June 23rd News

There've been a few new stories over the week-end to post today.

New stories as of 8:37 AM:

Egypt, Spain To Use Underwater Robot To Search For Ancient Egyptian King Sarcophagus
Mathaba.net
A underwater robot will be used to search for the sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure of more than 4,500 years ago off the Spanish coasts, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported on Saturday...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=596150

Ancient Fenland 'Treasure' To Tell Story of Flooding
Innovations Report
New research at the University of Leicester is seeking to use a ‘treasure trove’ in the English Fenlands in order to decipher the ancient history of flooding in the region...
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/geowissenschaften/bericht-112841.html

Excitement At City Roman Baths Site
Mid Sussex Times
Archaelogists have descended on a Chichester city-centre car park to check the condition of the Roman baths buried underneath...
http://www.midsussextimes.co.uk/news/Excitement-at-city-Roman-baths.4198298.jp

New Dig Shows Neanderthals Were 'Sophisticated' Hunters
The Argus
Tools thought to have once belonged to Neanderthals have provided new insight into their lives, suggesting they were "sophisticated" huntsmen, it was revealed today...
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.2358540.0.new_dig_shows_neanderthals_were_sophisticated_hunters.php

'Neanderthal Tools' Found At Dig
BBC News
Dozens of tools thought to have belonged to Neanderthals have been dug up at an archaeological site called Beedings in West Sussex...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7466735.stm

Ancient Mummy Opened: Scythian Cavalier Had Bone Disease
CAIS News
An autopsy on the body of an ancient Scythian cavalier found in the Altai Mountains shows he had a degenerative bone disease for several years before he died, German scientists said Friday. The 2006 find of the preserved body and the man's rich possessions on the Mongolian side of the mountains was a scientific sensation. The Scythians were a nation of horsemen in central Asia...
http://www.cais-soas.com/news/2008/June2008/23-06.htm