October 24th News

An early start again. Herculaneum is the big story of the day.

New stories as of 6:06 AM:

Diggers Begin Herculaneum Task Of Finding Masterpieces Lost To Volcano
Times Online
Archaeologists have resumed their search for a library of Greek and Latin masterpieces that is thought to lie under volcanic rock at the ancient Roman site of Herculaneum...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2726757.ece
This is one story I hope to hear more about in the coming year. I also hope they find more of the lost library.

Archaeologists To Restart Excavations At Herculaneum
The Hindu
London (PTI): In an attempt to recover the lost works of Aristotle, Sophocles and Catullus, archaeologists are to restart excavations at the ancient city of Herculaneum in Italy, where a Roman library lies buried beneath 90 ft of lava from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79...
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200710241321.htm

Greek 'Treasures' Expected From Herculaneum
Telegraph.co.uk
At one o'clock on the morning of August 25, 79AD, a blast of burning gas and a wave of molten mud engulfed Herculaneum, preserving the only Ancient Roman library that has ever been found...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/24/wdig124.xml

Neutron Beams Search For Da Vinci's Lost Masterpiece
Wired
FLORENCE, Italy -- Art diagnostician Maurizio Seracini has waited 30 years to get to the bottom of his biggest mystery yet: whether Leonardo da Vinci's greatest lost fresco lies behind a wall in the Palazzo Vecchio here.
http://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2007/10/lost_fresco

Face Of Tutankhamun To Be Revealed
UKTV
Archaeologists have created a likeness of the face of Tutankhamun for the first time...
http://uktv.co.uk/history/news/aid/595136

School Search For Roman Camp
BBC News
A new school is to be built in Monifieth on what was possibly the location of a Roman camp...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7059681.stm

Solomon's Temple Artifacts Found By Muslim Workers
National Geographic News
Muslim workers have unearthed artifacts on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, says an Israeli agency...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071023-jerusalem-artifacts.html