March 10th News

There's a lot of news stories today around a few different subjects: Ice Age Axes in the North Sea and the opening of the house of Augustus are the two big ones for the day.

New stories as of 6:20 AM:

Tsunami That Devastated The Ancient World Could Return
AFP
PARIS (AFP) — "The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be seen," wrote Roman historian Ammianus Marcellus, awed at a tsunami that struck the then-thriving port of Alexandria in 365 AD...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqMkmHqB1ZTQ3srj6bAhUFdgcsIA

'Exceptional' Roman Ruins Found At Wansford
Peterbourough Today
AN "EXCEPTIONAL" ancient Roman site has been discovered in woodland near Peterborough...
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/39Exceptional39-Roman-ruins-found-at.3860908.jp

Stonehenge Was A Site Of Stone Age Battles
Thaindian News
London, Mar 10 (ANI): Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument built in several construction phases spanning at least 3000 years, was the site of Stone Age battles to the death, a leading archaeologist has claimed...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/stonehenge-was-a-site-of-stone-age-battles_10025801.html

Ancient Roman Emperor Augustus First Home Opens In Rome
China View
ROME, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Four frescoed rooms in Ancient Roman Emperor Augustus's House on Rome's Palatine Hill opened to the public for the first time on Sunday...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/10/content_7751976.htm

Now You Can See The Roman Frescoes Which Surrounded Emperor Augustus's Kinky Spanking Sessions
Two thousand-year-old Roman frescoes which adorned the house where the future Emperor Augustus asked his wife to spank him during sex sessions are on display for the first time after a £1.5 million restoration...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=528868&in_page_id=1770

Stone Age Bones And Axes Found Off Norfolk Coast
The Guardian
The weapons of the stone age Norfolk men who hunted mammoths on what is now the bed of the North Sea, and fragments of the beasts they slaughtered, have turned up in Holland, spotted by an amateur archaeologist in a load of gravel...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/mar/10/archaeology?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Ice Age Axes Dredged Up From Sea Bed
The Scotsman
Norfolk: Ice Age axes used by mammoth-hunters have been unearthed from deep under the sea...
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Ice-Age-axes-dredged-up.3860294.jp

Ice Age Axes Found In North Sea
BBC News
Axes from the Ice Age used by mammoth hunters when the North Sea was dry have been found from under the water off the Norfolk coast...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7286982.stm

Amazing North Sea Axe Find
EDP24
The choppy North Sea off the Yarmouth coast is more associated with fishermen and cargo ships than cavemen...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED09%20Mar%202008%2018%3A56%3A13%3A090

700-Year-Old Artefact Found Thanks To Pub Smoking Ban
The Northern Echo
PUB landlord Billy Nettleton was astonished after a 700-year-old grave cover was discovered in his village pub - thanks to the smoking ban...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.2105633.0.700yearold_artefact_found_thanks_to_pub_smoking_ban.php

Neanderthal Treasure Trove 'At Bottom Of Sea'
The Independent
Some of the world's best preserved prehistoric landscapes survive in pristine condition at the bottom of the North Sea, archaeologists claimed yesterday...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/neanderthal-treasure-trove-at-bottom-of-sea-793678.html

Home Sweet Imperial Home: House Of Augustus Reopens

The Roman Forum
Amid much fanfare last November the authorities in Rome announced the March 2008 reopening of the so-called houses “of Augustus” and “of Livia”...
http://www.theromanforum.com/articolo.asp?ID=643

House Of Augustus Opens To Public
BBC News
Almost 50 years ago, archaeologists searching for the ruined house of Augustus found a tiny clue buried deep in 2,000 years' worth of rubble overlooking the Forum in Rome.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7286305.stm