January 26th News

Lots of older stories today, but also a good number of new ones. I think the BBC story on Amarna is particularly interesting.

New stories as of 11:06 AM:

Worship at Zeus's "Birthplace" Predates The Greek God
National Geographic News
Excavations at Zeus's mountaintop "birthplace" suggest the site's ash altar was in use at least 5,000 years ago—a thousand years before the earliest known versions of the myth of the Greek god...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080125-zeus-altar.html

Ancient Mummies, Among Other Relics Unearthed In Egypt
Thaindian News
Cairo, Jan 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed ancient relics like Graeco-Roman mummies, painted wooden sarcophagi, jewellery and papyri in the Deir Al-Banat cemetery in Fayoum, Egypt...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ancient-mummies-among-other-relics-unearthed-in-egypt_10014804.html

Mystery 'Mound' To Be Saved From The Sea
The Shetland News
ARCHAEOLOGISTS plan to save a fine example of a Bronze Age burnt mound from disappearing into the sea in a unique £70,000 removal operation on Shetland this coming summer...
http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/news_01_2008/Mystery%20mound%20to%20be%20saved%20from%20the%20sea.htm

Hoard Of Bronze Axe Heads Found
Zee News
London, Jan 26: Britain’s largest hoard of Bronze Age axe heads was accidentally discovered by a coach driver at a Dorset farm in UK...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=420571&sid=FTP

Grim Secrets Of Pharaoh's City
BBC News
Evidence of the brutal lives endured by some ancient Egyptians to build the monuments of the Pharaohs has been uncovered by archaeologists...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7209472.stm

Cyprus Divers To Dig Out Ancient Ship
Yahoo News
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300-year-old ship thought to have been ferrying wine when it sank off the coast of Cyprus, researchers said Thursday...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_sc/cyprus_ancient_shipwreck_3;_ylt=AqwxlI5asrPy5y3UAZoQJmJFeQoB

Footless, If Not Quite Fancy Free
Al Ahram
Graeco-Roman mummies, painted wooden sarcophagi, jewellery and papyri have been unearthed in Deir Al-Banat necropolis in Fayoum, reports Nevine El-Aref...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/881/eg6.htm