July 7th News

Should be interesting to see what shows up with that new technology.

New stories since last night (as of 10:31 AM):

New Technology Lets Historians See The Woods Beyond The Trees
Times Online
Hundreds of archaeological relics are being uncovered by a laser reading technique that can see through trees to reveal the landscape hidden by forests...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2039647.ece

Italy's Crackdown On Art Looting Keeps Plunderers In Check, For Now
Seattle Times
ANGUILLARA SABAZIA, Italy — It used to be so easy for the "tombaroli," Italy's tomb raiders. Pietro Casasanta had no Indiana Jones-type escapes from angry natives or booby-trapped temples. He worked undisturbed in daylight with a bulldozer, posing as a construction worker to become one of Italy's most successful plunderers of archaeological treasures.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003778467_tombraiders07.html

Bulgarian Archaeologists Find Roman-Era Items In Thracian Tomb
Novinite.com
The excavations of Bulgaria's best-known archaeologist Georgi Kitov near Sliven have yielded yet more artifacts, this time from the Roman era, state radio BNR reported on Saturday...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=82730

Tara Decision Made Before Advice Sought
Irish Examiner
A CONTROVERSIAL decision on the future of a national monument discovered at Lismullin, Co Meath during construction of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara was effectively made before the advice of the National Museum was sought.
http://www.examiner.ie/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=ireland-qqqm=ireland-qqqa=ireland-qqqid=36744-qqqx=1.asp

July 6th News

Actually finding any real news is turning into a challenge today. Most of what's coming up in the searches is about the votes for the new seven wonders contest.

New stories since last night (as of 10:55 AM):

Greeks On The Black Sea At The J. Paul Getty Center
Artline.ro
The J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, USA, is hosting until September 3 2007 a fascinating exhibition dedicated to the civilisation of the Greeks at the Black Sea, were they were colonists, conquerors, sailors and merchants...
http://jurnal-international.artline.ro/2_596_Greeks_on_the_Black_Sea_at_the_J__Paul_Getty_Center_12803.html

History Being Unearthed In Ancient Hadrianoupolis
Turkish Daily News
The ancient city of Hadrianoupolis, located in the Black Sea province of Karabük, is bidding to become a source of income for tourism in Eskipazar � a district of Karabük...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=76739

Italy Gets Tough On 'Tomb Raiders'
Canoe.ca
ANGUILLARA SABAZIA, Italy -- It used to be so easy for the "tombaroli," Italy's tomb raiders. Pietro Casasanta had no Indiana Jones-type escapes from angry Natives or booby-trapped temples...
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2007/07/06/4317610-sun.html
Also posted at:
http://www.onelocalnews.com/howelltimesandtranscript/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=130252
http://www.townhall.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?contentGUID=733a698a-41db-48f2-ae5a-4b6be5e07b4d
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6759777,00.html

Celtic Village Found On Park And Ride Site
Cambridge Evening News
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a Celtic village close to Milton.
The late Iron Age site is believed to have been the first settlement in the area and with many Britons still boasting Celtic blood in their veins, this may have been where ancestors of current Milton, Landbeach and Cottenham once lived....
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2007/07/05/3bae2460-19f8-4ec0-8bb7-449ee02ae178.lpf

Outcry As Burial Ground Razed "Under Cover Of Night"
The Independent
AN ancient burial ground near the Hill of Tara - said to be more impressive than the national monument discovered in recent months - has been destroyed....
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/outcry-as-burial-ground-razed-under-cover-of-night-993522.html

Mummy Reveals Egyptian Queen Was Fat, Balding And Bearded
LiveScience
There’s a new gal in town and she’s 17,000-years-old. Last week, Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, announced that the mummy of an elderly female from tomb KV60 in the Valley of the Kings was surely Hatshepsut, female pharaoh of Egypt in the 15th century B.C...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070706_hn_hatshepsut.html

Duke's Palace Uncovered
The Advertiser
EXCITING glimpses of Norwich's hidden history have been uncovered by archaeologists working at a city centre development....
http://www.advertiser24.co.uk/content/advertiser24/news/story.aspx?brand=NOROnline&category=News&tBrand=NOROnline&tCategory=News&itemid=NOED06%20Jul%202007%2009%3A33%3A37%3A200

July 5th Stories

The discoveries seem to be in the UK today.

New stories since last night as of 11:33 AM:

Italy's Crackdown On Art Looting Keeps Plunderers In Check, For Now
International Herald Tribune
ANGUILLARA SABAZIA, Italy: It used to be so easy for the "tombaroli," Italy's tomb raiders. Pietro Casasanta had no Indiana Jones-type escapes from angry natives or booby-trapped temples. He worked undisturbed in daylight with a bulldozer, posing as a construction worker to become one of Italy's most successful plunderers of archaeological treasures....
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/europe/EU-FEA-GEN-Italy-Tomb-Raider.php

Norwich Palace Is Rediscovered
EDP24
Once it was one of Norwich's most spectacular buildings, home to the Duke of Norfolk and stayed in by Charles II, but it was demolished 300 years ago...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED05%20Jul%202007%2013%3A10%3A54%3A980

Burial Ground Razed By M3 Workers, Claim Protesters
Evening Echo
An ancient burial ground near the Hill of Tara in Co Meath was razed to the ground during overnight work on the controversial M3 motorway, environmentalists claimed today...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=224333618&p=zz43343z4&n=224334378

Archaeologists Set To Unearth Secrets of Scone And Its Kings
Scotsman.com
IT IS one of the most evocative sites in Scotland's turbulent history - the place where Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scots before his victory over the English at Bannockburn...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1046372007

Thracian Palace Found In Perperikon
News.bg
Unknown till now Thracians' palace was found by archaeologists in ‘Perperikon' complex (near the town of Kurdjali in the Rhodopes)...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1517336169

Unique Bronze Age Serpentine Mound Found In Western England
The Hindu
London, July 5 (AP): An archaeologist has made a find in western England that he hopes will help illuminate the ritual life of Britain's Bronze Age inhabitants _ a 60-meter (65-yard) serpentine mound paved with cracked stones believed to be the first of its kind discovered in Europe....
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200707051001.htm
Also posted at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/04/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Archaeology-Find.php

Archaeologists Rise To Solstice Circle Discovery
Scotsman.com
ARCHAEOLOGISTS working on a remote Scottish island have discovered an ancient stone ceremonial enclosure that is perfectly aligned to the winter and summer solstices...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1046352007

Old Serpentine Mound Found In Britain
The Guardian Unlimited
LONDON (AP) - The stones were likely heated in a fire and quickly doused in cold water, cracking before being placed along the serpentine earthen mound. The result: a curving paved structure possibly used in a ritual by Britain's Bronze Age inhabitants...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6757971,00.html
Also posted at:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/nationandworld/ci_6299439

Egypt To Use DNA Tests To Identify Pharaoh Tuthmosis
Yahoo News
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will run DNA tests on an unidentified mummy to determine whether it is the pharaoh Tuthmosis I, who ruled over a period of military expansion and extensive construction, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070703/sc_nm/egypt_mummy_dc;_ylt=AtJkT3kOZgjl2VhGSYsDNBYhANEA

July 4th News

The week seems to be getting started in terms of the number of new stories being posted.

New Stories as of 10:36 PM:


In A Tug Of War, Ancient Statue Is Symbol Of Patrimony
The New York Times
AIDONE, Sicily — The star attraction of the archaeological museum in this sleepy backwater in central Sicily actually isn’t here...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/arts/design/04dig.html?8dpc

Ancient "Salt Cured" Man Found In Iranian Mine
Kazinform
NEW YORK. July 4. KAZINFORM. Another "natural mummy"—the sixth so far— has emerged in Iran's Chehrabad Salt Mine, archaeologists say...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=153303

Lessons For German Archaeology Students at Side
Today's Zaman
Two German students from Humboldt University in Berlin took advantage of their holidays in the Side district of Antalya to explore the area's rich history and prepare for their archaeology courses in Germany...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=115710

Trust Wants To Protect Historic Remains
Yeovil Express
IT is almost certain that the summit of St Michael's Hill in Montacute was occupied prior to the Norman conquest, but the three key stages of its occupation began in 1068...
http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/display.var.1516440.0.trust_wants_to_protect_historic_remains.php

Call For Cast To Help Solve Mystery Of Medieval Abbey
Evening Telegraph
A Petition has been launched calling for more funding to help solve the mystery of a 12th-century abbey's lost buildings...
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=131596&command=displayContent&sourceNode=124371&contentPK=17731056&folderPk=55129&pNodeId=124522

Major Hereford Archaeological Find To Be Unveiled
24dash.com
A ribbon of fire-cracked stones carefully laid to form a surface and dating back to the same period as Stonehenge has been uncovered during the construction of a road in Herefordshire...
http://www.24dash.com/localgovernment/23504.htm

Archaeologists To Explore Contents Of St. Paul's Tomb
Indian Catholic
Rome (CNA): Pope Benedict XVI has approved plans to examine the interior of an ancient stone coffin, which Vatican archeologists positively identified as that of St. Paul less than two years ago, reported Kath.net. The coffin is beneath the main altar of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. The position of the stone coffin has not been altered since the year 390 A.D....
http://www.theindiancatholic.com/newsread.asp?nid=8003

DNA To Uncover Mysteries Of Dark Ages Czech Noble Family
Gulf Times
PRAGUE: DNA testing will be used in a unique scientific project to solve a more than a thousand-year mystery over the noble occupants of Dark Age graves in Prague castle, a team of Czech specialists announced yesterday...
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=158922&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
Also posted at:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20070703222823265C827144

July 3rd News

Somewhat of a slow start today. It will be interesting to see if there are more articles on the stolen relics later.

New stories as of 2:12 PM:

Ancient "Salt Cured" Man Found In Iranian Mine
National Geographic News
Another "natural mummy"—the sixth so far— has emerged in Iran's Chehrabad Salt Mine, archaeologists say...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070703-salt-man.html

New stories as of 11:06 AM:

Greek Police Find Hundreds Of Stolen Relics
Thewest.com.cau
Greek police have found more than a thousand pieces of artefacts dating back to ancient Greece after raiding a suspect's house near the southern city of Corinth, police said today...
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=182&ContentID=33227

Incan bones found in Østfold
Aftenposten
Archeologists in Sarpsborg have found one thousand year old skeletal remains that appear to be Incan...
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1856505.ece

Mummy In Need Of Preservation
The Siasat Daily
Hyderabad, July 03: More than 4,500 years after she died, a mummified daughter of the VIth Pharaoh of Egypt cries for attention at the A.P. State Museum at Public Gardens here...
http://www.siasat.com/english/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=191595&Itemid=79&cattitle=Hyderabad

July 2nd News

I'm sorry about missing yesterday's update, but I didn't have internet access for most of the day.
I wonder what new stories there will be in this new month?

New stories as of 11:04 AM:

Acropolis Museum Set To Move To New Site
RIA Novosti
ATHENS, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Athens' Acropolis archeological museum has closed its doors to the public to prepare its collection for transportation to a new site a few hundred yards down the hill, Greece's Culture Ministry said Monday...
http://en.rian.ru/culture/20070702/68181384.html

Museum On Acropolis Closes For Big Move
Kathimerini
The Acropolis Museum next to the Parthenon will close today so that preparations can get under way for the transfer of some 300 ancient artifacts to the new museum that is being built just 400 meters away, the Culture Ministry said on Saturday...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100016_02/07/2007_85173

Relic On Show In Home Country
Coventry Telegraph
AN ANCIENT religious cross has been returned to Warwickshire for the first time since it was discovered in the county more than a century ago...
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0150swarksnews/tm_headline=relic-on-show-in-home-county&method=full&objectid=19392200&siteid=50003-name_page.html

Cross Returns To The Country
Redditch News
AN ancient cross discovered in Alcester more than a century ago is returning to Warwick-shire...
http://www.redditchadvertiser.co.uk/display.var.1512156.0.0.php

France's Earliest Winery Found
Decanter.com
Roman ruins found in southern France have been declared remnants of the country's earliest known winery...
http://www.decanter.com/news/127087.html

5,000 Years-Old Golden Adornments Found Near Karlovo Town
News.bg
Golden adornments at the age of 5,000 years were found in archaeological excavations near the village of Dubene (Karlovo district, Central Bulgaria, Southern from Stara Planina Mountain)...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_433535365

5,000-Year-Old Golden Architectural Decoration Unearthed In Bulgaria
Novinite.com
A team of archaeologist of Bulgaria's National Historical Museum unearthed Monday a 5000-years-old golden architectural ornamentation near the village of Dabene...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=82541

Replica Viking Warship Sets Sail For Irish Homecoming
The Independent
The Vikings are coming. But this time it's in pursuit of scientific knowledge rather than the usual fare of rape and pillage...
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2727876.ece

Replica Norse Warship Sets Sail For Dublin
Spiegel Online
A legendary Viking warship has been reconstructed and has set off to retrace the ancient voyage to the Irish capital Dublin, originally a Viking settlement...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,491759,00.html

Pharaoh Hatshepsut Died In Pain
Discovery News
July 2, 2007 —Obese, plagued with decayed teeth and perhaps a skin disease, Queen Hatshepsut might have spent her last days in pain, according to a preliminary examination of the 3,000-year-old mummy thought to be that of Egypt's greatest female pharaoh...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/02/sickmummy_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070702133030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000