January 28th News

Lindow Man is moving, more details on the Zeus altar at Mount Lykaion, and discoveries at a medieval priory among other news today.

New stories as of 6:14 AM:

Zeus Was Born Here - But He Wasn't The First
Philadelphia Enquirer
Those who have beheld the stunning vista from remote Mount Lykaion - said to be the birthplace of Zeus - can see why the ancient Greeks picked it as a religious site...
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/weekly/20080128_Zeus_born_here_-_but_he_wasnt_the_first.html

Ancient Mummies, Among Other Relics Unearthed In Egypt (Re-Issue)
Thaindian News
Cairo, Jan 28 (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-re-issue_10014918.html

New Home For Iron-Age Lindow Man
Chester Standard
The remains of an Iron Age man found in a peat bog are leaving the British Museum for the first time in 17 years and moving to the Manchester Museum...
http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/latest-north-west-news/New-home-for-IronAge-Lindow.3716377.jp

Dig At Homes Site Uncovers Skeletons Of Eight Monks
The Northern Echo
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered the complete skeletons of eight Carmelite monks...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1997942.0.dig_at_homes_site_uncovers_skeletons_of_eight_monks.php
The article is short on a few details such as dates of the skeletons, but is otherwise fascinating. Apparently, this site is unusual in how the buildings were arranged.

First-Century Lindow Man Goes Back To His Roots
Guardian Unlimited
Lindow Man is to return to close to the spot where he met an appalling death almost 2,000 years ago, skull smashed in, strangled, stabbed, and finally dumped face down into the bog pool which preserved the evidence of his last terrible hours...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jan/28/archaeology.forensicscience