February 8th News

There's more information coming up on a number of earlier stories, such as the altar of Zeus, today. The big story however, is the return of the Albanian statues.

New stories as of 6:03 AM:

Greece Returns Stolen Ancient Statues To Albania
Balkan Travellers
8 February 2008 | Greece returned on Thursday two ancient marble statues that were stolen from Albania, as part of a broader campaign against the illegal acquisition of antique objects...
http://www.balkantravellers.com/read/article/348

New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus
Spero News
Discoveries offer insights into early origin of ancient Greece's most powerful god, indicating the altar is much older than believed...
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=14290&tag=

Ancient Statues Returned To Albania
United Press International
ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Two ancient marble statues of Artemis and Apollo stolen from Albania in the '90s were officially returned in an Athens ceremony Thursday...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/02/07/ancient_statues_returned_to_albania/9666/

Greece Returns Stolen Statues To Albania: Ministry
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — Greece returned to Albania on Thursday two headless marble statues stolen from the museum of Butrint in 1991 and located by police near Athens six years later, the Greek culture ministry said...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVG5wk3k7rwqwzxQvTQeGIj1wJVA

Greece Returns Stolen Ancient Statues To Albania
PR-Inside
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece handed back two stolen ancient statues to Albanian authorities on Thursday, saying it hoped the gesture boosts international cooperation in repatriating looted antiquities...
http://www.pr-inside.com/greece-returns-stolen-ancient-statues-to-r427289.htm

Greece Returns Two Stolen Marble Statues To Albanian Museum
Bloomberg
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Greece's government returned two ancient statues stolen from Albania almost two decades ago...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=apbICdWyflic&refer=muse

Portsmouth Museums' Saxon Skeletons To Help Find Cure For TB
24 Hour Museum
Saxon age skeletons in Portsmouth's Museums collection could potentially pave the way for the development of new drugs to tackle the scourge of tuberculosis (TB) according to new research...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART54099.html

Experts Unearth Medieval Berlin Under Car Park
US Daily
BERLIN (Reuters) - A team of experts has unearthed an 800-year-old cellar under a central Berlin car park which they say dates the city back to the 12th century, earlier than previously thought...
http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=294502&type=ScienceArch