January 5th News

Much of the news today is made up of older stories, whether new articles on a story from several months ago, or more information on yesterday's stories.

New stories as of 11:13 AM:

Treasure Has A Tale To Tell
Journal Live
AN ancient pan which may have been a souvenir from Hadrian’s Wall will go on show on Tyneside today ...
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/01/05/treasure-has-a-tale-to-tell-61634-20315570/

Probing Ancient Shipwrecks With DNA
Bend Weekly
Stud­y­ing an an­cient Greek ship­wreck, sci­en­tists say, they’ve found they can de­code an­cient DNA to learn about the orig­i­nal con­tents of jars sunk­en for over 2,000 years...
http://www.bendweekly.com/Science/11868.html

Greek Love: 'As If One Has Been Beamed Down Into A Painting By Watteau'
Telegraph.co.uk
Duncan Followell reveiws The Greeks and Greek Love: a Radical Reappraisal of HOmosexuality in Ancient Greece by James Davidson...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/01/05/bodav105.xml

Boy, Oh Boy
Guardian Unlimited
Oliver Taplin enjoys James Davidson's unpredictable, over-the-top, erudite and lengthy look at 'homobesottedness', The Greeks and Greek Love...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,2235425,00.html

University of Va. To Return Greek Statues
United Press International
CHARLOTTESVILLE , Va., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The University of Virginia plans to return to Italy two ancient Greek sculptures taken from Sicily by tomb raiders and donated to the university's museum...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/01/04/university_of_va_to_return_greek_statues/8827/

Looted Sculptures To Be Sent Home
BBC News
Two ancient sculptures of Greek goddesses dug up by looters in Sicily in 1978 are to be returned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7172152.stm

The World's A Stage: Whitman Professor Documents Ancient Theaters
Collegenews.org
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 3, 2008 - Last year, Associate Professor of Theatre Thomas Hines received a gratifying and fairly astonishing e-mail from an excited Argentine businessman who’d decided to restore an old mas, a traditional house in Provence. He wanted Hines to know that the Whitman College professor’s online archive of ancient theaters had inspired him to build a Roman theater in the backyard of the property...
http://www.collegenews.org/x7724.xml

Scottish Water-Plant Dig Reveals Ancient Roman Fort
WaterTechOnline.com
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND — Scottish Water is moving the site of its soon-to-be-built treatment works building after preparations for its new Glencorse drinking water treatment plant revealed the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman fort, according to a January 4 Edinburgh Evening News article...
http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?N_ID=68917

Bone Ice Skates Invented By Ancient Finns, Study Says
National Geographic News
Ice-skating—the oldest human-powered means of transportation—was invented in Finland not for fun but for survival, according to a new study...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080104-first-skates.html