January 24th News

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New stories as of 8:04 AM:

Wine-Carrying Ship Dating Back 2,300 Years Discovered On Seabed Off Cyprus
PR-Inside
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300 year-old cargo ship thought to have been ferrying wine from the Aegean island of Chios before it sank off Cyprus' southern coast, researchers said Thursday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/wine-carrying-ship-dating-back-2-300-years-r402945.htm

Ash Altar Of Greek God Zeus Was Used For Worship 1,000 Years Earlier Than Believed
Thaindian News
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship the god Zeus...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ash-altar-of-greek-god-zeus-was-used-for-worship-1000-years-earlier-than-believed_10014333.html

Zeus Worship Site Millennium Older Than Thought
China View
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Findings of potter at an ancient Greek altar to worship Zeus reveals the site was in use at least a millennium earlier than previously thought, new archeological data suggest...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/24/content_7488327.htm

Museum Of Cycladic Art Reopens Ancient Greek Art Collection
About.com
This month, the Museum of Cycladic Art, sometimes known as the Goulandris Museum after its founders, is reopening its extensive 350-item collection of ancient Greek art...
http://gogreece.about.com/b/2008/01/23/museum-of-cycladic-art-reopens-ancient-greek-art-collection.htm

New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God
Science Daily
The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 feet above sea level, atop the altar provides a breathtaking, panoramic vista of Arcadia...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123114601.htm

Ancient Cemetery Unearthed In Syria
Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Archaeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gcqC6lHr-qFgEzzwzjtgGiLWKl8AD8UBS1R02

Video: "Epic" Vase Returned To Italy
National Geographic News
January 23, 2008—A 2,500-year-old vase featuring scenes from a Homer poem is among several antiquities returned to Italy after lengthy negotiations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080123-vase-video-ap.html