March 4th News

I'm sorry for missing the last couple of days' updates. Anyway, here's todays'. And, there's lots of news to make up for the past two days absence.

New stories as of 9:33 AM:

Rare Roman Statue Is Extraordinary Highlight Of Christie's Antiquities Spring Sale
News-Antique.com
New York – On June 4, Christie’s New York is pleased to offer an exquisite Roman statue of the goddess Tyche (estimate on request). Standing 31 ½ inches high, and executed in the rarest of materials: porphyry...
http://www.news-antique.com/?id=783881&keys=Christies-Tyche-Roman-Goddess

Rome Ends Free Visits To Roman Forum
USA Today
ROME (AP) — Rome's archaeological officials said they are ending a decade-long policy of free visits to the Roman Forum and will start charging entry to the city's ancient power center on March 10...
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-03-04-roman-forum_N.htm

Louvre Art
KUOW Program Archive
You may not be able to travel to the famous Louvre Museum in Paris this spring, but not to worry. A little bit of the Louvre is here at the Seattle Art Museum...
http://kuow.org/DefaultProgram.asp?ID=14438
This article is available in both RealAudio and MP3 formats at the link, as well as HTML text.

Ancient House Of Livia, Via Flaminia, Recreated In Virtual Reality
The Roman Forum
The first of its kind in Europe; a new fully virtual tour through the age of Augustus is now a reality at the Museo virtuale della via Flaminia Antica...
http://www.theromanforum.com/articolo.asp?ID=631

In Seattle, A Piece Of Paris And Old Rome
The News Tribune
As with the Louvre itself, there are two ways to see Seattle Art Museum’s new blockbuster, “Roman Art from the Louvre.” You can spend several exhausting hours, see it all, and then stagger away to recover. Or you can pick and choose thematically. Either option is quite an experience...
http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/298398.html

Medieval Chester Returning To Life In University Project
Chester Standard
RESEARCHERS have been awarded £123,000 to investigate how different communities lived and interacted in Chester between 1200 and 1500AD...
http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/chesternews/Medieval-Chester-returning-to-life.3840845.jp

Authorities Foil Sale Of Precious Roman Statue
Kathimerini News
Two men have been arrested in Thessaloniki on suspicion of trying to sell an illegally excavated Roman period statue thought to be of significant archaeological value, police said on Saturday...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100015_03/03/2008_93990