January 23rd News

The stories today are mostly either repeats of older stories or articles with new information on a story from some time ago. Not all of them however. There are some new stories mixed in as well.

New stories as of 9:51 AM:

Mummies from Graeco Roman period in Fayyoum
Egypt State Information Service
The Egyptian antiquities mission has discovered several well preserved mummies covered with cartonage in Fayyoum that date back to the Greco-Roman period.
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Culture/000001/0203000000000000000929.htm

New stories as of 6:24 AM:

Collector Returns Antiquities Italy Says Were Looted
PNN
After eighteen months of negotiations, New York City philanthropist and art collector Shelby White has agreed to return ten classical antiquities from her private collection that Italy says were looted, the New York Times reports...
http://www.pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=7940&mode=thread&order=0

Italy Hails Return Of Ancient Vase From New York
Times Of Malta
Italy proudly celebrated the return of a prized 2,500-year-old vase it says was looted and sold illegally to New York's Metropolitan Museum more than 30 years ago...
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080123/world-news/italy-hails-return-of-ancient-vase-from-new-york

Culture: Italy's Lost Treasures Return
Wanted In Rome
Thanks to government efforts antiquities excavated illegally and smuggled out of the country for sale to complaisant foreign museums are now making their return...
http://www.wantedinrome.com/articles/complete_articles.php?id_art=804

Britain's Atlantis: The Search For Our Lost Capital
The Independent
Around midnight, at certain tides, church bells can still be heard tolling from the lost city of Dunwich. Or so local legend has it. The sound comes from beneath the waves of the North Sea, for Dunwich – one of England's most prosperous medieval centres, a place some consider a rival to 14th-century London – has been sunk beneath the waters for 500 years and more...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/britains-atlantis-the-search-for-our-lost-capital-771709.html

Archaeologists Unearth 3rd Century Cemetery In Northeastern Syria
PR-Inside
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Archeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/archaeologists-unearth-3rd-century-cemetery-r400309.htm

Anglo-Saxon Treasures Will Stay In Region - Vow
The Northern Echo
STUNNING Anglo-Saxon jewellery discovered on a North-East farm will not be lost to the British Museum, in London, it was pledged yesterday...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1986102.0.anglosaxon_treasures_will_stay_in_region_vow.php

MP In Plea Over Ancient Treasure
BBC News
Rare Anglo-Saxon treasures discovered in a Teesside field will almost certainly be allowed to remain in the area, the government has said...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7203050.stm

Video: Treasure Wars: Who Owns The Past?
National Geographic News
January 22, 2008—For centuries, treasures have been taken from their homelands. Should the artifacts go back? Who should decide? Part one of nine.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080122-overview-video-vin.html