January 22nd News

There's a lot of new and interesting stories today, as well as continuations and reprints of older stories such as the Egyptian tomb or the underwater search in the second story.

New stories as of 7:59

Archaeologists Discover Mummies From Greco Roman Period In Egypt
Thainidan News
Cairo, Jan 22 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered several well preserved mummies, covered with cartonage, from the Greco Roman period in Fayyoum, Egypt...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/archaeologists-discover-mummies-from-greco-roman-period-in-egypt_10013888.html

Britain's Atlantis: The Search For Our Lost Capital
The Independent
In medieval times, Dunwich was a thriving rival to London. Then it was swallowed by the sea. Now, thanks to technological advances, the ancient settlement may soon be visible once more...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3359078.ece

Rare Middle-Class Tomb Found From Ancient Egypt
Kazinform
NEW YORK. January 22. KAZINFORM. Archaeologists have unsealed the intact burial chamber of an ancient Egyptian official, providing a rare glimpse into the burial customs of the Old Kingdom's middle class...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=159573

Treasure Hunters Find Bronze Age Axes
Telegraph.co.uk
An amateur treasure hunter has unearthed a hoard of bronze age axe heads thought to be worth about £80,000...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/22/nartefacts122.xml

'Scrap Metal' Was Bronze Age Hoard
Times Online
A coach driver discovered Britain’s largest hoard of Bronze Age axeheads while waiting for a party of school-children at a Dorset farm...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3227395.ece

Bus Driver Unearths £80,000 Hoard Of Bronze Age Axe Heads With Metal Detector
Daily Mail
Bus driver and metal detector fanatic Tom Peirce is in for a bumper pay day after unearthing 500 Bronze Age artefacts - one of the largest ever ancient finds...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509542&in_page_id=1770

Unearthing Whitlingham's Amazing Past
Norwich Evening News 24
Thousands of years ago it was where man toiled to make the tools they needed to survive...
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED21%20Jan%202008%2014%3A26%3A28%3A307