December 15th News

It's a weekend so there's fewer stories, however they are just as interesting, particularly the two on Egyptian glass making.

New stories as of 7:48 AM:

[Sacred Sites] Abraham's Forgotten City, Harran
Today's Zaman
According to legend, Harran is the place Adam and Eve first stepped foot on Earth and tilled the soil after being expelled from the Garden of Eden. If you happen to visit this southeastern province of Turkey, lying in a district of Şanlıurfa, you will not be able to help but feel that you are on a film set as you stand in front of the ancient town of beehive houses, entirely constructed with mud bricks...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=129418

Spectacular Roman Stone Coffin To be Displayed At Salisbury Museum
24 Hour Museum
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum is to take delivery of a spectacular Roman stone coffin unearthed by Wessex Archaeology in 2007...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART52638.html

Secrets Of Roman Town Unearthed
BBC News
New hi-tech investigations of a Roman town in Norfolk have revealed it to be one of international importance, leading archaeologists have said...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7142414.stm

Ancient Egyptian Glass Making Recreated
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Dec. 14, 2007) — A team led by a Cardiff University archaeologist has reconstructed a 3,000-year-old glass furnace, showing that Ancient Egyptian glassmaking methods were much more advanced than previously thought...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071214094026.htm

Ancient Glassmaking Furnace Rebuilt
United Press International
CARDIFF, Wales, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Archaeologists say the reconstruction of a 3,000-year-old glass furnace shows the sophistication of ancient Egyptian glass making techniques...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/12/14/ancient_glassmaking_furnace_rebuilt/9614/