March 11th News

The quiet of last month is definitely over. There's almost more news than I can post now each day.

New stories as of 11:54 AM:

Exploring A 'Lost' City Of The Mycenaeans
ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2008) — Along an isolated, rocky stretch of Greek shoreline, a Florida State University researcher and his students are unlocking the secrets of a partially submerged, "lost" harbor town believed to have been built by the ancient Mycenaeans nearly 3,500 years ago...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311120621.htm

Ancient Necropolis Discovered In Greece
Balkan Travellers
11 March 2008 | Around 1,000 ancient graves, dating mostly from Roman and Byzantine times, were uncovered during excavations for a subway system in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki...
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/429

Greek Subway Workers Discover Ancient Tombs
RIA Novosti
ATHENS, March 11 (RIA Novosti) - Workers digging a subway in the historic city of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, have unearthed a massive tomb, filled with ancient treasures, the state archaeological service said...
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080311/101069458.html

Ancient Graves Found In Greece
Washington Post
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek workers discovered around 1,000 graves, some filled with ancient treasures, while excavating for a subway system in the historic city of Thessaloniki, the state archaeological authority said Monday...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002413.html
Also published at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_re_eu/greece_ancient_graves;_ylt=AnD.EYuLRzfUGHVCRS1lf.JvieAA
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/11/ancient-grave-greece.html

Road Workers Find 1,000 Ancient Graves In Thessaloniki
Tech Herald
Workers digging a subway system in the Greek city of Thessaloniki have unearthed a treasure trove of graves containing jewellery, art and coinage,the Greek archaeological service has said...
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200811/382/Road-workers-find-1-000-ancient-graves-in-Thessaloniki

Ancient Mediterranean Tsunami May Strike Again
National Geographic News
Tsunamis like the the one that devastated ancient Alexandria in A.D. 365 may hit the Mediterranean relatively often, a new study argues...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080310-tsunami.html

Remains Of Roman Villa Discovered
BBC News
The discovery of the remains of a Roman villa in Cambridgeshire has left archaeologists "blown away"...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7289660.stm

UK And Holland Probe Stone Age Land Under North Sea
Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - British and Dutch archaeologists will together investigate the Stone Age landscape under what is now the North Sea after newly dredged axeheads showed humans lived there alongside mammoths 100,000 years ago...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL1185657920080311

Archaeologists Unveil Finds In Rome Digs
Yahoo News
ROME - A sixth-century copper factory, medieval kitchens still stocked with pots and pans, and remains of Renaissance palaces are among the finds unveiled Friday by archaeologists digging up Rome in preparation for a new subway line. Archaeologists have been probing the depths of the Eternal City at 38 digs, many of which are near famous monuments or on key thoroughfares...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_sc/italy_subway_archaeology_6;_ylt=Aupu92ASvljAjBcla.BXKJVFeQoB

Tsunami That Razed Rome Studied Anew
Discovery News
March 10, 2008 -- "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://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/10/tsunami-ancient-rome.html

Early Medieval Taxation
Bits Of News
In the light of recent research work by Chris Wickham of Oxford University, we examine how taxation worked in early medieval Europe...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/7604/