August 29th News

Turkey seems to be hot spot for news today.

New stories as of 12:19 PM:

Museums Shed Light On Anatolian History
Turkish Daily News
Thousands of works with traces of various cultures are on display at museums all around Turkey. Antalya, Alanya and Side museums in the Mediterranean, the ones in the eastern Anatolian cities of Erzurum and Kars, and Amasra and Ereğli museums in the Black Sea region receive great interest from visitors...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=79693

Ancient Tios Holst To Sole Archaeological Work In Black Sea Region
Turkish Daily News
Archaeologists think that the excavations in the ancient city of Tios will shed light on the history of the Black Sea region...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=81816

1st Century BC Panels Depicting Evolution Of Gladiatorial Games Discovered
Daily India
Washington, Aug 29: Italian authorities, have following a three-year investigation, recovered a dozen stolen frieze panels with superbly carved images of gladiators, dating back to the later part of the 1st century BC...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/169505.php/1st-century-BC-panels-depicting-evolution-of-gladiatorial-games-discovered

Iceman Died From Head Trauma, Not Arrow
Washington Post
ROME, Italy -- Researchers studying Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummy found frozen in the Italian Alps, now believe he died of head trauma, not the wound of an arrow...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR2007082900688.html

Roman Skeleton Unearthed At Dig
Hunts Post 24
HUMAN remains dating back to the Roman era have been discovered during excavation work in Huntingdon...
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/news/story.aspx?brand=HPTOnline&category=News&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsHPT&itemid=WEED29%20Aug%202007%2015%3A05%3A37%3A337

Iron Age Sword Discovered Again
BBC News
An Iron Age sword which was stolen from a Cambridgeshire museum 13 years ago has been returned after it was spotted at an auction in Germany...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/6968115.stm