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More information on the Greek altar is in articles today. They've recovered a number of items stolen from Fishbourne.
New stories as of 12:41 PM:
Hellenistic Era Finds On Kuwaiti Isle
Athens News Agency
Archaeological excavations on Failaka Island, located 20 km off the coast of Kuwait City in the extreme western end of the Persian Gulf, have brought to light a series of significant Hellenistic period findings, beginning roughly during the period immediately following the death of Alexander the Great...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=6119012&maindocimg=5576654&service=102
1400-Year-Old Glass Mosaic Restored
Inside Bay Area
EXPERTS HAVE restored a 1,400-year-old glass mosaic glowing in gold, recovered from a site next to the Sea of Galilee, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday...
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_8172947
A Trolley Trove Of Ancient Treasures
Portsmouth Today
Precious ancient artefacts stolen in a raid have been found dumped in a supermarket trolley...
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/latest/A-trolley-trove-of-ancient.3742024.jp
An Altar Beyond Olympus For A Deity Predating Zeus
The New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — Before Zeus hurled his first thunderbolt from Olympus, the pre-Greek people occupying the land presumably paid homage and offered sacrifices to their own gods and goddesses, whose nature and identities are unknown to scholars today...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/science/05zeus.html?8dpc
SSU Exhibit Explores Archaeology In Ancient Nubia
Connect Savannah
Imagine a civilization so powerful it conquered the ancient Egyptians, with people so industrious that they built more pyramids than the Egyptians did...
http://www.connectsavannah.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A6354
Hidden Art Could Be Revealed By New Terahertz Device
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2008) — Like X-rays let doctors see the bones beneath our skin, "T-rays" could let art historians see murals hidden beneath coats of plaster or paint in centuries-old buildings, University of Michigan engineering researchers say...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080204111732.htm
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