September 3rd News

There's lots from both Israel and Bulgaria today in the news.

New stories as of 4:51 PM:

Funding To Preserve Vital Historical Sites
The Argus
A pair of Britain's most important sites will be preserved for future generations thanks to grants from English Heritage...
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1661602.0.funding_to_preserve_vital_historical_sites.php

Pig Study Sheds New Light On The Colonization of Europe By Early Farmers
EurekAlert
The earliest domesticated pigs in Europe, which many archaeologists believed to be descended from European wild boar, were actually introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, new research suggests...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/du-pss083107.php

Domestication of Pigs And The LBK
About.com
Was the pig a domesticate of Europe? Archaeologists have known for quite a while that the earliest domesticated swine in the world came from Turkey, from a handful of sites such as Hallam Çemi, Çayönü Tepesi, and Neval Çori, and were domesticated at least 9,000 years ago. We've also known that they were imported into Europe, like wheat and barley, goats and sheep, with the cultural group known as Linearbandkeramik...
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/258061.htm

Roman Human Skeleton Found In UK
Press TV
A human skeleton dating back to the Roman era has been discovered during archeological excavations in a parking lot in Huntingdon, UK...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=21716&sectionid=3510208

New stories as of 12:05 PM:

Black Archaeology -- Big Busines In Abkhazia
The Georgian Times
Instead of discovering and preserving the history of Georgia, cultural artifacts are being pillaged in the separatist region of Abkhazia...
http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=6475

Asterix Gauls More Civilized than Portrayed In Comics
New Kerala
London, Sept.3 : European archaeologists believe that the ancient tribe of Gauls, including Frances cockiest comic Gaul character, Asterix, were more civilised that what has been famously portrayed in comics...
http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=56953

Artefacts Worth Millions Found In Bulgaria
The Sofia Echo
Policemen in Blagoevgrad found a treasure-hunters’ warehouse in the town...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/artefacts-worth-millions-found-in-bulgaria/id_24692/catid_64

Ancient Beehives Discovered
CBN News
CBNNews.com - JERUSALEM, Israel - Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Archaeology made a sweet discovery this summer. They uncovered the first ancient apiary (beehive colony) ever found in the Middle East...
http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/224560.aspx

Biblical Beehives Uncovered
Arutz Sheva
(IsraelNN.com) Archaeologists digging south of Beit She'an in the Jordan Valley have uncovered, for the first time ever, beehives from the period of Israel's kings...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123578

Roman Skeleton Unearthed At Dig In UK
Daily India
London, Sept 3: British archaeologists have unearthed human remains dating back to the Roman era during excavation work in Huntingdon, UK...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/170738.php/Roman-skeleton-unearthed-at-dig-in-UK

Archaeologists Find Bulgaria's Oldest Necropolis Near Balchik
Sofia Echo
Archaeologists found the oldest necropolis discovered so far in Bulgaria. The discovery was made near the coastal town of Balchik...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/archaeologists-find-bulgarias-oldest-necropolis-near-balchik/id_24701/catid_70

Under Bulgaria's Sozopol Floor
Sofia Echo
Sozopol, the ancient Black sea town, has many archaeological sites. They are mainly concentrated in the southern part of the town...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/under-bulgarias-sozopol-floor/id_24657/catid_5

Muslims Caught Red-Handed Destroying Temple Artifacts
WorldNetDaily
JERUSALEM – Islamic authorities using heavy machinery to dig on the Temple Mount – Judaism's holiest site – have been caught red-handed destroying Temple-era antiquities and what's believed to be a section of an outer wall of the Second Jewish Temple...
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57445

A City Of Stature In Days Of Old

Haaretz.com
About two weeks before the end of the last excavation season at Tel Hatzor, in July, a clay tablet with hieroglyphic was found. The tablet teaches how to forecast the future with an animal liver, a practice common in the ancient East...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/900032.html