September 4th News

There's a lot of news this morning. You could say that we're pigging out on it, given the articles on ancient pigs yesterday and today.

New stories as of 11:45 AM:

English Heritage Announces Two Grants
Azobuild.com
English Heritage has announced two grants totalling £70,000 to help preserve Bignor Roman Villa and Treyford Old Church in West Sussex, two of most important historic sites in the area...
http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=4427

Greek Sculptures Spark Controversy
The Cavalier Daily
Two prized ancient Greek sculptures currently on display at the University of Virginia Art Museum are at the center of an international art scandal...
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=30602&pid=1605

First Beehives In Ancient Near East Discovered
Science Daily
Science Daily — Archaeological proof of the Biblical description of Israel really as "the land of milk and honey" (or at least the latter) has been uncovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Archaeology...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070904114558.htm

Evidence That Israel Was Indeed The 'Land of Milk And Honey'
New Kerala
London, Sept 4 : Experts from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology have uncovered Biblical proof that documents Israel as the 'land of milk and honey'...
http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=57493

Owner's Bid To sAve Crumbling Remains Of King John's Palace
Chad.co.uk
THE owner of historic King John's Palace in Kings Clipstone is hoping to raise the profile of the site to save the ruins, which are in urgent need of work to stabilise the crumbling walls...
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Owner39s-bid-to-save-crumbling.3172357.jp

Scientists Study European Pig History
Science Daily
DURHAM, England, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- British-led scientists said early European domesticated pigs -- previously believed descended from wild boars -- actually came from the Middle East...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070904-12234200-bc-britain-europeanpigs.xml
Also published at:
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/09/04/scientists_study_european_pig_history/2262/

Roman Items Found At Royal Village
The Press Association
Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman coffin and skeletons at the Prince of Wales's model village, a charity said...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVVsodacD5qutYLEu6J663Q3GyuA

Bog Mummies Yield Secrets: Prof's Research In National Geographic
Newswise
Newswise — Human remains yield secrets. “Tales from the Bog” in the September 2007 issue of National Geographic magazine uncovers some of those secrets, including those unlocked by Dr. Heather Gill-Robinson, assistant professor of anthropology at North Dakota State University, Fargo...
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/533016/

3000-Year-Old Beehives Found In Israel
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gXxqOew8m-afcGL8vtzlzgu4xNMw

Pig DNA Reveals Farming History
BBC News
The first domesticated pigs in Europe were introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, a new study shows....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6978203.stm

Stone Age Microliths Unearthed In Oxford
New Kerala
London, Sept 4 : British archaeologists from Oxfordshire County Museum have identified microliths used by Stone Age people in arrows, spears and harpoons, near Wheatley...
http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=57401

Pig Study Sheds Light On Ancient Humans
LA Times
Pigs were first domesticated from wild boars in the Near East and taken to Europe by early farmers, but a new genetic study shows that European farmers then domesticated local boars, which eventually supplanted the foreign animals...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-pigs4sep04,1,6459719.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true

A Serving of Philistine Culture: Boar, Dog and Fine Wine
Haaretz
Few peoples are described in the Bible with as much hostility as the Philistines, who lived in the coastal plain during the period it documents. In Judges and in 1 Samuel, the Philistines are described as being "uncircumcised" and presented as one of the most despised enemies of the Jewish people and its leaders, from Samson to King David. Recent archaeological discoveries in Israel, however, cast a different light on the relations between the two peoples...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/900447.html

Gask Ridge Roman Frontier Served As Part of Antonine Wall
24 Hour Museum
Asked to name a Roman frontier in the north of Britain and you'll probably come up with the World Heritage Site Hadrian's Wall, famous for keeping pesky Scottish tribes on one side. The Antonine Wall also has a certain status, being the northernmost frontier in the Roman Empire, dissecting modern day Scotland between the Clyde and the Forth...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART50231.html