March 31st News

Finding news amid all the stories of the Olympic Torch is a bit of a challenge.

New stories as of 6:18 AM:

Greece to Britain: Hand Over Artwork
USA Today
LONDON — Greece is stepping up the pressure on Britain to return one of the ancient world's most valued treasures: the Elgin Marbles, sculptures removed from the Parthenon in the early 1800s and housed in the British Museum...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-30-marbles_N.htm

'Exciting' Stonehenge Excavation Gets Underway
24dash.com
Work begins today on a major research excavation to investigate the bluestones at Stonehenge, the smaller stones that made up part of the famous prehistoric monument alongside the sarsen stones...
http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2008-03-31-Exciting-Stonehenge-excavation-gets-underway

New Dig Probes Wiltshire's Stonehenge Mystery
This Is Wiltshire
Archaeologists today began a historic dig which they hope will unravel the ancient mystery of Stonehenge...
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2158518.0.new_dig_probes_wiltshires_stonehenge_mystery.php

Excavation Begins At Stonehenge
BBC News
The first excavation of the stones at Stonehenge in Wiltshire for 40 years is under way...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7322238.stm

Excavation Starts At Stonehenge
BBC News
The first excavation inside the ring at Stonehenge in more than four decades gets under way on Monday...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7322134.stm
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Study Shows Life Was Tough For Ancient Egyptians
Reuters UK
CAIRO (Reuters) - New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKL2886575820080330