albania
Southeast European Times
Archaeologists searching the mountains of northern Albania for traces of Ottoman-era fugitives were surprised to find something much older: the ruins of a Bronze Age fortress, dating from around 800 BC. The walls were made of boulders assembled without cement, using the "Cyclopean" technique found in the ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae...
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogreview/2007/08/24/blog-03

A Roman Soldier Walked Where Jesus Walked?
xinuanet
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- No footprint of Jesus Christ has ever been found, but archaeologists have uncovered a Roman soldier's sandal print in a cement wall encircling an ancient city in Israel that Jesus might have visited...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/24/content_6597779.htm

Ancient Footprint Uncovered At Hippos (Sussita) Dig
Newswise
Newswise — Archaeologists have discovered a footprint made by the sandal of a Roman soldier in a wall surrounding the Hellenistic-Roman city of Hippos (Sussita), east of the Sea of Galilee. The footprint was discovered during this eighth season of excavation, led by Prof. Arthur Segal from the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa in conjunction with archaeologists from the Polish Academy of Sciences and Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota...
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/532736/

Ancient Roman City's Temple Discovered In Romania
Mathaba News Agency
BUCHAREST, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Romanian archeologists have found the Capitol of Sarmizegetusa, a temple in the ancient Roman province of Dacia, Rompres news agency reported Thursday...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=561919

Roman Remains Found At Golf Club
Wiltshire Times
ROMAN remains have been found at a golf club in west Wiltshire. Shards of pottery and roof tiles were found at Cumberwell Park Golf Club near Bradford on Avon during work to build three new holes on the course...
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1635130.mostviewed.roman_remains_found_at_golf_club.php

Greece: Archaeologists Unearth Secrets Of Prehistoric Citadel's Water Supply
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/24/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Prehistoric-Water-System.php

Seahenge 10 Years On
Fortean Times
It's almost 10 years since this upturned oak stump and circle of timbers was spotted emerging from the sands of Holme Beach, on the coast of Norfolk, UK. The discovery, soon named Seahenge, was estimated to be 4000 years old...
http://www.forteantimes.com/blogs/editorial-blogs/news/952669/seahenge-10-years-on.thtml

Archaeologists Find Fragments Of Ancient Tomb Near Bulgaria's Sliven
Sofia Echo
Bulgarian archaeologists led by famous archaeologist Georgi Kitov found fragments of an ancient tomb near the village of Kaloyanovo in the region of Sliven.
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/archaeologists-find-fragments-of-ancient-tomb-near-bulgarias-sliven/id_24532/catid_70