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Things start off with another article about looting.
New articles as of 3:30 PM:
Time Team Finds Bronze Age Relics On Barra Dunes
Sunday Herald
THE TRANQUIL Hebridean island of Barra became the scene of a mass excavation last month as Tony Robinson and his fellow Time Team diggers uncovered a Bronze Age cemetery arguably as impressive as Orkney's Skara Brae...
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1443905.0.time_team_finds_bronze_age_relics_on_barra_dunes.php
New articles since last night:
'The Medici Conspiracy' Co-Author Discusses Art Looting In Italy
The Paramus Post
Italian journalist Cecilia Todeschini became involved in the question of art looting when she was asked to do some research for a television documentary about Peter Watson's work on the subject...
http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20070525234102414
Time For Excavation In Agora
Turkish Daily News
Excavation studies in Agora-İzmir, which were halted one and a half years ago, will restart in June. Culture and Tourism Ministry gave permission for the studies to continue in the scope of a project including also other historical centers as Kemeraltı and Kadifekale...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=74651
Unfortunately, this article could use a better translator. Otherwise, it's interesting.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
News for June 1
An interesting start to the month. New discoveries left, right and center. But, the information on the Book of Kells is absolutely fascinating.
New stories as of 9:15 PM:
Overseeing The Scrolls: Question For Risa Levitt Kohn
Voice of San Diego.org
Decades ago, when a group of Arabian nomads known as the Bedouins entered a cave and found pots and jars of pottery, they broke them to see what treasure they contained. Finding nothing except for some parchment with writing on it in the last jar, they left the cave and carried the parchment with them, eventually turning it over to an antiquities dealer in Bethlehem...
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/06/02/news/01kohn060207.txt
Interesting, and in a different format from most articles: question-and-answer interview format.
New stories as of 5:30 PM:
Archaeologists Dig Out Ancient Port
NDTV.com
Archaeologists in Kerala have discovered a 2000-year-old port settlement probably dating back to the first BC to third AD, in Pattanam about 50 km from the modern day port city of Kochi...
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070014111
While this article isn't really from the region specialized in in this journal, it does have a strong connection to it.
Salad Dressing-Like Mixture Restores Art
Discovery News
June 1, 2007 — A salad dressing-like mixture of water, a bit of oil and a sugar-like molecule can safely clean ancient frescoes, according to a new nanotechnology research...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/01/potion_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070601091500
Who Built The Pyramids
Al-Ahram Weekly
We may soon have an answer to the age- old question of who were the Pyramid builders and how the whole enterprise of pyramid-building was planned and controlled...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/847/he1.htm
A Search For The Lost City
Al-Ahram Weekly
Mark Lehner, director of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project (GPMP), realised that the excavation of the vast ancient settlement site at Giza offered him "an opportunity to give back to Egypt something in return for all the years I have enjoyed excavating here."...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/847/he2.htm
Oldest Wooden Anchor Excavated
50Connect.co.uk
An anchor dating back to the 7th century BC, has been uncovered by archaeologists off the Turkish coast...
http://50connect.co.uk/index.asp?main=http%3A//50connect.co.uk/50c/articlepages/genealogy_index.asp%3Fsc%3Dhist%26aID%3D16018
Fathers of the Zodiac Tracked Down
News @ Nature.com
Using modern techniques — and some rocks — a US astronomer has traced the origin of a set of ancient clay tablets to a precise date and place. The tablets show constellations thought to be precursors of the present-day zodiac...
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070528/full/070528-11.html
New stories as of 9:35 AM:
Roman Temple Found Under President's House
Monsters & Critics
ROME, Italy (UPI) -- An Italian archaeologist says he believes that the presidential palace in Rome is sitting on top of a temple to the Roman god Quirinus...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1311961.php/Roman_temple_found_under_president%60s_house
Coastal Erosion May Wash Away Key Sites, Experts Claim
Shetland Today
THOUSANDS of archaeological sites around the Scottish mainland and the Northern Isles are at risk of being washed away by the sea, according to experts...
http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/Shetlandtimes/content_details.asp?ContentID=22456
Finding of Jewish Graves Complicate Construction Plan in Plzen
Prague Daily Monitor
Plzen, West Bohemia, May 31 (CTK) - Another archaeological find, children's graves, has unexpectedly complicated the planned construction of a parking house on the site of an old Jewish cemetery in Plzen, Czech Television (CT) reported today...
http://launch.praguemonitor.com/en/97/czech_national_news/7500/
Book of Kells Undergoes Careful Examination
UKTV
Experts are carrying out an extensive laser examination of the 1,200-year-old Book of Kells to uncover its secrets...
http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/History.news/aid/588939
"Black Book of Carmarthen" On Exhibit
ic Wales
IT LOOKS very old inside its protective security case and can only be handled by people wearing silk gloves...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=--8216-black-book-of-carmarthen--8217--on-exhibit&method=full&objectid=19222362&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Irish Classic Is Still A Hit (In Calfskin, Not Paperback)
The New York Times
DUBLIN, May 27 — For a manuscript written 1,200 years ago and revered as a wonder of the Western world practically ever since, little is known about the Book of Kells and its splendidly illustrated Gospels in Latin. But the book may be about to surrender a few of its many secrets...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/world/europe/28kells.html?em&ex=1180497600&en=423b92066a44b840&ei=5087%0A
Yes, I know this article is a couple of days older than the others, but I missed it until today. Unlike the other article on the topic today, this one contains two fine illustrations of the Book of Kells. It also has more information about the book and it's history.
New stories as of 9:15 PM:
Overseeing The Scrolls: Question For Risa Levitt Kohn
Voice of San Diego.org
Decades ago, when a group of Arabian nomads known as the Bedouins entered a cave and found pots and jars of pottery, they broke them to see what treasure they contained. Finding nothing except for some parchment with writing on it in the last jar, they left the cave and carried the parchment with them, eventually turning it over to an antiquities dealer in Bethlehem...
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/06/02/news/01kohn060207.txt
Interesting, and in a different format from most articles: question-and-answer interview format.
New stories as of 5:30 PM:
Archaeologists Dig Out Ancient Port
NDTV.com
Archaeologists in Kerala have discovered a 2000-year-old port settlement probably dating back to the first BC to third AD, in Pattanam about 50 km from the modern day port city of Kochi...
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070014111
While this article isn't really from the region specialized in in this journal, it does have a strong connection to it.
Salad Dressing-Like Mixture Restores Art
Discovery News
June 1, 2007 — A salad dressing-like mixture of water, a bit of oil and a sugar-like molecule can safely clean ancient frescoes, according to a new nanotechnology research...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/01/potion_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070601091500
Who Built The Pyramids
Al-Ahram Weekly
We may soon have an answer to the age- old question of who were the Pyramid builders and how the whole enterprise of pyramid-building was planned and controlled...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/847/he1.htm
A Search For The Lost City
Al-Ahram Weekly
Mark Lehner, director of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project (GPMP), realised that the excavation of the vast ancient settlement site at Giza offered him "an opportunity to give back to Egypt something in return for all the years I have enjoyed excavating here."...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/847/he2.htm
Oldest Wooden Anchor Excavated
50Connect.co.uk
An anchor dating back to the 7th century BC, has been uncovered by archaeologists off the Turkish coast...
http://50connect.co.uk/index.asp?main=http%3A//50connect.co.uk/50c/articlepages/genealogy_index.asp%3Fsc%3Dhist%26aID%3D16018
Fathers of the Zodiac Tracked Down
News @ Nature.com
Using modern techniques — and some rocks — a US astronomer has traced the origin of a set of ancient clay tablets to a precise date and place. The tablets show constellations thought to be precursors of the present-day zodiac...
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070528/full/070528-11.html
New stories as of 9:35 AM:
Roman Temple Found Under President's House
Monsters & Critics
ROME, Italy (UPI) -- An Italian archaeologist says he believes that the presidential palace in Rome is sitting on top of a temple to the Roman god Quirinus...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1311961.php/Roman_temple_found_under_president%60s_house
Coastal Erosion May Wash Away Key Sites, Experts Claim
Shetland Today
THOUSANDS of archaeological sites around the Scottish mainland and the Northern Isles are at risk of being washed away by the sea, according to experts...
http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/Shetlandtimes/content_details.asp?ContentID=22456
Finding of Jewish Graves Complicate Construction Plan in Plzen
Prague Daily Monitor
Plzen, West Bohemia, May 31 (CTK) - Another archaeological find, children's graves, has unexpectedly complicated the planned construction of a parking house on the site of an old Jewish cemetery in Plzen, Czech Television (CT) reported today...
http://launch.praguemonitor.com/en/97/czech_national_news/7500/
Book of Kells Undergoes Careful Examination
UKTV
Experts are carrying out an extensive laser examination of the 1,200-year-old Book of Kells to uncover its secrets...
http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/History.news/aid/588939
"Black Book of Carmarthen" On Exhibit
ic Wales
IT LOOKS very old inside its protective security case and can only be handled by people wearing silk gloves...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=--8216-black-book-of-carmarthen--8217--on-exhibit&method=full&objectid=19222362&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Irish Classic Is Still A Hit (In Calfskin, Not Paperback)
The New York Times
DUBLIN, May 27 — For a manuscript written 1,200 years ago and revered as a wonder of the Western world practically ever since, little is known about the Book of Kells and its splendidly illustrated Gospels in Latin. But the book may be about to surrender a few of its many secrets...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/world/europe/28kells.html?em&ex=1180497600&en=423b92066a44b840&ei=5087%0A
Yes, I know this article is a couple of days older than the others, but I missed it until today. Unlike the other article on the topic today, this one contains two fine illustrations of the Book of Kells. It also has more information about the book and it's history.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
News from May 31
Seems to be fairly slow this morning.
New articles as of
Property Developers And Neglect Threaten Jerusalem's Ancient Glory
Haaretz.com
Jerusalem's glorious history is fading at an alarming pace, according to the National Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Jerusalem-based academy hosted a conference this week on the progress of preserving ancient sites in the capital...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/865705.html
In recent days there's been warnings about this in Egypt, and one about sites at risk in Scotland. That one though is due to climate change and erosion. Now this. There's been a lot about it in the media lately.
Ancient Artificial Eye in Iranian Exhibit
PressTV
The artificial eyeball, found at Iran's historical Burnt City, has been presented at the National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=11640§ionid=351020108
New articles as of 3:10 PM:
Ruins of Ancient Pompeii Yield Secrets of Roman Households
Fox News
Residents of Pompeii ate their meals on the run, just like many Americans do today, according to a new archaeological study of how households functioned in the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276852,00.html
The Classical Past Approached Imaginatively
Telegraph.co.uk
Peter Jones reviews Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak and Farewell Britannia: A Family Saga of Roman Britain by Simon Young...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/05/31/bomat27.xml
An interesting book review.
New articles since last night:
Secrets of Ancient Pompeii Households Revealed In Ruins
LiveScience
Residents of Pompeii ate their meals on the run, just like many Americans do today, according to a new archaeological study of how households functioned in the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070531_pompeii_life.html
Ancient Scottish Sites 'Under Threat From Erosion'
UKTV
Experts warn that a number of important archaeological sites along the Scottish coast could be swept into the sea...
http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/History.news/aid/588892
Blockley - Mystery of Henges Will Be Explored
Cotswold Journal
ONE of the country's leading archaeologists will be giving an illustrated lecture in Blockley at the beginning of July...
http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/display.var.1437773.0.blockley_mystery_of_henges_will_be_explored.php
Human Sacrifice Clues Found In European Stone Age Burials
Kazinform
KAZINFORM. Common Stone Age graves in Europe that include the remains of physically disabled people hint at ritual human sacrifice there, a new study says...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=152115
New articles as of
Property Developers And Neglect Threaten Jerusalem's Ancient Glory
Haaretz.com
Jerusalem's glorious history is fading at an alarming pace, according to the National Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Jerusalem-based academy hosted a conference this week on the progress of preserving ancient sites in the capital...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/865705.html
In recent days there's been warnings about this in Egypt, and one about sites at risk in Scotland. That one though is due to climate change and erosion. Now this. There's been a lot about it in the media lately.
Ancient Artificial Eye in Iranian Exhibit
PressTV
The artificial eyeball, found at Iran's historical Burnt City, has been presented at the National Museum of Oriental Art in Rome...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=11640§ionid=351020108
New articles as of 3:10 PM:
Ruins of Ancient Pompeii Yield Secrets of Roman Households
Fox News
Residents of Pompeii ate their meals on the run, just like many Americans do today, according to a new archaeological study of how households functioned in the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276852,00.html
The Classical Past Approached Imaginatively
Telegraph.co.uk
Peter Jones reviews Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philip Matyszak and Farewell Britannia: A Family Saga of Roman Britain by Simon Young...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/05/31/bomat27.xml
An interesting book review.
New articles since last night:
Secrets of Ancient Pompeii Households Revealed In Ruins
LiveScience
Residents of Pompeii ate their meals on the run, just like many Americans do today, according to a new archaeological study of how households functioned in the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070531_pompeii_life.html
Ancient Scottish Sites 'Under Threat From Erosion'
UKTV
Experts warn that a number of important archaeological sites along the Scottish coast could be swept into the sea...
http://uktv.co.uk/index.cfm/uktv/History.news/aid/588892
Blockley - Mystery of Henges Will Be Explored
Cotswold Journal
ONE of the country's leading archaeologists will be giving an illustrated lecture in Blockley at the beginning of July...
http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/display.var.1437773.0.blockley_mystery_of_henges_will_be_explored.php
Human Sacrifice Clues Found In European Stone Age Burials
Kazinform
KAZINFORM. Common Stone Age graves in Europe that include the remains of physically disabled people hint at ritual human sacrifice there, a new study says...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=152115
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
May 30th News About History
I suspect there will be a number of stories about the new Acropolis Museum today. However, there are a large number of other stories as well.
New articles as of 5:40 PM:
Greek Treasures Get A Lift To Their New Home
TimesOnline
Hundreds of marble sculptures that have survived heat, pollution and looters on the Acropolis in Athens will be swung over the city, using special cranes, to a new museum complex...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article1862390.ece
New articles as of 1:50 PM:
Human Sacrifice Clues Found In Stone Age Burials
National Geographic News
Common Stone Age graves in Europe that include the remains of physically disabled people hint at ritual human sacrifice there, a new study says...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070530-sacrifice-burial.html
New articles as of 11:50 AM:
Acropolis Museum Artifacts To Be Moved
Imedinews
ATHENS, Greece, May 30 (UPI) — The painstaking transfer of artifacts from a small museum atop the Acropolis in central Athens to their new, state-of-the-art home will begin in the fall...
http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/42632
All the measurements in this article are in feet, rather than meters.
New articles as of 10 AM:
Acropolis Statues Going To New Museum
Los Angeles Times
The Acropolis sculptures survived on the ancient hill in Athens for 2,500 years despite war, weather and looting. But their remaining days there are numbered...
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-greece30may30
Acropolis Artifacts On Move
Kathimerini
The three largest lifting cranes in Europe will be employed to help move artifacts from the Parthenon to the New Acropolis Museum in September, it was revealed yesterday...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100043_30/05/2007_83898
Acropolis Sculptures To Be Moved Into New Museum
Monsters and Critics
Athens - More than 300 sculptures currently housed on the ancient Acropolis are due to be moved into a new museum by September, Greek officials said Wednesday...
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1311133.php/Acropolis_sculptures_to_be_moved_into_new_museum
King Herod's Return
Los Angeles Times
AFTER 2,000 YEARS of indignity and ignominy, Herod the Great has finally gotten his revenge...
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-reich30may30,1,4216461.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=2&cset=true
The politicization of a major discovery. It's a different look at the discovery of King Herod's tomb a couple of weeks ago.
Burnt City's Artificial Eyeball Presented In Rome
Cultural Heritage News Agency
Tehran, 30 May 2007 (CHN Foreign Desk) – As the first lecturer in exhibition of Beauties of Iran, Five Millennia of History which inaugurated on 21st of May in Rome’s Oriental Arts Museum, Dr. Mansour Sajadi, head of archeological excavations in Burnt City gave a speech on the latest achievements of the discovered artificial eyeball in Burnt City during which he explained about the details of this unique discovery which according to archeologists is one of the magic of the ancient world...
http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=7164
Acropolis Museum Artifacts To Be Moved
EARTHtimes.org
ATHENS, Greece, May 30 The painstaking transfer of artifacts from a small museum atop the Acropolis in central Athens to their new, state-of-the-art home will begin in the fall...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/67627.html
Scottish Archaeological Sites Threatened
Monsters and Critics
ST.ANDREWS, Scotland (UPI) -- Experts say major archaeological sites on the Scottish coast are in danger of being washed away as sea levels rise.
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1310996.php/Scottish_archaeological_sites_threatened
Exhibition of Early Christian Crosses
The Irish Times
An exhibition bringing together six plaster cast replicas of Irish high crosses at the National Museum is launched officially today...
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0530/breaking1.htm
Unique Archaeological Find
Sveriges Radio International
Archaeologists in Stockholm are claiming to have made a unique find, after unearthing a child’s skeleton believed to date from the eleventh century...
http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=1396784
The article is very short, but has a large photo of the dig site.
Archaeologists Find Skeleton of Eleventh Century Child
The Local Sweden's News In English
Archaeologists have found the skeleton of a child aged two to four during excavations at Täby kyrkby to the north of Stockholm. The remains found inside a wooden coffin are thought to date back to the eleventh century...
http://www.thelocal.se/7449/20070530/
New articles as of 5:40 PM:
Greek Treasures Get A Lift To Their New Home
TimesOnline
Hundreds of marble sculptures that have survived heat, pollution and looters on the Acropolis in Athens will be swung over the city, using special cranes, to a new museum complex...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article1862390.ece
New articles as of 1:50 PM:
Human Sacrifice Clues Found In Stone Age Burials
National Geographic News
Common Stone Age graves in Europe that include the remains of physically disabled people hint at ritual human sacrifice there, a new study says...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070530-sacrifice-burial.html
New articles as of 11:50 AM:
Acropolis Museum Artifacts To Be Moved
Imedinews
ATHENS, Greece, May 30 (UPI) — The painstaking transfer of artifacts from a small museum atop the Acropolis in central Athens to their new, state-of-the-art home will begin in the fall...
http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/42632
All the measurements in this article are in feet, rather than meters.
New articles as of 10 AM:
Acropolis Statues Going To New Museum
Los Angeles Times
The Acropolis sculptures survived on the ancient hill in Athens for 2,500 years despite war, weather and looting. But their remaining days there are numbered...
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-greece30may30
Acropolis Artifacts On Move
Kathimerini
The three largest lifting cranes in Europe will be employed to help move artifacts from the Parthenon to the New Acropolis Museum in September, it was revealed yesterday...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100043_30/05/2007_83898
Acropolis Sculptures To Be Moved Into New Museum
Monsters and Critics
Athens - More than 300 sculptures currently housed on the ancient Acropolis are due to be moved into a new museum by September, Greek officials said Wednesday...
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1311133.php/Acropolis_sculptures_to_be_moved_into_new_museum
King Herod's Return
Los Angeles Times
AFTER 2,000 YEARS of indignity and ignominy, Herod the Great has finally gotten his revenge...
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-reich30may30,1,4216461.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=2&cset=true
The politicization of a major discovery. It's a different look at the discovery of King Herod's tomb a couple of weeks ago.
Burnt City's Artificial Eyeball Presented In Rome
Cultural Heritage News Agency
Tehran, 30 May 2007 (CHN Foreign Desk) – As the first lecturer in exhibition of Beauties of Iran, Five Millennia of History which inaugurated on 21st of May in Rome’s Oriental Arts Museum, Dr. Mansour Sajadi, head of archeological excavations in Burnt City gave a speech on the latest achievements of the discovered artificial eyeball in Burnt City during which he explained about the details of this unique discovery which according to archeologists is one of the magic of the ancient world...
http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=7164
Acropolis Museum Artifacts To Be Moved
EARTHtimes.org
ATHENS, Greece, May 30 The painstaking transfer of artifacts from a small museum atop the Acropolis in central Athens to their new, state-of-the-art home will begin in the fall...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/67627.html
Scottish Archaeological Sites Threatened
Monsters and Critics
ST.ANDREWS, Scotland (UPI) -- Experts say major archaeological sites on the Scottish coast are in danger of being washed away as sea levels rise.
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1310996.php/Scottish_archaeological_sites_threatened
Exhibition of Early Christian Crosses
The Irish Times
An exhibition bringing together six plaster cast replicas of Irish high crosses at the National Museum is launched officially today...
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0530/breaking1.htm
Unique Archaeological Find
Sveriges Radio International
Archaeologists in Stockholm are claiming to have made a unique find, after unearthing a child’s skeleton believed to date from the eleventh century...
http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=1396784
The article is very short, but has a large photo of the dig site.
Archaeologists Find Skeleton of Eleventh Century Child
The Local Sweden's News In English
Archaeologists have found the skeleton of a child aged two to four during excavations at Täby kyrkby to the north of Stockholm. The remains found inside a wooden coffin are thought to date back to the eleventh century...
http://www.thelocal.se/7449/20070530/
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
News articles for May 29
It's a pretty wide spread of stories today. However, it looks like the new Acropolis Museum is the big story.
New stories as of 6:15 PM:
Acropolis Marbles To Move
SMH.com.au
Greece unveiled details today of a giant operation to relocate hundreds of priceless marble sculptures from the ancient Acropolis in Athens to a new museum slated to open later this year...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/acropolis-marbles-to-move/2007/05/30/1180205289373.html
Also at:
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=116&art_id=nw20070529222020327C822933
History At Risk From Erosion By The Sea
News.scotsman.com
KEY coastal sites which tell the story of Scotland's ancient past are in danger of being washed away, experts warned yesterday...
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=840532007
New stories as of 4:40 PM:
Acropolis Museum To Open Early 2008
News.com.au
AFTER years of delays, Greece's new Acropolis Museum will open its gates to the public in early 2008, giving new impetus to efforts to bring home the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum.http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,21818937-27977,00.html
New stories as of 3:00 PM:
Everything is Somewhere: World's Oldest Map
The American Surveyor
Maps are older than writing and are possibly older than language; certainly it is easier to picture an Australopithecine gent scratching an arrow in the dust, pointing to good hunting grounds, than it is to imagine him giving clear verbal directions - the latter is not so common even today...
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/3675/
Included in this article is a link to a PDF which includes all the images which the article contains. This is fascinating.
Greece Prepares To Move Acropolis Marbles
CBC.ca
The 300 marble statues that have graced the Acropolis for the last 2,500 years will soon be leaving their ancient site...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/29/acropolis-statues.html
News as of 1:45 PM:
Acropolis Sculptures Headed To New Site
Miami Herald
Also at:
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-0/1180467697280950.xml&storylist=international
News as of 11:15 AM:
Acropolis Sculptures To Be Moved To New Museum
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: Three hundred marble sculptures that have survived on the Acropolis in Athens through 2,500 years of war, weather and looting, will soon be moved to a new museum, Greek officials said Tuesday...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/29/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Acropolis-Museum.php
Reserved Seating System Exists In Every Age
Turkish Daily News
This year’s excavations in the ancient city of Assos shows that three occupation groups, blacksmiths, stone masons and leather traders, had the luxury to sit in places specially reserved for them during the activities such as festivals, ceremonies and entertainment activities held in the ancient theater...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=74206
Cauldron Discovered In Bog
The Mayo News
A ROUTINE day cutting turf on the bog ended in a significant discovery for Louisburgh farmer Owen McNally last week, when he unearthed a perfectly intact 2,500-year-old Iron Age cauldron...
http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1666&Itemid=38
Subway Dig Unearths Rome's Ancient Past
NPR
It's been centuries since archaeologists excavated Rome's central Piazza Venezia, but just a few hundred yards from the Roman Forum, skeletons of the city's past are surfacing...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10365638
For the complete story, click the 'Listen' button. This one's a bit of an 'oops' on my part. It's actually from the weekend and I missed it.
New stories as of 6:15 PM:
Acropolis Marbles To Move
SMH.com.au
Greece unveiled details today of a giant operation to relocate hundreds of priceless marble sculptures from the ancient Acropolis in Athens to a new museum slated to open later this year...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/acropolis-marbles-to-move/2007/05/30/1180205289373.html
Also at:
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=116&art_id=nw20070529222020327C822933
History At Risk From Erosion By The Sea
News.scotsman.com
KEY coastal sites which tell the story of Scotland's ancient past are in danger of being washed away, experts warned yesterday...
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=840532007
New stories as of 4:40 PM:
Acropolis Museum To Open Early 2008
News.com.au
AFTER years of delays, Greece's new Acropolis Museum will open its gates to the public in early 2008, giving new impetus to efforts to bring home the Parthenon marbles from the British Museum.http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,21818937-27977,00.html
New stories as of 3:00 PM:
Everything is Somewhere: World's Oldest Map
The American Surveyor
Maps are older than writing and are possibly older than language; certainly it is easier to picture an Australopithecine gent scratching an arrow in the dust, pointing to good hunting grounds, than it is to imagine him giving clear verbal directions - the latter is not so common even today...
http://www.amerisurv.com/content/view/3675/
Included in this article is a link to a PDF which includes all the images which the article contains. This is fascinating.
Greece Prepares To Move Acropolis Marbles
CBC.ca
The 300 marble statues that have graced the Acropolis for the last 2,500 years will soon be leaving their ancient site...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/05/29/acropolis-statues.html
News as of 1:45 PM:
Acropolis Sculptures Headed To New Site
Miami Herald
ATHENS, Greece -- The Acropolis sculptures survived on the ancient hill in Athens for 2,500 years despite war, weather and looting. But their remaining days there are numbered...
http://www.miamiherald.com/776/story/122214.htmlAlso at:
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-0/1180467697280950.xml&storylist=international
News as of 11:15 AM:
Acropolis Sculptures To Be Moved To New Museum
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: Three hundred marble sculptures that have survived on the Acropolis in Athens through 2,500 years of war, weather and looting, will soon be moved to a new museum, Greek officials said Tuesday...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/29/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Acropolis-Museum.php
Reserved Seating System Exists In Every Age
Turkish Daily News
This year’s excavations in the ancient city of Assos shows that three occupation groups, blacksmiths, stone masons and leather traders, had the luxury to sit in places specially reserved for them during the activities such as festivals, ceremonies and entertainment activities held in the ancient theater...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=74206
Cauldron Discovered In Bog
The Mayo News
A ROUTINE day cutting turf on the bog ended in a significant discovery for Louisburgh farmer Owen McNally last week, when he unearthed a perfectly intact 2,500-year-old Iron Age cauldron...
http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1666&Itemid=38
Subway Dig Unearths Rome's Ancient Past
NPR
It's been centuries since archaeologists excavated Rome's central Piazza Venezia, but just a few hundred yards from the Roman Forum, skeletons of the city's past are surfacing...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10365638
For the complete story, click the 'Listen' button. This one's a bit of an 'oops' on my part. It's actually from the weekend and I missed it.
Monday, May 28, 2007
May 28th news articles
I apologize for not having a post ready yesterday but I had internet connection problems. Although, looking at the articles, it seems like there wasn't much there to report. As is also the case for today.
New articles as of 8:10 PM:
Islamic Arts Set To Go On Display in New Gaziantep Museum
Today's Zaman
The first ever Islamic Arts Museum in the southeastern Anatolian region is to open soon in Gaziantep...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=112524
New articles as of 12:30 PM:
The Great Pyramid
Brisbane Times
The questions, at least from a modern perspective, that hang over the Egyptian pyramids, and particularly the Great Pyramid, are: how were they built? How were those huge pieces of stone raised into place? Were the consummate architectural and engineering skills of the pyramid builders somehow lost along the windy road of history?...
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-great-pyramid/2007/05/28/1180205136232.html
A book review of a new book. I'd say, only from reading this review that it looks promising.
New articles as of 10:20 AM:
Scientists Ramp Up Theory on Great Pyramid
RGJ.com
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the sole surviving member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, stands today as the most massive puzzle in the history of civilization...
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/LIV/705270302
This makes two new theories in recent weeks. There was one not so long ago suggesting the limestone was some sort of concrete.
Archaeology Survey Unlikely To Disrupt Project
The Citizen of Laconia
The state official in charge of an archaeological survey of Route 3 in The Weirs says it is "highly unlikely" that anything would be found to derail the installation of sidewalks on a section of the busy thoroughfare...
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070528/CITIZEN_01/105280197/-1/CITIZEN
New articles as of 8:10 PM:
Islamic Arts Set To Go On Display in New Gaziantep Museum
Today's Zaman
The first ever Islamic Arts Museum in the southeastern Anatolian region is to open soon in Gaziantep...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=112524
New articles as of 12:30 PM:
The Great Pyramid
Brisbane Times
The questions, at least from a modern perspective, that hang over the Egyptian pyramids, and particularly the Great Pyramid, are: how were they built? How were those huge pieces of stone raised into place? Were the consummate architectural and engineering skills of the pyramid builders somehow lost along the windy road of history?...
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-great-pyramid/2007/05/28/1180205136232.html
A book review of a new book. I'd say, only from reading this review that it looks promising.
New articles as of 10:20 AM:
Scientists Ramp Up Theory on Great Pyramid
RGJ.com
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the sole surviving member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, stands today as the most massive puzzle in the history of civilization...
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/LIV/705270302
This makes two new theories in recent weeks. There was one not so long ago suggesting the limestone was some sort of concrete.
Archaeology Survey Unlikely To Disrupt Project
The Citizen of Laconia
The state official in charge of an archaeological survey of Route 3 in The Weirs says it is "highly unlikely" that anything would be found to derail the installation of sidewalks on a section of the busy thoroughfare...
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070528/CITIZEN_01/105280197/-1/CITIZEN
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