November 6th News

I know it's been a few days, but this is mid-term and term paper season.

Regardless, in catching up, with the news, there's been a wide range of stories, from discoveries to more art returns.

New stories as of 10:55 AM:

World Top Archaeological Discovery Of 2006 Is In Egypt
TravelVideo.tv
Discovery of Ptolemaic era tomb in Alexandria
An Italian archaeological mission has discovered a tomb dating back to the Ptolemaic era and containing coins, colorful pottery and other tools used in the ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine times...
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=12889_0_1_0_M

Greece Inaugurates New Acropolis Museum
Southeast European Times
Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi has designed a 21st-century facility to house the ancient treasures of the Acropolis. But will it help Greece in its campaign to get back the missing Parthenon Marbles?
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2007/11/05/reportage-01

Art Pieces Relinquished To Italy
Daily Princetonian
The University Art Museum will give the Italian Culture Ministry legal title to eight of 15 disputed art pieces, the two organizations said last week...
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/11/05/news/19189.shtml

DNA Shows Ancient Ship Carried Olive Oil, Oregano
Daily times
DNA scraped from inside clay vessels show that a ship that sank off the coast of Greece 2,400 years ago was carrying a cargo of olive oil, oregano, and probably wine, researchers reported on Friday...
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C11%5C05%5Cstory_5-11-2007_pg6_3

Looted Art Returns To Italy From NY
The News Tribune
ROME -- Italian authorities claimed another victory in their campaign against the illegal antiquities market Tuesday, unveiling eight Etruscan or Roman artifacts they say were looted from the country and returned by a New York art dealer...
http://www.thenewstribune.com/tacoma/24hour/world/story/196847.html
Also posted at:
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071106/API/711060700/Looted_Art_Returns_to_Italy_From_NY
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/06/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Looted-Antiquities.php
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Nov06/0,4670,ItalyLootedAntiquities,00.html
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20071106-0928-italy-lootedantiquities.html

Valeria Foll: Written Sources Associate Orpheus With Thrace
Focus Information Agency
Do Macedonians have any grounds to declare mythical Orpheus has Macedonian origin? What is known about Orpheus that gives the Macedonians grounds to make such statements? FOCUS News Agency got in touch with Thracologist professor Valeria Foll to clear out the issue...
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=f1482
This article is in a question and answer formant as the text of the interview, rather than a summary.

Prehistoric Israel Treasures Lost Forever
Travel Video Television
Eights years after the fact, Israeli archeologists still lament the loss of hundreds of stone tools and animal bones excavated along the Jordan River. The scene was straight out of an archaeologist's nightmare...
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=12891_0_1_0_M

Archaeologists Unearth Rare State Seals From 1st Bulgarian Empire
Sofia News Agency
Archaeologists have made a sensational finding on Saturday, dated back to the first Bulgarian Empire (years 681-1018) in the ancient Bulgarian capital of Pliska...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=87125

Stonehenge's Huge Support Settlement
BBC News
Archaeologists working near Stonehenge have uncovered what they believe is the largest Neolithic settlement ever discovered in Northern Europe...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7078578.stm

Cultic City And Fortress Unearthed In Southern Turkey
Science Daily
New excavations conducted by the University of Tübingen (Germany) and the Onsekiz Mart University of Çanakkale (Turkey) at the site of Sirkeli Höyük near Adana (southern Turkey) have revealed the remains of a massive bastion fortification dating to the Hittite Imperial Period (ca. 1300 BC)...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071030133030.htm