September 9th News

The new discovery in Israel is filling today's news, and I expect to see more of it tomorrow as well.

New stories as of 1:44 PM:

J'lem Canal Where Jews Hid From Roman Legions Found
Arutz Sheva
(IsraelNN.com) The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Sunday that it found the site which served as a backdrop for a famous scene in one of the great tragedies of Jewish history...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123640

Ancient Escape Hatch Found In Israel
Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Under threat from Romans ransacking Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, many of the city's Jewish residents crowded into an underground drainage channel to hide and later flee the chaos through Jerusalem's southern end unnoticed...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gacllwD6Qm9uMLAKbO9UVDr5rztg
Also published at:
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20070909_ap_ancientescapehatchfoundinisrael.html

Temple Of Augustus Found In Turkey's Ancient City-State Pompeiopolis
Daily India
Istanbul, Sept 9: Archaeologists have uncovered a forum and temple of Roman emperor Augustus in the ancient city of Pompeiopolis, a Roman city-state located in Tasköprü district in Turkey's Kastamonu province...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/172441.php/Temple-of-Augustus-found-in-Turkeys-ancient-city-state-Pompeiopolis

Ancient Roman Tunnel Found In Jerusalem
Daily Telegraph
ISRAELI archaeologists said today they have discovered parts of an ancient drainage tunnel in Jerusalem that Jews had used to flee from the Holy City's Roman conquerors 2000 years ago...
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22391492-5006506,00.html