October 26th News

(August 29th) Whoops! I just realized this was getting error messages instead of posting.

There's a lot of different stories this morning, but no one big story the way there was yesterday or the day before.

New stories as of 6:26 AM:

Roman Statue Found By Building In South-Western Town Kurdjali
News.bg
13 year- old boy found a Roman statue during excavation works for a house building near Kurdjali...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_380438511

Cracking The Knight's Templar Code
CBS News
Hollywood’s long known there’s a great story in the medieval Knights Templar...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/25/eveningnews/main3412203.shtml
This story includes a video segment as well as the text story.

Red Hair A Part Of Neanderthal Genetic Profile
Seattle Times
PHILADELPHIA — In an unprecedented feat of forensic anthropology, European researchers extracted enough DNA from two Neanderthal skulls to suggest their owners sported red hair and white skin when they were alive 43,000 and 50,000 years ago...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003975496_neanderthal26.html

The Queen Who Would Be King
Smithsonian.com
Mummy dearest? Recent scholarship is changing thinking about female pharaoh Hatshepsut, whom Egyptologists once called "the vilest type of usurper."...
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/10022736.html

Medieval Ruins Found Near Stockholm Castle
United Press International
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Archaeologists have found the foundations of medieval buildings near the Royal Palace in Stockholm, dating from the city's early years...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/10/25/medieval_ruins_found_near_stockholm_castle/5971/

Medieval Buildings Found Near Palace
The Local
Previously undiscovered medieval buildings have been found outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm, leading historians to revise their previous understanding of how the Stockholm of the late middle ages looked...
http://www.thelocal.se/8904/20071025/

7000-Year-Old Dara Ruins Host Historical Mosaics Of Ancient Times
Today's Zaman
Ancient mosaics resembling the Zeugma mosaics that were found in Gaziantep province have been discovered in the 7,000-year-old ruins located in the village of Dara in Mardin province...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=125580