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It's a slow start today. Maybe there'll be more stories later.
New stories as of 5:17 PM:
Roman London's Painted Walls
50Connect.co.uk
One of the best collections of Roman painted wall plaster from London has been discovered on a site on Lime Street, on the edge of Leadenhall Market, in the City of London by the Museum of London Archaeology Service...
http://50connect.co.uk/index.asp?main=http%3A//50connect.co.uk/50c/articlepages/genealogy_index.asp%3Fsc%3Dhist%26aID%3D16074
New stories as of 3:25 PM:
Ancient Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia, or What Is Now Turkey
EurekaAlert
Nice, France: The long-running controversy about the origins of the Etruscan people appears to be very close to being settled once and for all, a geneticist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today. Professor Alberto Piazza, from the University of Turin, Italy, will say that there is overwhelming evidence that the Etruscans, whose brilliant civilisation flourished 3000 years ago in what is now Tuscany, were settlers from old Anatolia (now in southern Turkey)...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-06/esoh-aew061307.php
New stories as of 9:45 AM:
Ancient Coffin With Scenes From Homer's Poems Unearthed
Hindustan Times
A 2,500-year-old stone coffin with well-preserved colour illustrations from Homer's epics has been discovered in western Cyprus, archaeologists said...
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=f798b56b-0f3f-4252-8922-3712c8510168&ParentID=09ddb4f2-764b-4c70-bf4a-ed95fb0b91b1&MatchID1=4469&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=4&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1110&PrimaryID=4469&Headline=Coffin+with+scenes+from+Homer's+poems+found
Mysterious 120 Codes In Hagia Sophia Have Been Solved
Turkish Daily News
One of the masterpieces of history of art and the world of architecture, Hagia Sophia was restored many times but the last research unrevealed a big secret, which lies on the marbles...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=75988
Workers Find Human Bones
Shropshire Star
Archaeologists have unearthed the skeletons of four people underneath the site of Shrewsbury’s new £28 million theatre complex, it was revealed today...
http://www.shropshirestar.co.uk/2007/06/workers-find-human-bones/
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
News for June 15th
Yes, I know it's later than late today. I didn't have reliable internet for a while.
News since last night:
Image of Minotaur Labyrinth Found
Physorg.com
An ancient image of the mythological Minotaur labyrinth has been found in Bulgaria...
http://www.physorg.com/news101125950.html
Also posted at:
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1317893.php/Image_of_Minotaur_labyrinth_found
Unst Beach Excavation Comes To An End
The Shetland Times Newspaper
A PREHISTORIC archaeological site eroding beside the beach at Sandwick on Unst is giving up its last secrets this month...
http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/Shetlandtimes/content_details.asp?ContentID=22575
Communities Adopt Ancient Sites
BBC News
An ancient burial ground at risk of crumbling into the sea is one of six historic sites to be taken under the wings of concerned community groups...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6755785.stm
Iron Age 'Mickey Mouse' Found
Discovery News
June 15, 2007 — One thousand years before the cartoon character Mickey Mouse was even a glint in Walt Disney's eye, a French artist created a bronze brooch that looks remarkably like the famous rodent, according to archaeologists at Sweden's Lund Historical Museum, which houses the recent find...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/15/mickey_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070615090000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000
The World's First Isolation Hospital Gives Up It's Gruesome Secrets
The Independent
On average the Venetians who lived during the glory days of the Republic were rather small, just five feet five inches in height; they were well nourished, and if they lacked sugar and fat the result was excellent teeth with no cavities...
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2656029.ece
News since last night:
Image of Minotaur Labyrinth Found
Physorg.com
An ancient image of the mythological Minotaur labyrinth has been found in Bulgaria...
http://www.physorg.com/news101125950.html
Also posted at:
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1317893.php/Image_of_Minotaur_labyrinth_found
Unst Beach Excavation Comes To An End
The Shetland Times Newspaper
A PREHISTORIC archaeological site eroding beside the beach at Sandwick on Unst is giving up its last secrets this month...
http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/Shetlandtimes/content_details.asp?ContentID=22575
Communities Adopt Ancient Sites
BBC News
An ancient burial ground at risk of crumbling into the sea is one of six historic sites to be taken under the wings of concerned community groups...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6755785.stm
Iron Age 'Mickey Mouse' Found
Discovery News
June 15, 2007 — One thousand years before the cartoon character Mickey Mouse was even a glint in Walt Disney's eye, a French artist created a bronze brooch that looks remarkably like the famous rodent, according to archaeologists at Sweden's Lund Historical Museum, which houses the recent find...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/15/mickey_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070615090000&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000
The World's First Isolation Hospital Gives Up It's Gruesome Secrets
The Independent
On average the Venetians who lived during the glory days of the Republic were rather small, just five feet five inches in height; they were well nourished, and if they lacked sugar and fat the result was excellent teeth with no cavities...
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2656029.ece
Thursday, June 14, 2007
News from History for June 14
The news of the day seems to be artifact smuggling.
New stories as of 6:33 PM:
Ancient Skeletons Discovered In Field
The Argus
The rare remains of ancient skeletons have been found in a farmer's field.
Diggers from Network Archaeology have discovered evidence of Iron Age and Roman settlements at a site in Glynde, near Lewes...
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1473169.0.ancient_skeletons_discovered_in_field.php
Lascaux on The Nile
Al Ahram
The discovery of huge rocks decorated with Palaeolithic illustrations at the village of Qurta on the northern edge of Kom Ombo has caused excitement among the scientific community.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/849/he1.htm
New stories as of 3:00 PM:
'Rome Reborn' Model Pushes Frontiers of 3-D Simulation
Wired
Rome was at its peak in the fourth century, with over a million inhabitants. It was the largest metropolis the world had ever seen: Not until Victorian London, 1500 years later, did an urban area surpass Rome’s size. This week, an unusual combination of classicists, engineers and archaeologists unveiled something not even HBO and Hollywood could manage – a complete 3-D model of Rome, circa 320 A.D...
http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2007/06/rome_reborn_mod.html
The Odyssey Of The Dead Sea Scrolls -- What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been
JewishJournal.com
The Dead Sea scrolls will arrive this summer at the San Diego Natural History Museum after a long, convoluted journey - one that was often interrupted by controversy...
http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=17787
New stories as of 1:00 PM:
Stolen Statue of Apollo Returned to Greece
UPI
ATHENS, Greece, June 14 (UPI) -- A statue of the Greek god Apollo that was stolen 16 years ago has been returned to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/06/14/stolen_statue_of_apollo_returned_to_greece/8257/
Very short article.
Image of Mythological Minotaur Labyrinth Unearthed In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Bulgarian archaeologists have found an image of the legendary labyrinth of King Minos, the Bulgarian National Radio reported...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81857
Likely Botticelli Fresco Found In Hungarian Chapel
The Epoch Times
ESZTERGOM, Hungary—A fresco in a Hungarian chapel is believed to be by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, the head of the local museum said last week...
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-6-14/56456.html
Book Opens Door To Town's Past
The Comet24
ONE town has many skeletons in its closet, but a new book is set to open the door.
Skeletons, fine food and temples are just three of the ingredients in Ancient Baldock: The story of an Iron Age and Roman town...
http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newscomnew&itemid=WEED14%20Jun%202007%2012%3A43%3A17%3A147
New stories since last night (as of: 8:51 AM):
Greece Reclaims Stolen Apollos Statue
Middle-East Times
Greece Thursday presented a Hellenistic-era torso of the ancient Greek god Apollo discovered in Switzerland more than 15 years after it was stolen from an excavation site on Crete...
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070614-105550-7776r
Swiss Hand Back Stolen Statue From Crete
SwissInfo
The interior ministry has returned an ancient Greek statue stolen 16 years ago and recently discovered in the collection of an antiquities dealer in Switzerland...
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Swiss_hand_back_stolen_statue_from_Crete.html?siteSect=105&sid=7926788&cKey=1181833260000
Greece Hails Return of Stolen Ancient Statue
Reuters
Greece on Thursday said an agreement with Switzerland to facilitate the return of stolen or illegally excavated antiquities was starting to bear fruit with the return of an ancient male marble torso...
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL1491362320070614
Greece Recovers Stolen Ancient Statue From Switzerland
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: Greek authorities on Wednesday took delivery of a 1,900 year-old statue, stolen 16 years ago and recently discovered in the collection of an antiquities dealer in Switzerland...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/14/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Switzerland-Stolen-Statue.php
Swiss Return Statue Stolen From Greece 16 Years Ago
PR-inside.com
BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss authorities said Thursday they have returned an ancient Greek statue stolen 16 years ago.
http://www.pr-inside.com/swiss-return-sculpture-stolen-from-greece-r153218.htm
Also posted at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/14/europe/EU-GEN-Switzerland-Greek-Sculpture.php
Getty Museum's Brand Faces Impasse In Italian Artifacts Dispute
Bloomberg
June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Brand, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, has a problem that won't go away: a dispute with the Italian government over ancient artworks in the museum's collection. Once-promising negotiations have completely broken down...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aK_Q.7dB4dOA&refer=muse
Treasure Hunt Strikes Gold At Greek Ex-Royal Estate
France 24
Archaeologists searching the former royal estate outside Athens have discovered a treasure trove of art and antiquities, whose fate was unknown since ex-king Constantine fled Greece four decades ago...
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070614052305.qcs36gpu&cat=null
Dig Puts New Part of Leith Past In Place
Evening News
REMAINS found on a Leith street have suggested parts of the area once lay on the edge a medieval town. Archaeologists have been working on the Henderson Street site before it is developed as an affordable housing block...
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=931002007
New stories as of 6:33 PM:
Ancient Skeletons Discovered In Field
The Argus
The rare remains of ancient skeletons have been found in a farmer's field.
Diggers from Network Archaeology have discovered evidence of Iron Age and Roman settlements at a site in Glynde, near Lewes...
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1473169.0.ancient_skeletons_discovered_in_field.php
Lascaux on The Nile
Al Ahram
The discovery of huge rocks decorated with Palaeolithic illustrations at the village of Qurta on the northern edge of Kom Ombo has caused excitement among the scientific community.
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/849/he1.htm
New stories as of 3:00 PM:
'Rome Reborn' Model Pushes Frontiers of 3-D Simulation
Wired
Rome was at its peak in the fourth century, with over a million inhabitants. It was the largest metropolis the world had ever seen: Not until Victorian London, 1500 years later, did an urban area surpass Rome’s size. This week, an unusual combination of classicists, engineers and archaeologists unveiled something not even HBO and Hollywood could manage – a complete 3-D model of Rome, circa 320 A.D...
http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2007/06/rome_reborn_mod.html
The Odyssey Of The Dead Sea Scrolls -- What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been
JewishJournal.com
The Dead Sea scrolls will arrive this summer at the San Diego Natural History Museum after a long, convoluted journey - one that was often interrupted by controversy...
http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=17787
New stories as of 1:00 PM:
Stolen Statue of Apollo Returned to Greece
UPI
ATHENS, Greece, June 14 (UPI) -- A statue of the Greek god Apollo that was stolen 16 years ago has been returned to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/06/14/stolen_statue_of_apollo_returned_to_greece/8257/
Very short article.
Image of Mythological Minotaur Labyrinth Unearthed In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Bulgarian archaeologists have found an image of the legendary labyrinth of King Minos, the Bulgarian National Radio reported...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81857
Likely Botticelli Fresco Found In Hungarian Chapel
The Epoch Times
ESZTERGOM, Hungary—A fresco in a Hungarian chapel is believed to be by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, the head of the local museum said last week...
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-6-14/56456.html
Book Opens Door To Town's Past
The Comet24
ONE town has many skeletons in its closet, but a new book is set to open the door.
Skeletons, fine food and temples are just three of the ingredients in Ancient Baldock: The story of an Iron Age and Roman town...
http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newscomnew&itemid=WEED14%20Jun%202007%2012%3A43%3A17%3A147
New stories since last night (as of: 8:51 AM):
Greece Reclaims Stolen Apollos Statue
Middle-East Times
Greece Thursday presented a Hellenistic-era torso of the ancient Greek god Apollo discovered in Switzerland more than 15 years after it was stolen from an excavation site on Crete...
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070614-105550-7776r
Swiss Hand Back Stolen Statue From Crete
SwissInfo
The interior ministry has returned an ancient Greek statue stolen 16 years ago and recently discovered in the collection of an antiquities dealer in Switzerland...
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Swiss_hand_back_stolen_statue_from_Crete.html?siteSect=105&sid=7926788&cKey=1181833260000
Greece Hails Return of Stolen Ancient Statue
Reuters
Greece on Thursday said an agreement with Switzerland to facilitate the return of stolen or illegally excavated antiquities was starting to bear fruit with the return of an ancient male marble torso...
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL1491362320070614
Greece Recovers Stolen Ancient Statue From Switzerland
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: Greek authorities on Wednesday took delivery of a 1,900 year-old statue, stolen 16 years ago and recently discovered in the collection of an antiquities dealer in Switzerland...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/14/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Switzerland-Stolen-Statue.php
Swiss Return Statue Stolen From Greece 16 Years Ago
PR-inside.com
BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss authorities said Thursday they have returned an ancient Greek statue stolen 16 years ago.
http://www.pr-inside.com/swiss-return-sculpture-stolen-from-greece-r153218.htm
Also posted at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/14/europe/EU-GEN-Switzerland-Greek-Sculpture.php
Getty Museum's Brand Faces Impasse In Italian Artifacts Dispute
Bloomberg
June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Brand, director of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, has a problem that won't go away: a dispute with the Italian government over ancient artworks in the museum's collection. Once-promising negotiations have completely broken down...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aK_Q.7dB4dOA&refer=muse
Treasure Hunt Strikes Gold At Greek Ex-Royal Estate
France 24
Archaeologists searching the former royal estate outside Athens have discovered a treasure trove of art and antiquities, whose fate was unknown since ex-king Constantine fled Greece four decades ago...
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070614052305.qcs36gpu&cat=null
Dig Puts New Part of Leith Past In Place
Evening News
REMAINS found on a Leith street have suggested parts of the area once lay on the edge a medieval town. Archaeologists have been working on the Henderson Street site before it is developed as an affordable housing block...
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=931002007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
June 13th News
The stories today seem to be from a wide range of times and places.
New stories as of 1:40 PM:
Pipe Builder Robs Trevi's Supply
BBC News
A builder's mistake has cut off the water supply to one of Rome's most famous fountains - the Trevi...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6749471.stm
The Trevi Fountain Gets A Break
The New York Times
Herbert Muschamp, a former architecture critic for The New York Times, mused last December that the Trevi Fountain had been running for so long that it “wouldn’t mind being stopped, for its life must be getting tiresome:”...
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/the-trevi-fountain-gets-a-break/
Aardvarchaeology
As an undergrad and PhD student in the 90s I heard a lot of rumours about the 1988-93 excavation of Gullhögen, a barrow in Husby-Långhundra parish between Stockholm and Uppsala...
http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2007/06/gullhgen_barrow_report_online.php
A New Study Shows Prehistoric European Populations May Have Practiced Human Sacrifice
International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK: Investigations of prehistoric burial sites in Europe show that the region's population may have practiced ritual human sacrifice, according to a new study...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/13/america/NA-GEN-US-Europe-Human-Sacrifice.php
New stories as of 8:45 AM:
Scientists Ramp Up For Theories On Great Pyramid
Ashbury Park Press
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://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/LIFE08/706130323/1031/ENT
New Ancient Persian Gallery Opens At British Museum
Islamic Republic News Agency
A newly refurbished Ancient Iran Gallery, featuring an unparallel collection of material, has opened at the British Museum...
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-273/0706137452135435.htm
Builder Cuts Off Water To Rome's Trevi Fountain
Reuters UK
Water supplying Rome's world-famous Trevi Fountain was cut off when a builder across town damaged a 2,000-year-old pipe, the local water company said on Wednesday...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL1346187620070613
Clues In The Legend (Or Is It Fact) of Romulus
International Herald Tribune
The story of Romulus and Remus is almost as old as Rome. The orphan twins were suckled by a she-wolf in a cave on the banks of the Tiber, and Romulus grew up to found Rome in 753 B.C...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/13/arts/snlegend.php
Tudor Era Warders' Gate House Discovered At Tower of London
24 Hour Museum
Extensive archaeological remains of an old guard house dating to the Tudor and Jacobean periods have been uncovered at the Tower of London...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART48112.html
This article contains a number of photos of the discovery as well.
Holy War Brews Over Plans To Remove Church Pews
Macclesfield Express
A HOLY war could break out as parishioners prepare to fight plans to sully some of the town’s oldest – and protected – churches in the name of progress...
http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/s/228/228989_holy_war_brews_over_plans_to_remove_church_pews.html
New stories as of 1:40 PM:
Pipe Builder Robs Trevi's Supply
BBC News
A builder's mistake has cut off the water supply to one of Rome's most famous fountains - the Trevi...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6749471.stm
The Trevi Fountain Gets A Break
The New York Times
Herbert Muschamp, a former architecture critic for The New York Times, mused last December that the Trevi Fountain had been running for so long that it “wouldn’t mind being stopped, for its life must be getting tiresome:”...
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/the-trevi-fountain-gets-a-break/
Gullhögen Barrow Report On-Line
Aardvarchaeology
As an undergrad and PhD student in the 90s I heard a lot of rumours about the 1988-93 excavation of Gullhögen, a barrow in Husby-Långhundra parish between Stockholm and Uppsala...
http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2007/06/gullhgen_barrow_report_online.php
A New Study Shows Prehistoric European Populations May Have Practiced Human Sacrifice
International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK: Investigations of prehistoric burial sites in Europe show that the region's population may have practiced ritual human sacrifice, according to a new study...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/13/america/NA-GEN-US-Europe-Human-Sacrifice.php
New stories as of 8:45 AM:
Scientists Ramp Up For Theories On Great Pyramid
Ashbury Park Press
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://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/LIFE08/706130323/1031/ENT
New Ancient Persian Gallery Opens At British Museum
Islamic Republic News Agency
A newly refurbished Ancient Iran Gallery, featuring an unparallel collection of material, has opened at the British Museum...
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-273/0706137452135435.htm
Builder Cuts Off Water To Rome's Trevi Fountain
Reuters UK
Water supplying Rome's world-famous Trevi Fountain was cut off when a builder across town damaged a 2,000-year-old pipe, the local water company said on Wednesday...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL1346187620070613
Clues In The Legend (Or Is It Fact) of Romulus
International Herald Tribune
The story of Romulus and Remus is almost as old as Rome. The orphan twins were suckled by a she-wolf in a cave on the banks of the Tiber, and Romulus grew up to found Rome in 753 B.C...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/13/arts/snlegend.php
Tudor Era Warders' Gate House Discovered At Tower of London
24 Hour Museum
Extensive archaeological remains of an old guard house dating to the Tudor and Jacobean periods have been uncovered at the Tower of London...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART48112.html
This article contains a number of photos of the discovery as well.
Holy War Brews Over Plans To Remove Church Pews
Macclesfield Express
A HOLY war could break out as parishioners prepare to fight plans to sully some of the town’s oldest – and protected – churches in the name of progress...
http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/s/228/228989_holy_war_brews_over_plans_to_remove_church_pews.html
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
June 12th News
The digital simulation of Rome is still the biggest story. Frankly, there are too many newspapers posting it for me to be able to link them all. I think though, that I've linked at least one copy of each version of the story over the past couple of days.
New stories as of 9:35 PM:
Water Stops Flowing For Rome's Fountains
Guardian Unlimited
Rome's most important fountains are drying up after the 2,000-year-old Roman-built underground aqueduct that supplies them was smashed by workmen laying foundations for a garage...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,2101612,00.html
Back to Egypt's Sin City
MSNBC
Archaeologist Betsy Bryan and her team of students and researchers from Johns Hopkins University are back at the Temple of Mut, within Egypt's Luxor dig, to delve more deeply into the sex and booze of ancient times - and you can follow their exploits over the Web...
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/12/224088.aspx
New stories as of 4:10 PM:
La Lupa: Etruscan or Medieval
Wanted in Rome
In February a new book, a fine slim volume, stirred up a wasps’ nest of controversy. It is boldly called “The capitoline she-wolf. A mediaeval bronze.”...
http://www.wantedinrome.com/articles/complete_articles.php?id_art=737
New Stories as of 1:40 PM:
Italian Developer Planned To Build Over Ancient Temple Site
CBC.ca
Italian police have taken possession of a newly discovered ancient Greek temple in southern Italy after uncovering a developer's plot to build over the 2,000-year-old ruins...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/06/12/italy-temple-site.html
Staggering Price - $26.6 Million - For Ancient Sculpture At Sotheby's
Antiques and The Arts Online
In a hushed and standing-room-only salesroom at Sotheby's on June 7, auction history was made when an exquisite bronze figure of "Artemis and the Stag," circa First Century BC/First Century AD, sold for $28.6 million, immediately becoming the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction...
http://antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques/AuctionWatch/2007-06-12__11-27-24.html
Archaeologists Bring Egyptian Excavation To Web For A Second Time This Year; Online at
http://www.jhu.edu/neareast/egypttoday.html
AScribe
For a second time this year, Egyptologist Betsy Bryan and her archaeological crew are sharing their work with the world. Online now is a special bonus season of their popular digital diary, a virtual window into day-to-day life on an archaeological dig...
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20070612.111045&time=11%2024%20PDT&year=2007&public=0
Mycenaean Sword Cap Found In Thracian Sanctuary In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Archaeologists have discovered Tuesday a Mycenaean bronze sword cap in an ancient Thracian sanctuary in Bulgaria...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81791
New stories as of 10:41 AM:
Italian Police Recover Ancient Temple
Houston Chronicle
ROME — Italian police have recovered an ancient Greek temple dug up in southern Italy by a construction crew who had dumped or looted the prized artifacts and begun to pour cement over the ruins, authorities said Tuesday...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4882581.html
Is This Chaucer's Astrolabe
News@nature.com
Want to see the astrolabe used for astronomical calculations by Geoffrey Chaucer himself? You'll be lucky, says Catherine Eagleton, a curator at the British Museum in London...
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070604/full/070604-12.html
This story is dated to June 8, but I only just found it today through the Archaeology.org site.
New stories as of 8:43 AM:
Powers Grad Part Of Team Bringing 'Iliad' To Web
Flint Journal
The newest thing on the World Wide Web soon will be a 1,000-year-old manuscript, thanks in part to a Powers Catholic High School graduate who is now an assistant professor of classics at Holy Cross College here...
http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-44/1181656283111720.xml&coll=5
Take A Journey Around The Wonders of Antiquity
Times Online
If you dream of touring the great monuments of the Ancient World across the continents, one man is ready to be your guide...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article1921509.ece
This article is a review of the book Antiquity: Origins, Classicism and the New Rome.
From Columns To Colosseum, Ancient Rome Relives In Digital Simulation
Canada.com
ROME (AP) - Rome's monuments may be crowded with tourists, crippled by time and damaged by pollution, but the glory days of this ancient imperial city are alive and well - inside a computer...
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=593ceea7-0ba1-4264-8197-552ee8e76e5b&k=54135
Ancient Rome Brought Back To Life
Kazinform
Ancient Rome has been brought back to life through a unique digital reconstruction project, said to be the world's biggest computer simulation. An international team of architects, archaeologists and experts spent 10 years working on a real-time 3D model of the city called Rome Reborn...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=152564
Also posted at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6743991.stm
Rome Rebuilt Simulation Program Digitally Recreates Ancient Rome In All Its Glory
Techshout.com
Rome- a culturally and historically rich place may always be crowded with tourists and its monuments battered by time and damaged by pollution; but the glory days of this ancient civilization are very much alive thanks to a bunch of computer experts.
http://www.techshout.com/software/2007/12/rome-rebuilt-simulation-program-digitally-recreates-ancient-rome-in-all-its-glory/
Rome Was Not Built In One Day; It Took 10 Years
Bits Of News
One of the greatest cities of the ancient world has been rebuilt using 3D computer graphics, for 10 years an international team of archaeologists, architects and computer specialists from the University of Virginia and UCLS, as well as research institutes in Italy, Germany and Britain have been working on “Rome Reborn”...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5743/44/
Unique Archeology Findings Exhibited In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
The antique archaeology findings, that were unearthed in the temple of the Phrygian Goddess Cybele in Bulgaria, will be exhibited in the seaside town of Balchik...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81769
Scientists Rebuild Ancient Rome in 3D
Sci-Tech Today
The $2 million simulation of ancient Rome will be used by scientists to run experiments -- such as determining the crowd capacity of ancient buildings -- and as a scholarly journal that will be updated at each new discovery of one of Rome's marvels. Students and tourists can also use the program to learn about ancient Rome...
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Scientists-Rebuild-Ancient-Rome-in-3D/story.xhtml?story_id=0300034NFYNI
Human Sacrifice: Early Hunter-Gatherers May Have
Xinhua
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Archaeologists investigating graves from the Upper Paleolithic Period (about 26,000 to 8,000 B.C.) uncovered several that indicated Europe’s prehistoric hunter-gathers may have practiced human sacrifice...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/12/content_6232670.htm
Rhondda Castle Restored After 600 Years
NewsWales
After lying in ruins for 600 years the 13th century Llantrisant Castle is to be restored by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and Cadw, the Welsh body for Ancient Monuments...
http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Culture&F=1&id=11568
Excavations To Resume At Pardis Tepe
PressTV
Iranian and British archeologists have commenced the third phase of excavations at Iran's 7,000-year-old Pardis Tepe site in Tehran province...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=12898§ionid=351020105
New stories as of 9:35 PM:
Water Stops Flowing For Rome's Fountains
Guardian Unlimited
Rome's most important fountains are drying up after the 2,000-year-old Roman-built underground aqueduct that supplies them was smashed by workmen laying foundations for a garage...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,2101612,00.html
Back to Egypt's Sin City
MSNBC
Archaeologist Betsy Bryan and her team of students and researchers from Johns Hopkins University are back at the Temple of Mut, within Egypt's Luxor dig, to delve more deeply into the sex and booze of ancient times - and you can follow their exploits over the Web...
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/12/224088.aspx
New stories as of 4:10 PM:
La Lupa: Etruscan or Medieval
Wanted in Rome
In February a new book, a fine slim volume, stirred up a wasps’ nest of controversy. It is boldly called “The capitoline she-wolf. A mediaeval bronze.”...
http://www.wantedinrome.com/articles/complete_articles.php?id_art=737
New Stories as of 1:40 PM:
Italian Developer Planned To Build Over Ancient Temple Site
CBC.ca
Italian police have taken possession of a newly discovered ancient Greek temple in southern Italy after uncovering a developer's plot to build over the 2,000-year-old ruins...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/06/12/italy-temple-site.html
Staggering Price - $26.6 Million - For Ancient Sculpture At Sotheby's
Antiques and The Arts Online
In a hushed and standing-room-only salesroom at Sotheby's on June 7, auction history was made when an exquisite bronze figure of "Artemis and the Stag," circa First Century BC/First Century AD, sold for $28.6 million, immediately becoming the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction...
http://antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques/AuctionWatch/2007-06-12__11-27-24.html
Archaeologists Bring Egyptian Excavation To Web For A Second Time This Year; Online at
http://www.jhu.edu/neareast/egypttoday.html
AScribe
For a second time this year, Egyptologist Betsy Bryan and her archaeological crew are sharing their work with the world. Online now is a special bonus season of their popular digital diary, a virtual window into day-to-day life on an archaeological dig...
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20070612.111045&time=11%2024%20PDT&year=2007&public=0
Mycenaean Sword Cap Found In Thracian Sanctuary In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Archaeologists have discovered Tuesday a Mycenaean bronze sword cap in an ancient Thracian sanctuary in Bulgaria...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81791
New stories as of 10:41 AM:
Italian Police Recover Ancient Temple
Houston Chronicle
ROME — Italian police have recovered an ancient Greek temple dug up in southern Italy by a construction crew who had dumped or looted the prized artifacts and begun to pour cement over the ruins, authorities said Tuesday...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4882581.html
Is This Chaucer's Astrolabe
News@nature.com
Want to see the astrolabe used for astronomical calculations by Geoffrey Chaucer himself? You'll be lucky, says Catherine Eagleton, a curator at the British Museum in London...
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070604/full/070604-12.html
This story is dated to June 8, but I only just found it today through the Archaeology.org site.
New stories as of 8:43 AM:
Powers Grad Part Of Team Bringing 'Iliad' To Web
Flint Journal
The newest thing on the World Wide Web soon will be a 1,000-year-old manuscript, thanks in part to a Powers Catholic High School graduate who is now an assistant professor of classics at Holy Cross College here...
http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-44/1181656283111720.xml&coll=5
Take A Journey Around The Wonders of Antiquity
Times Online
If you dream of touring the great monuments of the Ancient World across the continents, one man is ready to be your guide...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article1921509.ece
This article is a review of the book Antiquity: Origins, Classicism and the New Rome.
From Columns To Colosseum, Ancient Rome Relives In Digital Simulation
Canada.com
ROME (AP) - Rome's monuments may be crowded with tourists, crippled by time and damaged by pollution, but the glory days of this ancient imperial city are alive and well - inside a computer...
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=593ceea7-0ba1-4264-8197-552ee8e76e5b&k=54135
Ancient Rome Brought Back To Life
Kazinform
Ancient Rome has been brought back to life through a unique digital reconstruction project, said to be the world's biggest computer simulation. An international team of architects, archaeologists and experts spent 10 years working on a real-time 3D model of the city called Rome Reborn...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=152564
Also posted at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6743991.stm
Rome Rebuilt Simulation Program Digitally Recreates Ancient Rome In All Its Glory
Techshout.com
Rome- a culturally and historically rich place may always be crowded with tourists and its monuments battered by time and damaged by pollution; but the glory days of this ancient civilization are very much alive thanks to a bunch of computer experts.
http://www.techshout.com/software/2007/12/rome-rebuilt-simulation-program-digitally-recreates-ancient-rome-in-all-its-glory/
Rome Was Not Built In One Day; It Took 10 Years
Bits Of News
One of the greatest cities of the ancient world has been rebuilt using 3D computer graphics, for 10 years an international team of archaeologists, architects and computer specialists from the University of Virginia and UCLS, as well as research institutes in Italy, Germany and Britain have been working on “Rome Reborn”...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5743/44/
Unique Archeology Findings Exhibited In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
The antique archaeology findings, that were unearthed in the temple of the Phrygian Goddess Cybele in Bulgaria, will be exhibited in the seaside town of Balchik...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81769
Scientists Rebuild Ancient Rome in 3D
Sci-Tech Today
The $2 million simulation of ancient Rome will be used by scientists to run experiments -- such as determining the crowd capacity of ancient buildings -- and as a scholarly journal that will be updated at each new discovery of one of Rome's marvels. Students and tourists can also use the program to learn about ancient Rome...
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/Scientists-Rebuild-Ancient-Rome-in-3D/story.xhtml?story_id=0300034NFYNI
Human Sacrifice: Early Hunter-Gatherers May Have
Xinhua
BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Archaeologists investigating graves from the Upper Paleolithic Period (about 26,000 to 8,000 B.C.) uncovered several that indicated Europe’s prehistoric hunter-gathers may have practiced human sacrifice...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/12/content_6232670.htm
Rhondda Castle Restored After 600 Years
NewsWales
After lying in ruins for 600 years the 13th century Llantrisant Castle is to be restored by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and Cadw, the Welsh body for Ancient Monuments...
http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Culture&F=1&id=11568
Excavations To Resume At Pardis Tepe
PressTV
Iranian and British archeologists have commenced the third phase of excavations at Iran's 7,000-year-old Pardis Tepe site in Tehran province...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=12898§ionid=351020105
Monday, June 11, 2007
New News for June 11th
It looks like the biggest story today will be the virtual rebuilding of Rome. It certainly has the early lead. There's lots of other news as well.
New stories as of 9:44 PM:
More Clues In The Legend (Or Is It Fact?) Of Romulus
The New York Times
New archaeological finds are fueling a heated debate about Rome's founding myth...
http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/science/12rome.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26refQ3Dscience&OP=5203c848Q2FQ3D)tNQ3Dso3mwoolpQ3DpLLQ7DQ3DL8Q3DqpQ3Dm3Sti3tQ3DqpwoQ7BtQ25ulQ7BA
You have to be a registered member of the New York Times website to read this article, unfortunately. Perhaps tomorrow it will have been picked up by some of the other papers.
New stories as of 8:10 PM:
Mycenaean Tombs Found
IOL
Athens - Greek archaeologists have uncovered four intact tombs about 30 centuries old and Roman baths from a later period in the south-west of the country, the local media reported on Monday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20070611221851698C189240
New stories as of 4:23 PM:
Visit Ancient Rome, Thanks To New Computer Simulation
The Seattle Times
ROME — Computer experts today unveiled a digital reproduction of ancient Rome as it appeared at the peak of its power in A.D. 320 — what they called the largest and most complete simulation of a historic city ever created...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2003743450_webvirtualrome11.html
Visiting Ancient Rome From Home
WCAV News
Imagine if you could take a trip back in time to visit ancient Rome when the city was at its prime, without ever leaving your house. Monday, a new website was unveiled that will allow you to do just that...
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/7944852.html
New stories as of 3:05 PM:
Ancient Rome is Rebuilt Digitally
Physorg,com
Visitors to virtual Rome will be able to do even more than ancient Romans did: They can crawl through the bowels of the Colosseum, filled with lion cages and primitive elevators, and fly up for a detailed look at bas-reliefs and inscriptions atop triumphal arches...
http://www.physorg.com/news100801038.html
Also posted at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/11/ap/tech/main2916378.shtml
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6641877&nav=S6aK
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061101377.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VIRTUAL_ROME?SITE=MOCOD&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-06-11-15-12-59
Replica of Nina Ship To Dock at Marquette
The Daily Globe
On Friday, June 29, a replica of the Nina will open for tours in Marquette. The ship will be docked at Lower Harbor Park, until her departure Thursday, July 5...
http://www.ironwooddailyglobe.com/0611nina.htm
Early Europeans Likely Sacrificed Their Own
MSNBC News
Europe's prehistoric hunter-gatherers may have practiced human sacrifice, a new study claims...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19174423/
New stories as of 1:30 AM:
Ancient Tombs Found In Greece
The Times
ATHENS - Greek archaeologists have uncovered four intact tombs some 30 centuries old and Roman baths from a later period in the southwest of the country, the local media reported...
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=489112
Ancient Rome Restored - Virtually
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A group of Virginians and Californians has rebuilt ancient Rome. And today they received the grateful thanks of the modern city's mayor...
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2142
Ancient Rome Brought Back To Life
The Globe and Mail
ROME — Tourists puzzled by the jumble of buildings in classical and modern Rome can now find their bearings by visiting a virtual model of the imperial capital in what is being billed as the world's biggest computer simulation of an ancient city...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070611.wromemodel0611/BNStory/Science/home
Also posted at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL1114988420070611
Ancient Rome Rebuilt Digitally
ScienceDaily
Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni will officiate at the first public viewing of "Rome Reborn 1.0," a 10-year project based at the University of Virginia and begun at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to use advanced technology to digitally rebuild ancient Rome...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070611092847.htm
Rome Reborn
Newsweek
How do you say megabyte in Latin? Ancient Rome was reborn—as a virtual city—today, when a team of American and Italian academics unveiled Rome Reborn, a real-time 3-D computer reconstruction that allows visitors to navigate the ancient city as if it were 320 A.D. again...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19169594/site/newsweek/
In The Alps, Hunting For Hannibal's Trail - 2007-06-11
Exduco
When Hannibal led his army across the Alps, he sought to conquer the Roman Empire and define the path of Western civilization...
http://www.exduco.net/news.php?id=1703
Walk Through Ancient Rome In Largest Ever Digital Simulation
Daily Mail
Rome's monuments may be crowded with tourists, crippled by time and damaged by pollution, but the glory days of this ancient imperial city are alive and well - inside a computer...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=461329&in_page_id=1811
Also posted at:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-06-11-rome-relives-digital_N.htm
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/11/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Virtual-Rome.php
Learn What The Romans Did For Dorch
Dorset Echo
THE historic Roman Town House in Dorchester is getting a cash boost to improve its facilities for visitors...
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1462764.0.learn_what_the_romans_did_for_dorch.php
Unique Thracian Symbol Of Royalty Discovered In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Archaeologists have discovered the most ancient ruler's symbol on Bulgarian territory, what was once the kingdom of the Thracian tribes...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81728
Arrow Killed Otzi the 5,000-Year-Old Frozen Hunter
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Otzi, the 5,000-year-old frozen hunter found in a melting glacier by hikers in the Italian Alps, died from blood loss, shock and a heart attack caused by an arrowhead that severed an artery beneath his left collarbone...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-611otzokilled,0,5499595.story?coll=sfla-news-science
First of it's Kind Royal Symbol Discovered In Bulgaria
Sofia Echo
Archaeological expedition led by Daniela Agre and Deyan Dichev made unprecedented discovery near Bulgarian village of Golyam Dervent...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/first-of-its-kind-royal-symbol-discovered-in-bulgaria/id_23045/catid_70
2007 Excavation Season Begins
Turkish Daily News
The minister for culture and tourism Atilla Koç held a press conference Friday to mark the opening of the 2007 excavation season, and likened the tumulus and archaeological sites across Turkey to oil springs...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=75450
World's Endangered Monuments Are Listed
Monsters & Critics
The 2008 list of the 100 most endangered world monuments has been released by the World Monument Fund...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1316125.php/World%60s_endangered_monuments_are_listed
New stories as of 9:44 PM:
More Clues In The Legend (Or Is It Fact?) Of Romulus
The New York Times
New archaeological finds are fueling a heated debate about Rome's founding myth...
http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/science/12rome.html&OQ=_rQ3D1Q26refQ3Dscience&OP=5203c848Q2FQ3D)tNQ3Dso3mwoolpQ3DpLLQ7DQ3DL8Q3DqpQ3Dm3Sti3tQ3DqpwoQ7BtQ25ulQ7BA
You have to be a registered member of the New York Times website to read this article, unfortunately. Perhaps tomorrow it will have been picked up by some of the other papers.
New stories as of 8:10 PM:
Mycenaean Tombs Found
IOL
Athens - Greek archaeologists have uncovered four intact tombs about 30 centuries old and Roman baths from a later period in the south-west of the country, the local media reported on Monday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20070611221851698C189240
New stories as of 4:23 PM:
Visit Ancient Rome, Thanks To New Computer Simulation
The Seattle Times
ROME — Computer experts today unveiled a digital reproduction of ancient Rome as it appeared at the peak of its power in A.D. 320 — what they called the largest and most complete simulation of a historic city ever created...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2003743450_webvirtualrome11.html
Visiting Ancient Rome From Home
WCAV News
Imagine if you could take a trip back in time to visit ancient Rome when the city was at its prime, without ever leaving your house. Monday, a new website was unveiled that will allow you to do just that...
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/7944852.html
New stories as of 3:05 PM:
Ancient Rome is Rebuilt Digitally
Physorg,com
Visitors to virtual Rome will be able to do even more than ancient Romans did: They can crawl through the bowels of the Colosseum, filled with lion cages and primitive elevators, and fly up for a detailed look at bas-reliefs and inscriptions atop triumphal arches...
http://www.physorg.com/news100801038.html
Also posted at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/11/ap/tech/main2916378.shtml
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6641877&nav=S6aK
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/11/AR2007061101377.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VIRTUAL_ROME?SITE=MOCOD&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-06-11-15-12-59
Replica of Nina Ship To Dock at Marquette
The Daily Globe
On Friday, June 29, a replica of the Nina will open for tours in Marquette. The ship will be docked at Lower Harbor Park, until her departure Thursday, July 5...
http://www.ironwooddailyglobe.com/0611nina.htm
Early Europeans Likely Sacrificed Their Own
MSNBC News
Europe's prehistoric hunter-gatherers may have practiced human sacrifice, a new study claims...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19174423/
New stories as of 1:30 AM:
Ancient Tombs Found In Greece
The Times
ATHENS - Greek archaeologists have uncovered four intact tombs some 30 centuries old and Roman baths from a later period in the southwest of the country, the local media reported...
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=489112
Ancient Rome Restored - Virtually
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A group of Virginians and Californians has rebuilt ancient Rome. And today they received the grateful thanks of the modern city's mayor...
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2142
Ancient Rome Brought Back To Life
The Globe and Mail
ROME — Tourists puzzled by the jumble of buildings in classical and modern Rome can now find their bearings by visiting a virtual model of the imperial capital in what is being billed as the world's biggest computer simulation of an ancient city...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070611.wromemodel0611/BNStory/Science/home
Also posted at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL1114988420070611
Ancient Rome Rebuilt Digitally
ScienceDaily
Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni will officiate at the first public viewing of "Rome Reborn 1.0," a 10-year project based at the University of Virginia and begun at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to use advanced technology to digitally rebuild ancient Rome...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070611092847.htm
Rome Reborn
Newsweek
How do you say megabyte in Latin? Ancient Rome was reborn—as a virtual city—today, when a team of American and Italian academics unveiled Rome Reborn, a real-time 3-D computer reconstruction that allows visitors to navigate the ancient city as if it were 320 A.D. again...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19169594/site/newsweek/
In The Alps, Hunting For Hannibal's Trail - 2007-06-11
Exduco
When Hannibal led his army across the Alps, he sought to conquer the Roman Empire and define the path of Western civilization...
http://www.exduco.net/news.php?id=1703
Walk Through Ancient Rome In Largest Ever Digital Simulation
Daily Mail
Rome's monuments may be crowded with tourists, crippled by time and damaged by pollution, but the glory days of this ancient imperial city are alive and well - inside a computer...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=461329&in_page_id=1811
Also posted at:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-06-11-rome-relives-digital_N.htm
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/11/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Virtual-Rome.php
Learn What The Romans Did For Dorch
Dorset Echo
THE historic Roman Town House in Dorchester is getting a cash boost to improve its facilities for visitors...
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1462764.0.learn_what_the_romans_did_for_dorch.php
Unique Thracian Symbol Of Royalty Discovered In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Archaeologists have discovered the most ancient ruler's symbol on Bulgarian territory, what was once the kingdom of the Thracian tribes...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=81728
Arrow Killed Otzi the 5,000-Year-Old Frozen Hunter
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Otzi, the 5,000-year-old frozen hunter found in a melting glacier by hikers in the Italian Alps, died from blood loss, shock and a heart attack caused by an arrowhead that severed an artery beneath his left collarbone...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/health/sfl-611otzokilled,0,5499595.story?coll=sfla-news-science
First of it's Kind Royal Symbol Discovered In Bulgaria
Sofia Echo
Archaeological expedition led by Daniela Agre and Deyan Dichev made unprecedented discovery near Bulgarian village of Golyam Dervent...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/first-of-its-kind-royal-symbol-discovered-in-bulgaria/id_23045/catid_70
2007 Excavation Season Begins
Turkish Daily News
The minister for culture and tourism Atilla Koç held a press conference Friday to mark the opening of the 2007 excavation season, and likened the tumulus and archaeological sites across Turkey to oil springs...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=75450
World's Endangered Monuments Are Listed
Monsters & Critics
The 2008 list of the 100 most endangered world monuments has been released by the World Monument Fund...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1316125.php/World%60s_endangered_monuments_are_listed
Sunday, June 10, 2007
News for June10
It's slow, but there's some news today.
New articles as of 9:55 AM:
Alarm Bells For Old Famagusta
The Cyprus Mail
CHEAP clothes shops and traders selling mundane household items line the narrow backstreets and square of the once-vibrant mediaeval walled city, whose phenomenal wealth was once the envy of Europe...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=32922&cat_id=1
Earth Is Best Trustee For Sixth Salt Man: Expert
Mehr News
Archaeological Research Center of Iran (ARCI) Director Mohammad-Hassan Fazeli Nashli is opposed to the idea of unearthing the “salt man” recently discovered in the Chehrabad Salt Mine due to the dearth of equipment necessary for protection of the remains...
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=499797
Ship Replica to Follow Viking Past
Chicago Tribune
On the skipper's command, deckhands haul in tarred ropes to lower the flax sail. Oars splash into the water. The crew, grimacing from the strain, pulls with steady strokes sending the sleek Viking longship gliding through the fjord...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-viking0610-bdjun10,1,1114359.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true
New articles as of 9:55 AM:
Alarm Bells For Old Famagusta
The Cyprus Mail
CHEAP clothes shops and traders selling mundane household items line the narrow backstreets and square of the once-vibrant mediaeval walled city, whose phenomenal wealth was once the envy of Europe...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=32922&cat_id=1
Earth Is Best Trustee For Sixth Salt Man: Expert
Mehr News
Archaeological Research Center of Iran (ARCI) Director Mohammad-Hassan Fazeli Nashli is opposed to the idea of unearthing the “salt man” recently discovered in the Chehrabad Salt Mine due to the dearth of equipment necessary for protection of the remains...
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=499797
Ship Replica to Follow Viking Past
Chicago Tribune
On the skipper's command, deckhands haul in tarred ropes to lower the flax sail. Oars splash into the water. The crew, grimacing from the strain, pulls with steady strokes sending the sleek Viking longship gliding through the fjord...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-viking0610-bdjun10,1,1114359.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=2&cset=true
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