September 24th News

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New stories as of 6:48 AM:

Report: Herod's Temple Quarry Found
Mercury News
JERUSALEM—Israeli archaeologists on Sunday said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound—offering rare insight into construction of the holiest site in Judaism...
http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_6980341
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5glGujsIFl1M38VZe4Zng-VZgtoFg

10000 Historical Scottish Sites At Risk Of Inundation Due To Global Warming
New Kerala
Edinburgh, Sept 24 : Global warming induced storm surge and rising sea level threatens more than 10,000 of the most important ancient and historical sites around Scotland's coastline, it has been revealed...
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=4716

3,500 Year Old Baby Is Unearthed
The Evening Telegraph
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed the tiny skeleton of a 3,500-year-old baby at a quarry near Peterborough...
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/3500yearold-baby-is-unearthed.3226038.jp

Olympics-2014 Poses A Threat To Medieval Fortresses
Russia InfoCenter
Fellows of the Southern scientific centre of Russian Academy of Sciences seriously worry about possible demolition of the medieval fortresses located in the zone of mass building the area of Krasnaya Polyana planned as part of preparation to the Olympics-2014 in Sochi...
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/4800/

King Herod's Temple Quarry Unearthed
Telegraph.co.uk
Archaeologists have discovered the quarry King Herod is believed to have used during a renovation of the biblical Second Temple, offering a rare insight into the construction of one of Judaism's holiest sites...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/24/wherod124.xml

Baskets, Pots Found Abandoned In Tutankhamun Tomb
Reuters Africa
CAIRO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Egyptian archaeologists working in the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun have found baskets and intact clay pots apparently overlooked when the tomb was cleared out in the 1920s, the government said on Monday...
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL24428432.html