June 19th News

It's been pretty quiet newswise over the last few days. Today though, there are several stories.

New stories as of 10:21 AM:

Modern Argonauts Set Sail For Golden Fleece
CCTV China
A group of adventures is ready to setting sail in quest for the Golden Fleece. To recreate the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, the group built a replica of Jason's ship "Argo" as exacting as can be created from the ancient Greek legend...
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20080619/102388.shtml

Ancient Jewelry Unearthed In Temple Of Sun Near Bulgaria's Sliven
Sofia News Agency
The archaeologist team of Bulgaria's Georgi Kitov has unearthed precious jewels, dating back from second or third century in Drumeva Mound near the Town of Sliven, the manager of the expedition himself announced...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=94294

Archaeologists Locate Missing Pyramid
GameShout
Archaeologists in Egypt uncover a missing pyramid believed to be that of King Menkauhor, an obscure pharaoh who ruled for only eight years more than 4,000 years ago...
http://www.gameshout.com/egypt/archaeologists_locate_missing_pyramid/article2525.htm

Thracian Tomb Dated On 360 Year B.C. Found In Southern Tsarevo
News.bg
A Thracian tomb with semi cylinder arch was found by archaeologists in the territory of the south seaside Tserovo municipality...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1663209777

Bulgarian Archaeologists Excavate Thracian Tomb
Sofia Echo
Bulgarian archaeologists had excavated a Thracian tomb in the south-eastern Bulgarian municipality of Tsarevo, Focus news agency said...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/bulgarian-archaeologists-excavated-thracian-tomb/id_30015/catid_70

Mapping Djoser's Step Pyramid
Al-Ahram
Sunrise at Saqqara, and all is well on the necropolis. It is, as usual, silent, peaceful and still out here in the desert. Last Tuesday, however, the serenity and divinity were broken by the arrival of an American-Japanese scientific mission to carry out a laser scanning survey of Djoser's Step Pyramid...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/902/he2.htm

Ancient Christian "Holy Wine" Factory Found In Egypt
National Geographic News
Two wine presses found in Egypt were likely part of the area's earliest winery, producing holy wine for export to Christians abroad, archaeologists say...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/081618-egypt-wine.html