June 30th News Stories

New stories as of 10:32 AM:

Pope OK's Opening Of St. Paul's Tomb
WorldNetDaily
Eighteen months after the sarcophagus believed to have once contained the remains of St. Paul the apostle was positively identified by Vatican archaeologists, Pope Benedict XVI has given his approval to plans by investigators to examine the interior of the ancient stone coffin with an optical probe, according to a German Catholic paper...
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56460

Old Acropolis Museum To Close, Artifacts Transported To New Site
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: An archaeological museum on the Acropolis Hill will close Monday so that ancient sculptures and other artifacts can be moved to a new site, the Culture Ministry said...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/30/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Acropolis-Museum.php

Researchers Claim Tooth Belonged To First Humans In Western Europe
ABC News
Archaeologists in Spain have dug up a tooth which they believe belonged to the first known human in western Europe. Announcing preliminary findings, the researchers said the fossil was more than 1 million-years-old...
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/01/1966668.htm?section=justin

A Tooth And A Little DNA
Baltimore Sun
Archaeologists never seem to tire of digging in the dirt.
With pick and ax and shovel and brush, they scour the sands of time for remnants of past lives, of great rulers and lowly tradesmen, of despised monarchs and tribal leaders, of royal kingdoms and primitive cultures, of heralded customs and vanquished societies...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.notebook30jun30,0,1739782.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines

June 29th News

It's a mixed bag today. Medieval, Viking, Roman, Greek, Egyptian. There's stories from all of them today.

New stories as of 7:40 PM:

Antiquities Dealer Questions Authenticity Of Metropolitan Museum's Chariot
CultureGirl
While we breathlessly await today's repatriation press conference by Signor Rutelli, let's talk about another Italian object-of-desire, the Metropolitan Museum's Etruscan chariot. (It was claimed not by Italy, but by the village of Monteleone di Spoleto.)...
http://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2007/06/antiquities_dealer_rains_on_me.html

New stories as of 5:22 PM:

Chance To Dig Up History
The Cumberland News
VOLUNTEERS who don’t mind getting down and dirty can see what the Lake District looked like 4,000 years ago on a special archaeological dig over the next few weeks...
http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=515379

New stories as of 2:24 PM:

Secret Of The Etruscans Revealed
Wanted In Rome
Theories as to the origin of the ancient Etruscan civilization, which flourished from roughly 800 BC, or even earlier, until its final domination by Rome in 100 BC, have fired the imagination of historians for millennia...
http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/news.php?id_n=3360

Egyptian Archaeologists Identify Remains of Hatshepsut, Female Pharaoh
About.com
According to news reports, Egyptian archaeologists have identified the remains of Egypt's female Pharaoh, Hatshepsut. The announcement came from the Cairo Museum on Wednesday, June 27...
http://womenshistory.about.com/b/a/257540.htm

New stories as of 11:44 AM:

Pope Approves Examination Of St. Paul's Tomb
Catholic World News
Rome, Jun. 29, 2007 (Kath.net/CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) has approved an examination of the tomb of St. Paul, located in the Roman basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls, the Kath.net news service reports...
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=52096

Medieval Irish Goes Online As New Electronic Dictionary Is Launched
University of Ulster
A new electronic dictionary of medieval Irish was launched this week at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin...
http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3265.html

Ancient Island Settlement Rebuilt
BBC News
An ancient Shetland settlement at risk of crumbling into the sea has been rebuilt - despite fears that it will soon be eroded...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6253096.stm

Orpheus Tomb Discovered?
News.bg
The sensational discovery was made by an archaeological expedition which investigated the temple of the Thracians near the village of Tatul, informed BNT...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1942829985

Treasure Hunters Uncovered Statue and Coins in Nove, Northern Bulgaria
Focus Information Agency
Treasure-hunters have uncovered a statue and coins in ancient town Nove, close to Sishtov, northern Bulgaria, a journalist of Radio FOCUS – Veliko Tarnovo reported...
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n116017

The Return Of The Viking Warship
BBC News
On Sunday, 65 men and women will embark on one of the most ambitious, dangerous and important experimental archaeology projects ever undertaken...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6248978.stm

Back In The Limelight
Al-Ahram News
More than 300 foreign and Egyptian journalists, TV crews, photographers, Egyptologists and scientists gathered in front of the Egyptian Museum hoping for a glimpse of the mummy of Egypt's best known female ruler, Hatshepsut...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/851/eg11.htm

New News stories for June 28

Like yesterday, I predict that the major news story will be the discovery of the mummy of Queen Hatshepsut.

New stories as of 5:31 PM:

Photo Gallery: Mummy of Egypt's "Lost Queen" Found
National Geographic News
June 27, 2007—This mummy is the body of gender-bending female pharaoh Hatshepsut, who ruled ancient Egypt as both queen and king nearly 3,500 years ago, archaeologists announced today...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/photogalleries/queen-mummy/index.html

New stories as of 4:45 PM:

Scientists Link Housecats to Wildcat Subspecies
New York Times
Some 10,000 years ago, somewhere in the Near East, an audacious wild cat crept into one of the crude villages of early human settlers, the first to domesticate wheat and barley. There she felt safe from her many predators in the region, such as hyenas and larger cats, and the rodents that infested the settlers’ homes and granaries were sufficient prey for her...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/science/28cnd-cat.html?ref=science


New stories as of 10:55 AM:

Egypt Says Mummy of Queen Discovered
Newsday.com
CAIRO, Egypt -- A tooth found in a relic box led archaeologists to identify a long-overlooked mummy as that of Egypt's most powerful female pharoah -- possibly the most significant find since King Tutankhamun's tomb was uncovered in 1922, experts said Wednesday...
http://www.newsday.com/search/sns-ap-egypt-lost-queen,0,6986065.story

Archaeologists Identify Egyptian Queen
NewKerala.com
CAIRO, June 27: Archaeologists in Egypt say they've solved the mystery of the lost mummy of Hatshepsut, an Egyptian queen who reigned in the 15th century B.C...
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=42786
Also posted at:
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=153078

Egypt Says Mummy Of Ancient Queen Identified
NPR
Ancient Egypt's most powerful female pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut, has been identified Egyptian archaeologists said Wednesday...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11478981
This story appears to be in an audio format, linked from the page above.

Royal Find
Nashua Telegraph
CAIRO, Egypt– The long-overlooked mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as Queen Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt’s most powerful female pharaoh, Egyptian archaeologists said Wednesday...
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070628/NEWS03/206280415/-1/news
Also posted to:
http://www.star-telegram.com/279/story/151588.html

World's Oldest And Intact Ivory Carving Found
NewKerala.com
London, June 28 : Archaeologists have found what is believed to be the world's oldest fully intact ivory carving of a mammoth from an Ice Age site in Germany that was inhabited by the first Homo sapiens 35,000 years ago...
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=42585

Queen Mummy
The Globe And Mail
CAIRO -- The mummy of an obese woman in her 50s who had rotten teeth and likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female pharaoh, Egypt's top archaeologist said yesterday...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070628.A2MUMMY28/TPStory/International

Sarcophagus, Unique Gold Jewelry Unearthed In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
Bulgarian archaeologists have found Thursday a stone sarcophagus full of unique gold jewellery and ceramic and glass utensils in a mound near the village of Stroyno...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=82412


Video: Egypt's Most Famous Female King Found
National Geographic
June 27, 2007—Egypt's most famous female pharaoh—known for depictions showing her with a false beard—has been identified, Egyptian archaeologists announced today...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070627-hatshepsut-video.html

Egypt's Pharaoh Hatshepsut Said Found
Discovery News
June 27, 2007 —The mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest female pharaoh, has been identified, thanks to gum disease and a missing molar...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/27/egyptqueen_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070627065330

'Lucy' Fossil To Go On U.S. Tour
Discovery News
June 27, 2007 — A fossil tour doesn't have to mean an aging rock band's reunion concerts. The State Department gave final approval Wednesday for one of the world's most famous fossils — the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 — to tour the U.S. on exhibit for the first time...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/27/lucy_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070627140000

News for June 27

With the possible discovery of Hatshepsut hitting the news yesterday, I wonder what the news will be today? Hatshepsut is obviously going to be the big story though.

New stories as of 10:58 AM:

Persepolis Tablets Reveals Realities of Ancient Persia
Cultural Heritage News Agency
Latest studies on ancient Persian tablets which are currently kept in Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago revealed that the inscriptions were not limited to Persian kings and they were more commonly used than what was previously thought...
http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=7193

The First Olympic Games Rules Deciphered
Turkish Daily News
German archaeologists who have been excavating in the ancient city of Alexandria Troas, located close to Çanakkale's Ezine district, have decoded three letters including the first rules for the Olympic games...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=76778

Remains of Pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut Identified, Egyptian Authorities Say
Deseret News
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female pharoah, Egyptian archaeologists said Wednesday...
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,680194502,00.html

Fat Lady's Tooth Leads To Egypt's Lost Queen
Times Online
Scientists in Egypt claimed today that they had identified the mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt’s most powerful female pharaoh and one of its most mysterious rulers...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1995185.ece

Remains Of Female Pharoh, Queen Hatshepsut Identified
ABC12
Egyptian archaeologists say the mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female pharoah...
http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=nation_world&id=5426891
Also posted at:
http://news.bostonherald.com/international/middleEast/view.bg?articleid=1008486

Overweight, Diabetic, Bad Teeth: Lost Nile Queen Found In Poor Health
The Age
A TOOTH and DNA clues appear to have solved the mystery of the lost mummy of Hatshepsut, one of the great queens of ancient Egypt who reigned in the 15th century BC.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/overweight-diabetic-bad-teeth-lost-nile-queen-found-in-poorhealth/2007/06/27/1182623990162.html

Tiles Treasure
Hunts Post
ONE of the finest collections of medieval abbey tiles in the country has been discovered at Abbey College in Ramsey...
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/news/story.aspx?brand=HPTOnline&category=News&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsHPT&itemid=WEED27%20Jun%202007%2012%3A11%3A04%3A220

Tooth Clinches Identification Of Egyptian Queen
Reuters
CAIRO, June 27 (Reuters) - A single tooth has clinched the identification of an ancient mummy as that of Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt about 3,500 years ago, the country's chief archaeologist said on Wednesday...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27762730.htm

"Find Of Century" In Egypt
Truthdig
Egyptologists have discovered what they believe to be the 3,000-year-old remains of Egypt’s most powerful female ruler, Hatshepsut. The original wicked stepmother, Hatshepsut usurped the throne from her stepson, who probably retaliated after her reign by trying to obliterate any record of her...
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070627_find_of_century_in_egypt/

Tooth Solves Hatshepsut Mummy Mystery
The Guardian Unlimited
Archaeologists today used a missing tooth to positively identify the mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest woman pharaoh who reigned more than 3,000 years ago...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,2112583,00.html

"Find of Century" For Egyptology
BBC News
Egyptologists say they have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female ruler...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6244516.stm

Egypt To Unveil Mummy Discovery
The Washington Post
CAIRO, Egypt -- The mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female pharaoh, Egyptian archaeologists said Wednesday...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/27/AR2007062700200.html
Also posted at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6740210,00.html

Tooth May Have Solved Mummy Mystery
International Herald Tribune
A single tooth and some DNA clues appear to have solved the mystery of the lost mummy of Hatshepsut, one of the great queens of ancient Egypt, who reigned in the 15th century B.C...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/27/africa/27mummy.php

Egypt's Female Pharaoh Revealed By Chipped Tooth, Experts Say
National Geographic News
A broken tooth has become the key to identifying the mummy of Hatshepsut, the woman who ruled ancient Egypt as both queen and king nearly 3,500 years ago...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070627-mummy-tooth.html

Video: Greek Volcano Ready To Rumble
National Geographic News
June 22, 2007—Under the peaceful Mediterranean island of Santorini, Greece, simmers a mostly submerged volcano that was once responsible for the second biggest eruption in human history...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070622-volcano-video.html
Yes, I know this one is a few days late. However, I only just found it today.

Gladiator Truths Counter Movie Myths
Discovery News
June 26, 2007 — Gladiators were bean-eating vegetarians who fought barefoot, participated in refereed matches and suffered floggings if they became inebriated or behaved inappropriately with women, new findings suggest...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/26/gladiator_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070626100030
I tried to get this article yesterday, but the link kept coming up as broken. I'm glad it's fixed now.

New Stories as of June 26

Well, the news covers the span of classical through medieval history today.

New stories as of 8:17 PM:

Dig at Ruins Uncovered By Storm
BBC News
Archaeologists are excavating the remains of houses believed to date back 2,000 years after they were uncovered by a ferocious storm...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6238302.stm

Ice Age Ivory 'Charm' Thought To Be Oldest Intact Mammoth Carving
The Independent
Archaeologists have found what is believed to be the world's oldest fully intact ivory carving of a mammoth from an Ice Age site in Germany that was inhabited by the first Homo sapiens 35,000 years ago...
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2714179.ece

Tooth May Have Solved Mummy Mystery
The New York Times
A single tooth and some DNA clues appear to have solved the mystery of the lost mummy of Hatshepsut, one of the great queens of ancient Egypt, who reigned in the 15th century B.C....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/world/middleeast/27mummy.html?hp

Archaeologists Think They Have Mummy Of Queen Hatshepsut
World Science
Some Egyp­tol­o­gists be­lieve they have iden­ti­fied the mum­my of Hat­shep­sut, the most fa­mous queen to rule an­cient Egypt, found in a hum­ble tomb in the Val­ley of the Kings, an ar­chae­o­lo­gist said on Mon­day...
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070626_hatshepsut.htm

Mystery Mummy May Be Female Pharoah
The Guardian Unlimited
A leading archaeologist will announce that he believes he has finally solved the mystery of the missing body of Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest woman ruler who reigned as a pharaoh more than 3,000 years ago...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,2112307,00.html

New stories as of 2:15 PM:

9,000-Year-Old Beer Tastes Great
VOA News
A Delaware brewery known for its specialty beers has created a new one based on a 9,000-year-old recipe. VOA's Liu Enming recently traveled to Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to taste Chateau Jiahu beer. Jim Bertel narrates...
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-06-26-voa23.cfm

Egypt: Hatshepsut Mummy Identified After 3,500 Years
AGI News on
(AGI) - Cairo, Jun 26 - Already, it is being described as the greatest discovery in the Valley of Kings after that of Tutankhamen: the discovery, or rather, identification, of Hatshepsut's mummy, the most famous queen in the history of Egypt...
http://www.agi.it/world/news/200706262128-cro-ren0099-art.html

New stories as of 11:30 AM:

£2m Lottery Fund To Protect Medieval Landscape
eGov Monitor
The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced that is has earmarked £2million for a local partnership project to restore and protect the medieval landscape of the Weald Forest Ridge...
http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1528178273083463557

Health In Early Medieval Times
News-Medical.Net
Latest research into health in medieval Europe taking in everything from demonic possession to miracles of healing is to be revealed at The University of Nottingham. Experts from all over the world are gathering at the University to exchange their latest findings on concepts of Health and the Healthy Body in early medieval times, 400-1200AD...
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=26861

Iraq: New Archaeological Teams To Preserve Key Sites
adnkronosinternational
Baghdad, 26 June (AKI) - Close to a dozen teams of archaeologists have begun excavating and safeguarding a number of key archaeological sites across conflict-torn Iraq, including such biblical sites as Babylon - considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world - Iraq's tourism and archaeology ministry announced...
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.429496804&par=

Archaeologists Finally Locate Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut's Mummy
newKerala.com
Washington, June 26 : Archaeologists have finally located the mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest female pharaoh.
Hatshepsut was the daughter of Pharaoh Tuthmosis I and wife of Tuthmosis II, her half-brother...
http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=42016

Earthquake 'a Good Omen For Boudicca'
EDP24
It was an awesome David and Goliath battle waged two thousand years ago that shook the Roman Empire...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED25%20Jun%202007%2020%3A59%3A58%3A380

June 25th News

It's the start of a new week. I wonder what will be in the news as a result.

New stories as of 10:19 PM:

Collecting Antiquities, Cautiously, At The Getty
The New York Times
The title of antiquities curator at a major museum has always had a glamorous ring to it, an air of elegant erudition, pith helmets and globe-trotting. But as battles over so-called cultural patrimony have grown more intense in recent years, the post has also become a hot seat, with countries aggressively seeking the return of treasures they say were looted from their soil and then sold...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/arts/design/26getty.html?ref=design

New stories as of 8:12 PM:

Pompeii: Buried Treasures
Minneapolis Star Tribune
In what is a coup for the Science Museum of Minnesota, more than 250 priceless artifacts from the infamously ruined city of Pompeii have been transported -- very carefully -- to the downtown St. Paul museum...
http://www.startribune.com/1376/story/1267748.html

New stories as of 11:00 AM:

Three Thousand Year Old Mummy Discovered In Egypt
Yahoo News
CAIRO (AFP) - Archaeologists have discovered the 3,000-year-old mummy of a high priest to the god Amun in the southern city of Luxor, antiquities supremo Zahi Hawass told the official MENA news agency on Saturday...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070622/sc_afp/egyptarchaeology_070622200806;_ylt=AhExDxlWEBvM1q2WVamZNkhFeQoB

Italy To Return Smuggled Art To Pakistan
San Francisco Chronicle
Italy agreed Monday to return 96 ancient looted items to Pakistan, urging other countries to do the same...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/25/entertainment/e100502D42.DTL
Also posted at:
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&Date=20070625&ID=7080141

Egyptologists Think They Have Hatshepsut's Mummy
Reuters
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptologists think they have identified with certainty the mummy of Hatshepsut, the most famous queen to rule ancient Egypt, found in a humble tomb in the Valley of the Kings, an archaeologist said on Monday...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKL2589587820070625

New stories as of 10:06 AM:

Calendar Question Over Star Disc
BBC News
Archaeologists have revived the debate over whether a spectacular Bronze Age disc from Germany is one of the earliest known calendars...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6722953.stm

Medieval Tiles Discovered At Abbey
Cambridge Evening News
OLD tiles kept at Abbey College in Ramsey have turned out to be one of the best collections of medieval abbey tiles in the country...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/huntingdon/2007/06/25/1bba2f7e-aa5c-496a-bfb3-77cd34b60d1a.lpf

News for Sunday June 24

Another slow day, it looks like.

New news as of 3:37 PM:

Rise Of Man Theory "Out By 400,000 Years"
Times Online
Our earliest ancestors gave up hunter-gathering and took to a settled life up to 400,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to controversial research...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1980396.ece

New news as of 11:45 AM:

Recovering Lost Kingdom On The Nile Is Matter Of Time
Cleveland.com
On the periphery of history in antiquity, there was a land known as Kush. Overshadowed by Egypt to the north, it was a place of uncharted breadth and depth far up the Nile, a mystery verging on myth. One thing the Egyptians did know and recorded - Kush had gold.
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1182686173140490.xml&coll=2

3000 Year Old Mummy Found In Egypt
Javno
It is a mummy of a High Priest Senefer dating back to the 18^th dynasty (1550-1292 B.C.). It was discovered by a group of archaeologists from the Cambridge University. The mummy was found in grave 99 in the Valley of Kings, the Egyptian news agency Mena reported.
http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=56339