February 4th News

There's quite a bit of news this morning. I'm wondering though, what is it that has the articles about Greek and Roman statues having been painted that makes it such big news today? That knowledge has been around long enough to make it into a number of my textbooks.

New stories as of 6:16 AM:

Australia Hands Back A Stolen Ancient World To Spain
The Age
AUSTRALIA has returned to Spain the world as it was known in 1482.
The handing over of a precious 526-year-old map, stolen from the National Library of Spain last year, has been described as the conclusion of a "very unhappy case".
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/australia-hands-back-a-stolen-ancient-world-to-spain/2008/02/04/1202090323428.html

Antiquity Had More Than A Monochrome Palette
Times Online
We are so used to the white purity of ancient marble sculptures that we imagine the Greeks and Romans felt the same: certainly the artists and patrons of the Renaissance and later centuries believed that white was right...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3299711.ece

Ancient Greek And Roman Sculptures Were Multi Coloured
Thaindian News
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): A new research has revealed that many ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were painted in a variety of colours other than white...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ancient-greek-and-roman-sculptures-were-multi-coloured_10016191.html

Discovery Of Hunting Tools Turns Back Clock For Ancient English City By 10,000 Years
Thaindian News
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Archaeologists have found hunting tools at the site of a new shopping centre in the ancient town of Bath in England, that extends the history of the city thousands of years further back...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/discovery-of-hunting-tools-turns-back-clock-for-ancient-english-city-by-10000-years_10016161.html

Motorway Excavations In UK Reveal Prehistoric Relics
Daily India
London, Feb 4: A motorway dig at Merseyside in UK has resulted in the discovery of more than 3,000 objects ranging from prehistoric to Roman times...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/212976.php/Motorway-excavations-in-UK-reveal-prehistoric-relics
Also published at:
http://www.topnews.in/motorway-excavations-uk-reveal-prehistoric-relics-218371

Norfolk Skeleton Unearthed
EDP24
A skeleton, believed to be several hundred years old, has been found during archaeological excavations...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED03%20Feb%202008%2018%3A42%3A49%3A713

Germany And Nordics To Claim Viking Towns As Heritage Sites
Earthtimes.org
Kiel, Germany - A string of Baltic sites where bloodthirsty Vikings moored their longboats, hoarded slaves and booty and held off ethnic rivals are to be claimed as UNESCO world heritage sites. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein said Monday its items for the collection would be Haithabu, which was the Viking trading capital and original site of the city of Schleswig, and the Dannevirke...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/182537,germany-and-nordics-to-claim-viking-towns-as-heritage-sites.html
Also published at:
http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1126966&lang=EN

Early Burial Ground Discovered By Archaeologists In Doncaster
24 Hour Museum
Archaeologists have discovered a cemetery dating back 1,500 years at the site of a new school near Doncaster...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART53743.html