October 23 News

New stories as of 10:57 AM:

Lebanon Through The Ages Part One: Ancient Lebanon
Bits Of News
In Part I of his guided tour through the history of Lebanon, R. Scott Peoples tells the story of the ancient Phoenicians, the snails that made their fortune, and the many armies and conquerors who wanted to claim this narrow, but wealthy, strip of land...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/6334/

Claim: Israel Covering Up Temple Mount Destruction
WorldNetDaily
JERUSALEM – Prominent Temple archeologists here accused the Israeli government today of attempting to cover up its alleged failure to properly supervise a dig in which Islamic Authorities were accused of destroying Temple Mount antiquities...
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58273

Ancient Rome Revitalized Via Virtual Reality
C-Ville
Bernard Frischer spends most of his life living in—to borrow a line from Stevie Wonder—a pastime paradise. As I sit across from him at the foot of a 20' projection screen, I can't help but think that he's a spittin' image of the Motown recording artist, wearing dark virtual reality glasses, bathed in colored lights and smiling with glee...
http://c-ville.com/index.php?cat=141404064432695&ShowArticle_ID=11431910071084403

Portable Antiquities Scheme Logs It's 300,000th Archaeological Find
24 Hour Museum
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, which records and logs archaeological items found by members of the public in England and Wales, passed an important milestone yesterday, when it recorded its 300,000th object...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART51586.html

Tomb Raider: Police Find Illegal Artifacts
ABC News
Italian police have discovered a huge stash of archaeological artefacts that a pensioner had dug up to create his own private -- and illegal -- museum, they said on Monday...
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3760863&page=1