June 7th News

There's a lot of news to browse through today. On the other hand, many of the stories are variations on the same story, such as the number of stories on the Cyprus shipwreck discovery.

New stories as of 9:14 AM:

Wine-Carrying Vases Salvaged From A 2,350 Year-Old Shipwreck Of Cyprus' South Coast
International Herald Tribune
NICOSIA, Cyprus: Marine archaeologists have salvaged ancient wine vases piled on the hull of a 2,350-year-old cargo ship lying on the seabed off Cyprus' southern shore, the Mediterranean island's Antiquities Department said Saturday...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/07/europe/EU-GEN-Cyprus-Ancient-Shipwreck.php

Ancient Ship Was Carrying The Finest Wine
Cyprus Mail
ARCHAEOLOGISTS working on recovering amphorae from the 2,350-year-old Mazotos shipwreck have completed their work for the moment and will resume in October, expedition leader Dr Stella Demesticha said yesterday...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=39639&cat_id=1

The 2,000-Year-Old 'Supertanker'
The Scotsman
TWO years ago, a Cypriot diver was stunned by a chance find: hundreds of ancient ceramic wine jars, rising from a featureless expanse of flat, desert-like seabed off Cyprus's southern coast...
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/The-2000yearold-39supertanker39.4162421.jp

Cypriot Diver Chances Upon Supertanker Of The Ancient World
Times Online
Nicosia Two years ago a Cypriot diver chanced upon hundreds of ancient ceramic wine jars rising from the seabed off the southern coast of Cyprus. Together they formed the shape of a ship, still buried in the sand. It appears that what the diver discovered was a supertanker of its time. It is the biggest and probably oldest wreck found in the island’s waters...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4084002.ece

Ancient Greek Gravesite Uncovered During Subway Construction
TransWorldNews
Officials in Greece reported Friday that an ancient gravesite containing a wealth of gold jewelry was uncovered during subway construction work in the city of Thessaloniki...
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=49779&cat=11

Ancient Greek Grave Found During Subway Work
Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say subway construction work in the northern city of Thessaloniki has unearthed an ancient grave with a wealth of golden jewelry...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXsNLIuRTKsvjjFNQlcTTWSsxkXgD914PSC80

Artifacts Found In Egypt Date Back To Queen Cleopatras Era
Thaindian News
Cairo, June 7 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has stumbled upon several Ptolemaic artifacts in Egypt, which date back to the reign of the famous Queen Cleopatra...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/artifacts-found-in-egypt-date-back-to-queen-cleopatras-era_10057518.html

Vases Salvaged From Ancient Wreck
The Press Association
Marine archaeologists have salvaged ancient wine vases piled on the hull of a 2,350-year-old cargo ship lying on the seabed off Cyprus' southern shore, the island's Antiquities Department said...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHW2d58eBb9p4uO3dHEqqgZJbQsw

London's Covent Garden District At Least 100 Years Older Than Thought
The Cheers
Washington, June 7 : London's Covent Garden district is at least 100 years older than previously thought, according to an analysis of skeletons and objects found in the region's oldest Anglo Saxon cemetery, which was recently discovered.
http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_26697_Londons-Covent-Garden-district-at-least-100-years-older-than-thought.html

Church From Underwater City Found
BBC News
A medieval church which tumbled from an eroding cliff into the sea has been rediscovered by marine archaeologists...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7441759.stm

Archaeologists Find Cleopatra Artifacts
Malaysia Sun
A team of archaeologists has stumbled upon several Ptolemaic artifacts in Egypt, which date back to the reign of the famous Queen Cleopatra...
http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/368230/cs/1/

Seahenge Museum's Official Opening
EDP24
Ten years after he first set eyes on it, one of Britain's foremost archaeologists was visibly moved when he saw Seahenge in its new home yesterday...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Jun%202008%2016%3A32%3A15%3A230

Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Identified At Last
redOrbit
Egypt’s top archaeologist reported Thursday the identification of a severely eroded pyramid south of the capital city of Cairo. The pyramid has been attributed to the Fifth Dynasty Pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled Egypt in the 24th century BC...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1420682/ancient_egyptian_pyramid_identified_at_last/

Gold Wreaths Unearthed By Metro
Athens News Agency
Four gold wreaths decorated with olive leaves, gold earrings and other Hellenistic-era artifacts have been discovered in one of the 700 tombs of an ancient graveyard unearthed during construction work for the Thessaloniki metro in the Sintrivani district, archaeologists announced on Friday...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=6509777&maindocimg=6508632&service=96

Egypt Mummies Moved For DNA Tests; Pharaoh Among Them?
National Geographic News
Three mummies have been moved from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to begin extensive studies of their origins, Egyptian authorities recently announced...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080606-egypt-mummies.html

Suffolk Atlantis To Reveal Its Murky Secrets
Telegraph.co.uk
Dunwich, on the Suffolk coast, was a thriving metropolis before a series of storms and sea surges consigned the city to the North Sea five centuries ago...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2079542/Suffolk-Atlantis-to-reveal-its-murky-secrets.html

Earliest Londoners Arrived Earlier, Had Wealth
Discovery News
June 6, 2008 -- London's Covent Garden district, formerly the Anglo Saxon city of Lundenwic, is at least 100 years older than previously thought, based on analysis of skeletons and objects found in the region's oldest Anglo Saxon cemetery, which was recently discovered...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/06/london-settlement.html