November 10th News

Again, it's an interesting mix of old and new stories, some really old as well.

New stories as of 10:14 AM:

'An Incredible Moment'
Al-Ahram
The mummy of Tutankhamun went on public display on Sunday for the first time. Nevine El-Aref reports on the boy king's latest journey, from golden sarcophagus to plexi-glass case...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/870/eg10.htm

New Insights Into Ancient Catapults And Machines
Spero News
Classical texts show that even without math, ancients engineered sophisticated machines...
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idarticle=12061

Ancient Salad Dressing Found In Jars At Bottom Of Mediterranean
Fox News
Genetic analysis has revealed the contents of an ancient shipwreck dating back to the era of the Roman Republic and Athenian Empire. The cargo was olive oil flavored with oregano...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310038,00.html

1623 Antiquities Seized From Treasure-Hunter's Home In Bulgaria
Sofia News Agency
A total of 1623 precious antiques have been seized at a police raid in the home of a treasure hunter in Bulgaria's town of Pleven on Friday...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=87344

Israeli Institute To Get Medieval Bible Fragment
Fox News
JERUSALEM — The family of man who held a fragment of a more than 1,000-year-old manuscript of the Hebrew Bible for six decades as a good luck charm will present it to a Jerusalem institute next week, officials said Thursday...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310039,00.html
Also published at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_ancient_bible;_ylt=Aja5i1fblOUw7Ad1uRJU3TtvieAA

Contents of 2400-Year-Old Shipwreck Revealed
Daily India
Washington, Nov 10: Scientists have revealed the contents of an ancient shipwreck dating back to the era of the Roman Republic and Athenian empire using genetic analysis...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/190227.php/Contents-of-2400-year-old-shipwreck-revealed

How The Times Dug Up A Tutankhamun Scoop And Buried It's Fleet Street Rivals
Times Online
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 was one of the news sensations of the century. But behind that familiar story lies another, untold tale worthy of Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop: a story of newspaper skulduggery in a foreign land, chequebook journalism, feuding, drunken hacks, secret codes and fantastic expenses claims...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/tutankhamun/article2843877.ece
This article has four of the early photos of the discovery of Tutankhamum.

Plans Underway To Save Ancient City Of Akmonia
Turkish Daily News
The Uşak governor's office has started studies aimed at saving the ancient city of Akmonia in Uşak's Banaz district. The city, known as �upper city� in Ahat Village, has been seriously neglected during the last six years...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=88188