October 2nd News

It seems to be another slow day today.

New stories as of 12:55 PM:

Excavation Work At Ephesus To Continue 'For Centuries'
Today's Zaman
Excavation work at the ancient city of Ephesus in İzmir began 138 years ago and may continue for centuries more, said director of digs at the site and head of the Austrian Archeology Institute Dr. Fritz Krinzinger...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=123445

Even Without Math, Ancients Engineered Sophisticated Machines
EurekAlert
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 1, 2007�Move over, Archimedes. A researcher at Harvard University is finding that ancient Greek craftsmen were able to engineer sophisticated machines without necessarily understanding the mathematical theory behind their construction...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/hu-ewm100207.php

First 4 Getty Works Return To Italy
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Four prized artifacts from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California returned to Italy on Tuesday, the first of 40 works to be handed over by the Getty as a result of Italy's efforts to recover antiquities it says were looted and sold to museums...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5is_bcmuTOwPCXlYk6aWb_ugCT9RgD8S15V180