September 29th News

I know, I've missed the last couple of days posts. However, it's term time again, so it might happen some more.

Let's see what I missed over the last couple of days.

New stories as of 12:05 PM:

Polish Atomic Physicists Study Egyptian Frescoes
Science & Scholarship In Poland
Thousands of years ago, Egyptians knew many complicated methods of producing dyes. They used them to create many magnificent frescoes, which cover the walls of temples, royal palaces and tombs...
http://en.naukawpolsce.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_naukapl.pap.pl&_PageID=1&s=szablon.depesza&dz=archeology&dep=66435&data=&lang=EN&_CheckSum=-2028132824

Greece to Create Alexander The Great Museum
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — Greece will dedicate a museum to Alexander the Great in the northern town of Pella, his birthplace and the seat of the Macedonian kingdom that ruled an empire from Europe to India, an official said Friday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5heCDujybwOy4h1Rivjs-GRFTTE9A

Archaeologists Discover 2000 Year Old Source Of Jewish Temple Stones
Israel Insider
Israeli archaeologists said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the giant stones he used in the renovation of the biblical Second Temple compound -- solving a mystery that has troubled scholars for centuries and offering insight into the construction process of the holiest site in Judaism...
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Travel/12135.htm

Louvre's Largest Travelling Exhibit Brings Roman Art To The Midwest
The Canadian Press
INDIANAPOLIS - The largest travelling exhibit ever mounted by the Louvre - a dazzling collection of Roman statuary, treasures and everyday objects - begins with a marble lineup of the scheming royals whose lives of intrigue were captured in the acclaimed 1970s TV miniseries "I, Claudius."...
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jm6CYv9UxzU_bhG6y0lf9zwy9FRg

Viking Era Cabin Discovered In Norway's West Fjords
New Kerala
London, Sept.29 : Norwegian archaeologists have reportedly discovered a Viking era cabin on the island Hrútey in Mjóifjördur Fjord in Ísafjardardjúp, also known as the West Fjords...
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=6734

1000-Year-Old Portable Altar Discovered In Sweden
New Kerala
Stockholm, Sept 28 : Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,000-year-old portable altar at an excavation site in Varnhem in western Sweden...
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=6427

Ancient Pharaoh Temple Discovered Inside Egypt Mosque
National Geographic News
Parts of a temple dating to the reign of pharaoh Ramses II have been discovered inside a mosque in Luxor, Egypt, officials report (see map)...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070927-egypt-temple.html

September 26th News

It's a bit later than usual today, and slow. Only two stories so far.

New stories as of 8:49 AM:

Italian officials to drop civil charges as trial of former Getty curator resumes
Live-PR
ROME (AP) - A government lawyer told a court Wednesday that Italy was dropping a civil lawsuit in the trial of former J. Paul Getty Museum curator Marion True, a day after the Los Angeles institution signed a deal to return 40 contested artifacts...
http://www.live-pr.com/en/italian-officials-to-drop-civil-charges-r1048161089.htm

Report: Herod's Temple Quarry Found
Kansas City
Israeli archaeologists said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound - offering rare insight into construction of the holiest site in Judaism...
http://www.kansascity.com/news/world/story/288162.html

Getty To Hand Back 'Looted Art'
BBC News
One of the world's wealthiest museums, the Getty in Los Angeles, has signed an agreement in Rome to return priceless artefacts allegedly stolen from Italy...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7013471.stm

September 25th News

There's lots of news today, ranging from some new discoveries in the tomb of Tutankhamun to the ongoing dispute between Italy and the Getty museum.

New stories as of 10:57 AM:

The Getty Museum's Strained Italian Relationship
The Globe And Mail
California's J. Paul Getty Museum never had the best reputation in Italy and it's not because the Getty is fabulously wealthy -- its endowment is worth $5.6-billion (U.S.) -- and can buy masterpieces when the struggling Italian museums can barely afford washroom cleaners. It's because the Italians think the Getty was built on looted art. Looted Italian art to be exact...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070925.WBwreguly20070925080940/WBStory/WBwreguly

Transfer Of Antiquities To New Acropolis Museum To Begin Next Month
Earthtimes
Athens - The process of transferring priceless artefacts currently housed in a small museum atop the Acropolis in Athens to a new state-of-the art Acropolis Museum will begin next month, Greece's culture minister said Monday. Mihalis Liapis said it would take three months for all of the 340 priceless artefacts to be loaded onto three special cranes from atop the Acropolis and to make the 400-metre journey to the new modern glass and steel structure...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/113117.html

Italy And Getty Sign Antiquities Deal
Washington Post
ROME -- Italian officials said they will drop a civil lawsuit in the trial of former J. Paul Getty Museum curator Marion True after the Los Angeles institution formally signed a deal Tuesday to return 40 contested artifacts...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092500884.html

Human Presence Dating Back 12,000 Years Found In Marmaris
Turkish Daily News
The recent excavation project carried out by Marmaris Municipality in Nimara Cave revealed traces of human presence dating back 12,000 years. The researchers stated that the cave was used as a place of worship in ancient times. The cave, declared a protected area in 1999, also shelters butterflies similar to those in Fethiye's Butterfly Valley...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=84120

Medieval Castle Unearthed At Southwest Wales Car Park
New Kerala
London, Sept 25 : A team of professional and voluntary archaeologists have uncovered what seem to be the remains of a medieval castle in a north Pembrokeshire car park, in Wales...
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=5141

Castle Wall Find At Car Park Dig
BBC News
Archaeologists and volunteers digging at a village car park believe they have found the remains of a medieval castle...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7012061.stm

Archaeologists Discover Bronze Age Baby In Peterborough Quarry
24 Hour Museum
Archaeologists investigating a quarry site near Peterborough have unearthed the 3,500-year-old remains of a baby in a Bronze Age burial mound...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART50937.html

3,500-Year-Old Baby Unearthed At English Bronze Age Site
Daily India
London, Sept 25: Archaeologists have unearthed the tiny skeleton of a 3,500-year-old baby at a quarry near Peterborough, in Eastern England...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/176933.php/3500-year-old-baby-unearthed-at-English-Bronze-Age-site

Archaeologist Finds Overlooked Baskets, Jars In Tutankhamun Tomb
RIA Novosti
CAIRO, September 25 (RIA Novosti) - Eight fruit-filled baskets and 20 sealed jars previously un-noticed by Egyptologists have been found concealed in a chamber adjoining the tomb of King Tutankhamun, a top Egyptian archaeologist said...
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070925/80879359.html

Viking Treasure Trove Discovered In Swedish Garden
National Geographic News
A thousand-year-old Viking treasure trove has been dug up in a garden in Sweden, archaeologists report...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070924-vikings-treasure.html

Ancient Egyptian Fruit Hamper Found In King Tut's Tomb
AFP
CAIRO (AFP) — Eight baskets filled with fruits preserved for more than 3,000 years have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists in Tutankhamun's tomb, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said on Monday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5j7PwdB3jIye5ggAVG3SwOhM2JqUA

Ancient Fishermen Lured Fish With Fire
Discovery News
Sept. 25, 2007 — Fishermen around areas mentioned in the New Testament worked the night shift, suggests fishing gear found in a 7th century shipwreck off the coast of Dor, Israel, west of Galilee, where Jesus is said to have preached...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/25/firefishing_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070925123000

King Herod's Temple Quarry Found
Discovery News
Sept. 24, 2007 — Israeli archaeologists said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound — offering rare insight into construction of the holiest site in Judaism...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/24/herod_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070924091530

September 24th News

Back to the early start for a new week.

New stories as of 6:48 AM:

Report: Herod's Temple Quarry Found
Mercury News
JERUSALEM—Israeli archaeologists on Sunday said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound—offering rare insight into construction of the holiest site in Judaism...
http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_6980341
Also published at:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5glGujsIFl1M38VZe4Zng-VZgtoFg

10000 Historical Scottish Sites At Risk Of Inundation Due To Global Warming
New Kerala
Edinburgh, Sept 24 : Global warming induced storm surge and rising sea level threatens more than 10,000 of the most important ancient and historical sites around Scotland's coastline, it has been revealed...
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=4716

3,500 Year Old Baby Is Unearthed
The Evening Telegraph
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed the tiny skeleton of a 3,500-year-old baby at a quarry near Peterborough...
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/3500yearold-baby-is-unearthed.3226038.jp

Olympics-2014 Poses A Threat To Medieval Fortresses
Russia InfoCenter
Fellows of the Southern scientific centre of Russian Academy of Sciences seriously worry about possible demolition of the medieval fortresses located in the zone of mass building the area of Krasnaya Polyana planned as part of preparation to the Olympics-2014 in Sochi...
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/4800/

King Herod's Temple Quarry Unearthed
Telegraph.co.uk
Archaeologists have discovered the quarry King Herod is believed to have used during a renovation of the biblical Second Temple, offering a rare insight into the construction of one of Judaism's holiest sites...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/24/wherod124.xml

Baskets, Pots Found Abandoned In Tutankhamun Tomb
Reuters Africa
CAIRO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Egyptian archaeologists working in the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun have found baskets and intact clay pots apparently overlooked when the tomb was cleared out in the 1920s, the government said on Monday...
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL24428432.html

September 23rd News

I actually forgot to do the News yesterday. Here's both days in today's post.

New stories as of 2:40 PM:

Quarry Used For Jewish Temple Unearthed In Israel
Canada.com
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Archaeologists have found an ancient quarry where King Herod's workers may have chiselled the giant stones used to rebuild the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago.
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=b7b41a0a-adac-410b-bd6a-96c71aa08e57&k=26507
Also published at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/23/AR2007092300267.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2362809220070923

Grab Your Toga: Roman bath for sale at £300,000
Times Online
A ROMAN bath house with remains of plunge pools, steam rooms and clothes lockers is for sale in the town of Battle, East Sussex. Built for officers of the Roman navy in about AD90, the baths are on the market for a modest £300,000...
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article2511780.ece

Buried Treasures
Daily Echo
AERIAL photographs show how archaeologists are unveiling a Roman settlement near Dorchester...
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1707718.0.buried_treasures.php

Archaeologists Unearth Quarry Used For Herod's Temple
Live PR
(live-PR.com) -JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli archaeologists on Sunday said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound _ offering rare insight into construction of the holiest site in Judaism...
http://www.live-pr.com/en/archaelogists-unearth-quarry-used-for-r1048157302.htm

Quarry For Temple Mount's Giant Rocks - Found
Arutz Sheva
The Antiquities Authority announced today that it has found the quarry that supplied the giant stones for the building of the Temple Mount. The quarry is located in what is now one of Jerusalem's newest neighborhoods, Ramat Shlomo (also known as Reches Shuafat), between Ramot and French Hill. The quarry was found in the course of an archaeological rescue dig prior to the construction of a neighborhood school...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123754

Israeli Archaeologists Find Temple Mount Quarry
Middle East Times
JERUSALEM -- A quarry that supplied blocks of stone for the construction of the second Jewish Temple has been uncovered in an area north of Jerusalem, an Israeli archaeologist said Sunday...
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070923-105435-5277r