July 26th News

I admit it, I've been sporadic about doing this lately. I'll try to do better next week though.

New stories as of 9:24 AM:

Water To Run Down From Ancient Turkish Fountain After 1300 Years
Smash Hits News
Istanbul, July 26 (ANI): Water will run down from the Antonine Nymphaeum, a monumental fountain located on the north of the ancient city of Sagalassos in Turkey, after some 1300 years...
http://news.smashits.com/276269/Water-to-run-down-from-ancient-Turkish-fountain-after-1300-years.htm

Roman Antonine Wall Gets World Heritage Status And New Map
24 Hour Museum
Done Hadrian’s Wall? Then perhaps you would like to know that Hadrian’s successor Emperor Antonius Pius (AD138-161) built a wall too, and there’s now a new map to take you on a tour of it...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART59689.html

Saving Pompeii From The Ravages Of Time And Tourists
The New York Times
POMPEII, Italy — Citing threats to public security and to the site itself, the Italian government has for the first time declared a yearlong state of emergency for the ancient city of Pompeii...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/arts/design/26ruin.html?hp

More To Hadrian Than A Wall
Telegraph.co.uk
Far from the Adriatic being named after Hadrian - (H)Adriatic - Publius Aelius Hadrianus (Roman emperor ad?117-38) took his personal name from the Adriatic - or rather, from Hadria, the port in the Po delta after which the sea was named...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/27/boopp127.xml
A review of the book Hadrian: Empire and Conflict.

Concerns For Battlefield Heritage
BBC News
Scotland's largest conservation charity has voiced concern that proposed legislation may not protect the country's ancient battlefield sites...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7526093.stm

Iron Age Warrior's Grave A Unique Find
Portsmouth Today
THE 2,000-year-old grave of an Iron Age warrior has been discovered in the trenches of a new housing development...
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/Iron-Age-warrior39s-grave-a.4327126.jp

Acropolis To Undergo Restoration From 2009
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — The world-famous Parthenon of the Athens Acropolis will undergo restoration work from 2009 that will see its western facade obscured by scaffolding for three years, officials said...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jaa1be_yJBiOG96AxTpnbieQ4cpg

Tomb Reveals Ancient Trade Network
ANSA
(ANSA) - Ancona, July 24 - The tomb of a woman who died around 2,600 years ago on the eastern Italian coast is helping archaeologists piece together the vast trade network that once linked this area with the Middle East, North Africa and Greece...
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-24_124221679.html