March 5th News

Another day where there's lots of news.

New stories as of 6:36 AM:

Greece Hopes New Museum Will Help Win Back Elgin Marbles
USA Today
ATHENS (AP) — A long-delayed new museum in Athens where Greece hopes to reunite its ancient Acropolis masterpieces with Britain's Elgin Marbles will open in September, officials said...
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2008-03-05-new-athens-museum_N.htm

Rare Roman Statue Is Extraordinary Highlight Of Christie's Antiquities Spring Sale
Artdaily.org
NEW YORK.- On June 4, Christie’s New York is pleased to offer an exquisite Roman statue of the goddess Tyche. Standing 31 ½ inches high, and executed in the rarest of materials: porphyry. The statue was formerly in the private collection of Dr. Elie Borowski, collector and connoisseur of ancient art, who acquired it in 1967. It was on loan to the sculpture museum Liebighaus in Frankfurt, Germany from 1980-1986, and later exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto from 1986-1991...
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=23457
The article has an incredible photo which takes up the entire browser, more or less, at the top of the page.

Skeleton Could Hod Secret To Stonehenge
Salisbury Journal
A SKELETON, which has been on prominent display in Salisbury Museum for nearly a decade, could hold the secret to Stonehenge's mysterious past and show the site to be an arena of gladiatorial combat, an archaeological expert has claimed...
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/salisbury/salisburynews/display.var.2093945.0.skeleton_could_hold_secret_to_stonehenge.php

Remains Of 1600 Year Old Roman Shopping Parade Are Found In Cirencester
Mirror.co.uk
Remains of an ancient Roman shopping parade have been dug up in the middle of Cirencester...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/03/05/remains-of-1-600-year-old-roman-shopping-parade-are-found-in-cirencester-89520-20340651/

Fordham Dedicates New Antiquities Museum
Fordham University
The official opening of the Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art was celebrated Dec. 6 in the Campbell Atrium of the William D. Walsh Family Library...
http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/inside_fordham/january_28_2008/news/fordham_dedicates_ne_29109.asp

Evidence Of Commerce Between Ancient Israel And China
ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily (Mar. 4, 2008) — Throughout the 12th and 13th centuries - during the time of the Crusades --ceramic vessels reached Acre from: Mediterranean regions, the Levant, Europe, North Africa, and even China -- reveals new research, which examined trade of ceramic vessels, conducted at the University of Haifa...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080304100410.htm

Archaeologists From Japan Restore Roman Tombs

The Daily Star
TYRE: Japanese archaeologists of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon have completed the rehabilitation of Roman tombs in the Ramali region, east of the Southern coastal city of Tyre, Nader Siqlawi, representative of the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities, told The Daily Star Tuesday...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=89552