September 6th News

Today there's both new stories and stories which have been published over the last couple of days being re-printed in new places.

New stories as of 10:24 AM:

Cyprus To Seek Ancient Shipwrecks
Reuters UK
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus is to launch sea surveys in an area where dozens of vessels led by warring successors to Alexander the Great are believed to have sunk in battle for control over the island in 306 BC...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKPAR65915620070906
Also published at:
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnB511301.html

Ancient Beehives Are Found In Israel
United Press International
TEL REHOV, Israel, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Israeli archaeologists discovered evidence of what are believed to have been the first beehives in the ancient Near East...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/09/06/ancient_beehives_are_found_in_israel/7137/

Ancient First Beehives Discovered
In The News
Archaeologists have uncovered the first apiary (beehive colony) from the biblical period, proving Israel really was the 'land of milk and honey'...
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/science/ancient-first-beehives-discovered-$1131507.htm

Road Plan Goes Ahead Over Ribbon
BBC News
Council leaders have said they will go ahead with plans to build a road over a 4,000-year-old group of stones...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6982127.stm

Council Claims 'Win Win Solution' For Rotherwas Ribbon
24 Dash
Herefordshire Council confirmed today (Thursday) what it called a ‘win win solution’ to protect the Rotherwas Ribbon archaeological find, explore opportunities for tourism and safeguard the jobs and businesses that depend on the new Rotherwas access road...
http://www.24dash.com/localgovernment/27203.htm

Roman Wreck May Point To Massive Battle
IOL
Nicosia - A shipwreck from the imperial Roman era, found off Cyprus, could lead to the discovery of vessels sunk in antiquity's largest naval engagement, the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC, said an official statement on Thursday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20070906152939247C415616

Archaeologists Find Remains of Sky-Disc People In Germany
EUX.TV
Goseck, Germany (dpa) ­ Archaeologists digging at the place where an amazing Bronze Age disc was found in Germany have turned up a body and remains of a Stone Age building, adding to the riddle around one of the world's biggest archaeological sensations of the past decade...
http://www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=14001

Roman Galleon From First Century BC Found In Bay of Cartagena
New Kerala
Madrid, Sept 6 : Archaeologists have found a Roman galleon dating back to the first century BC, in near-immaculate condition in the Bay of Cartagena, in Spain...
http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=57875

Crackers: Vikings' ABCs
Malta Independent Online
The Vikings are considered to have been accomplished seafarers and warriors, but did you know that they also had their own alphabet? Known as the futhark, it consisted of 16 characters or letters called runes...
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=56988

Three Millenia Old Bee Hives Found
Press TV
Archaeologists have discovered 3,000-year-old undamaged beehives, which they believe are the oldest evidence of a beekeeping industry...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=21997&sectionid=3510208

Roman Ship Found In Cartagena
Think Spain
A Roman boat in near-immaculate condition has been dredged up from the bay of Cartagena. Archaeologists say the find dates back to the first century B.C...
http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/13694