July 28th News

It's slow today. Maybe the news will pick up later in the day.

New stories as of 7:40 PM:

Sea Stallion Arrives In Inverie, Scotland
Sail World
A Viking ship, a dream – and an enormous challenge. The Sea Stallion from Glendalough will cross the North Sea to Dublin in 2007, returning to Roskilde in 2008. The voyage will mark the climax of the project known as Thoroughbred of the Sea, the most ambitious ship archaeology research project ever undertaken...
http://www.sail-world.com/cruising/index.cfm?nid=36108&rid=11

New stories as of 10:28 AM:

Scientists Testing Mummy's Big Toe
ScienceDaily
CAIRO, July 27 (UPI) -- British scientists say an artificial big toe on an ancient Egyptian mummy could be the world's first functional prosthetic body part...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070728-00434600-bc-egypt-bigtoe.xml

July 27th News

Yes, I'm late getting this up today. Had internet connection problems for a bit.

New stories since last night (6:20 PM):

Scientists Stunned By Ancient City Under Alexandria
News.com.au
ALEXANDER the Great founded Alexandria to immortalise his name. But someone got there before him...
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22147107-401,00.html

Fake Big Toe Discovered On Mummy
Fort Frances Times Online
A British researcher is taking steps to prove whether an artificial big toe found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy is actually the world’s earliest known functional prosthetic body part...
http://www.fftimes.com/node/202730

Silbury Hill Repairs Abandoned Because Of Rain
This Is Wiltshire
Heavy rain has forced experts to abandon a repair works on Silbury Hill...
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/display.var.1579841.0.silbury_hill_repairs_abandoned_because_of_rain.php
Also published in:
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1579841.0.silbury_hill_repairs_abandoned_because_of_rain.php

World's First Prosthetic: Egyptian Mummy's Fake Toe
LiveScience
An artificial big toe found on the foot of an Egyptian mummy could prove to be the world's earliest functioning prosthetic body part, it was announced today...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070727_old_toe.html

Science Steps In To Discover Wonders Of Toe-tankhamun
ScienceDaily
Science Daily — An artificial big toe attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could prove to be the world's earliest functional prosthetic body part, say scientists...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070727084801.htm

World's First Prosthetic Limb Found On 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy
Daily Mail
The false toe worn by a 3,000-year-old mummy has always been regarded as a simple ornament, added after death as part of burial rites...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=471203&in_page_id=1811

Cairo Toe Earliest Fake Body Bit
BBC News
An artificial big toe found on the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could be the world's earliest functional fake body part, UK experts believe...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6918687.stm

Floods Threaten Ancient And Historic Sites
Guardian Unlimited
Severe weather is washing away thousands of years of heritage in the UK. Maev Kennedy surveys the damage to Silbury Hill and Rotherwas Ribbon...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2136400,00.html

Hoard Of Roman Coins Declared Treasure
icWales
THIS is one of the largest collections of Roman coins ever found in the UK...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=hoard-of-roman-coins-declared-treasure&method=full&objectid=19527354&siteid=50082-name_page.html

Egypt's Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered, Experts Announce
National Geographic News
The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced on Sunday...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070727-egypt-fort.html

Sedgeford Dig Open Day
Lynnews.co.uk
ARCHAEOLOGISTS at this year's Sedgeford dig will be showcasing a number of exciting discoveries from the village in a special open day on Sunday ...
http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news?articleid=3065053

Roman Mosaics Uncovered In France
CCTV International
At the heart of the ancient town of Nimes, in Southern France, routine building work has uncovered a unique and fascinating piece of ancient history. The find dates to the era when the town was a principal city of Roman Gaul. What the excavators discovered were two magnificent Roman mosaics...
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20070727/106529.shtml
This article seems to include a link to a video item as well.

July 26th News

Art, Sports, Nature, and a previously unknown city. There's lots to choose from today.

New stories as of 5:50 PM:

Researchers Find Evidence of Hidden City
Fox News
CAIRO, Egypt — Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalize his name amid his quest to conquer the world _ but his was apparently not the first city on the famed site on Egypt's Mediterranean coast...
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul26/0,4670,EgyptBeforeAlexander,00.html

Is Fake Big Toe From Ancient Egypt World's First Known Prosthetic?
940 Montreal
TORONTO (CP) - A British researcher is taking steps to prove whether an artificial big toe found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy is actually the world's earliest known functional prosthetic body part...
http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=23&id=726112

New stories as of 10:44 AM:

Athens Show Sheds Light On Sculptor Praxiteles
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - He dared to bare Aphrodite, becoming one of antiquity's most popular sculptors and influencing art through the centuries but precious little of Praxiteles' work has survived...
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL2621441820070726

Photo In The News: "World's Longest Tusks" Among Greek Mastodon Find
National Geographic News
July 26, 2007—This is one ancient animal that brings a whole new meaning to being long in the tooth...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070726-mastodon-tusks.html

Geologists Uncover Evidence Of City Hidden Beneath Alexandria
International Herald Tribune
CAIRO, Egypt: Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalize his name on his way to conquer the world, but his may not have been the first city on the famed site on Egypt's Mediterranean coast...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/26/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Alex-Before-Alexander.php

KPI Granted Exclusive Access To Newly Discovered Sunken Roman Forts In Irish Sea Off England
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KPI, a unit of Lightworks Producing Group (LPG), a multi-faceted television production company and part of vertically integrated Lightworks Enterprises, Inc., today announced that it has been granted exclusive television access to document the newly discovered sunken forts of Meols.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-26-2007/0004633291&EDATE=

Egyptians Played Ancient Version Of Bowling 2000 Years Back
Daily India
Washington, July 26: Egyptians played an ancient version of bowling between the second and third century AD, recent excavations some 56 miles south of capital Cairo by a team of Italian archaeologists has revealed....
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/160427.php/Egyptians-played-ancient-version-of-bowling-2000-years-back

Evidence Found Of City Beneath Alexandria
Mathaba News Agency
Scientists have found hidden underwater traces of a city that existed at Alexandria seven centuries before Alexander the Great swept through Egypt during his quest to conquer the known world...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=558788

Ancient Egyptians Played Ball Games
ShortNews.com
The ancient Egyptians once played a ball game that seemed to be a mixture of bowling, billiards and bowls, according to Italian archaeologists. The team found a room where the game used to be played at a dig site south of Cairo.
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=63813

Tenth Century Burial Ground Uncovered At Construction Site
Kyiv Post
A burial ground dating back to the 10th century was found on the construction site of a new office center alongside the Dnipro River in Kyiv’s Podil district. City officials backed the construction company’s right to continue building at the location, while the developer has pledged Hr 300,000 ($60,000) to help investigate the site thought to be an early Christian cemetery near the Poshtova Ploshcha metro station...
http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/27009/

July 25th News

There's a range of different topics today, all of them interesting. I hope to see more on the discoveries at Alexandria.

New stories as of 9:44 PM:

Ancient Alexandria Older Than We Thought?
Bits of News
New evidence suggests that Alexandria could much older than historians had thought. Archaeologists have discovered material suggesting that the site was home to a major settlement for seven hundred years or more before the time of Alexander...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5895/

New stories as of 9:11 PM:

Spiral wall motifs reveal Çatalhöyük migration
Today's Zaman
In the course of an excavation project currently under way at Çatalhöyük, researchers have recently discovered a burial chamber and wall paintings that echo spiral motifs first seen on ancient seals and kitchen utensils...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=117686

New stories as of 11:32 AM:

Two-Storey Roman Baths Found
ShortNews
Archaeologists have found ancient Roman baths believed to have belonged to Quintus Servillus, the ancient Roman equivalent of a billionaire. The baths are the largest found so far, and were discovered at the Villa delle Vignacce park...
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=63795

Dig Reveals "Billionaire's" Roman Villa With Baths
Reuters India
ROME (Reuters Life!) - Archaeologists have uncovered a tycoon's mansion outside central Rome with its very own bath complex -- the ancient Roman equivalent of owning a fleet of Ferraris or a private jet as a way of showing off wealth...
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-28633020070724

Ancient Egyptian Ball Game Discovered
Discovery News
July 25, 2007 — Throwing stone balls along a lane might have been a popular game in ancient Egypt, according to evidence unearthed some 56 miles south of Cairo by Italian archaeologists...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/25/game_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070725111500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

Hidden City Found Beneath Alexandria
LiveScience
The legendary city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great as he swept through Egypt in his quest to conquer the known world...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070724_before_alexandria.html

July 24th News

Not too many stories so far today, but they are interesting ones.

New stories as of 10:53 AM:

History Of 2,300-Year-Old Egyptian Remains Studied At Louisiana Hospital
Leesville Daily Leader
GONZALES (AP) - Radiology technologists at St. Elizabeth Hospital were visited this month by a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy as part of an effort to help researchers learn more about the history of the remains, including the mummy's gender, age and cause of death...
http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/articles/2007/07/24/news/news9.txt

The 'Ephesus' Of The Black Sea To Be Unveiled
Turkish Daily News
The remains of an ancient city on the Black Sea coast will be unearthed for the first time next month. Archaeologists are beginning excavations and underwater dives with the aim of unveiling the architectural plan of Teion (or Tion), located in Zonguldak's Filyos district...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=78680

Dig Reveals "Billionaire's" Roman Villa With Baths
Reuters
ROME (Reuters Life!) - Archaeologists have uncovered a tycoon's mansion outside central Rome with its very own bath complex -- the ancient Roman equivalent of owning a fleet of Ferraris or a private jet as a way of showing off wealth...
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL2476764920070724

Fragments Of Another Skull Unearthed At The Atapuerca Site
Typically Spanish
Archaeologists working at the Atapuerca dig in the Sierras east of Burgos have unearthed fragments of another skull at the UNESCO World Heritage site...
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_11644.shtml

Another Unique Archaeological Discovery In Bulgaria
Sofia Echo
Archaeologists found a Thracian vessel in the shape of a horse head in a funeral mound near the town of Sliven...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/another-unique-archaeological-discovery-in-bulgaria/id_23973/catid_70

July 23 News

It's a new week, so there should be plenty of new stories.

New stories as of 10:14 AM:

New Look At Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Site
Spero News
The mysterious archaeological ruins from where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered 60 years ago served first as a fortress before being adopted by Jewish religious sect, two UCLA researchers contend...
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idarticle=10396

Laser mapping Tool Traces Ancient Sites
Cultural Heritage News Agency
Orinda retiree Ben Kacyra has made the biggest contribution to archeological research since Indiana Jones added the bullwhip to his field kit...
http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=7236

Ancient Rome Tombs Found In Greece
PressTV
Four tombs including many objects dating back to the Roman civilization have been found on the construction site of a road in Greece...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=17200&sectionid=3510212

Bulgarian Historian's Italian Job
Sofia Echo
If Bulgaria is lucky enough, it could recover an ancient treasure from Italy, National Museum of History director Bozhidar Dimitrov said...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/bulgarian-historians-italian-job/id_23956/catid_70

Archaeologists Dig Up Roman Bath Complex
Central Florida News 13
A large 2nd-century bath complex believed to be part of a wealthy Roman's luxurious residence has been partially dug up, archaeologists said Thursday...
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Science/2007/7/22/archaeologists_dig_up_roman_bath_complex.html

Experts To Examine New Ways To Save Salt Men
Mehr News
TEHRAN, July 23 (MNA) -- The Zanjan Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department (ZCHTHD) plans to gather a number of Persian, British, and German experts at a seminar in October in order to investigate new techniques for the preservation of Iran’s salt men...
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=523021

Ribbon Inspected After Flooding

BBC News
A 4,000-year-old stone feature in Herefordshire is being inspected to see if it has been affected by flood water over the weekend...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6912238.stm

Unique Thracian Utensil With Horse Head Form Found
News.bg
Unique utensil with form of horse head found the team of doctor Georgy Kitov in region ‘Taneva mogila' around the Sliven's village of Kaloianovo...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_922374272

Stanground Pupils Archaeological Dig
Peterborough Today
AN ancient wall has been unearthed by city pupils during an archaeological dig in Ufford...
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/features?articleid=3050281

July 22 News

Slow even for a weekend today.

New stories as of 6:55 PM:

Ancient Rome Tombs Found In Greece
PressTV
Four tombs including many objects dating back to the Roman civilization have been found on the construction site of a road in Greece...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=17151&sectionid=351020105

Graves Of Hittite Royalty To Be Revived
Today's Zaman
As part of a project endorsed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the burial sites of Hittite princes and princesses in the Alacahöyük village in Çorum will be replaced by graves with clear coverings and occupied with replica skeletons, Hittite sun icons and gold and silver artifacts that can be viewed by visitors...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=117338

New stories as of 10:42 AM:

Laser Mapping Tool Traces Ancient Sites
San Francisco Chronicle
Orinda retiree Ben Kacyra has made the biggest contribution to archeological research since Indiana Jones added the bullwhip to his field kit...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/22/BUG5IR472Q1.DTL

Outline Of Scotland's Scone Abbey Found
Physorg.com
Scottish archaeologists say they have located the exact location of Scone Abbey, where Robert the Bruce is believed to have been crowned king...
http://www.physorg.com/news104301149.html