September 7th News

Another early start this morning.

New stories as of 11:18 AM:

Council Gives Road Plan Go Ahead for Rotherwas Ribbon
24 Hour News
Herefordshire Council have revealed their solution for the preservation of the recently discovered Bronze Age ribbon of stones dubbed the Rotherwas Ribbon...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART50354.html

Cyprus To Seek Ancient Shipwrecks
Yahoo News
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://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070906/sc_nm/cyprus_history_wrecks_dc;_ylt=AqDrehfZrQvgv8f7h75o.KQhANEA

New stories as of 6:33 AM:

Local Woman Shares In Historic Beehive Find
Great Falls Tribune
Havre teacher and librarian Nancy Venable expected her birthday to pass Thursday without seeing her daughter, Amanda Thompson, who is digging on archaeological sites in Israel...
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070907/NEWS01/709070317/1002

Temple Of Augustus Found In Pompeiopolis
Turkish Daily News
Archaeologists working in the region expect to find many other findings such as inscriptions and coins in further excavations at the site...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=82475

Divers Find Roman Wreck Off Cape Greco
Cyprus Mail
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found a Roman wreck dating from the first century A.D. off Cape Greco towards the Protaras area, it emerged yesterday...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=34536&cat_id=1

Ancient Naval Battle Wrecks Found?
Cooltech
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://cooltech.iafrica.com/science/531567.htm

Ancient Beehives Are Found In Israel
Earthtimes
TEL REHOV, Israel, Sept. 6 Israeli archaeologists discovered evidence of what are believed to have been the first beehives in the ancient Near East...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/103385.html

Turkish Archaeologists Map Country's Sunken Heritage
Daily India
Washington, Sept 7: Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) archaeologists have embarked on a five-year project mapping Turkey's underwater history...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/171908.php/Turkish-archaeologists-map-countrys-sunken-heritage

Government Refuses To Back Treasure Campaign
Shetland Times
THE SCOTTISH government has refused to give its backing to the campaign to bring the St Ninian's Isle treasure back to Shetland, saying that the decision should be left up to the National Museums board...
http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/Shetlandtimes/content_details.asp?ContentID=23501

Stone Age Axe Goes On Display
The Press And Journal
One of the smallest Stone Age axes found in Scotland has gone on display in Angus...
http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=149668&command=displayContent&sourceNode=149346&contentPK=18321775&folderPk=85895&pNodeId=149259

Ancient Footpath Protection Bid
The Press Association
A council has announced that it is to continue with its plan to build a road over a 4,000-year-old footpath, saying it is the "best way" to protect the monument...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i1GgBHGQtfa4_VZttoiSUeMBo_tA

Archaeologists Start Westgate Dig
Oxford Mail
A shopping centre car park in Oxford has been temporarily transformed into an archaeological dig site...
http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1671456.0.archaeologists_start_westgate_dig.php