Saturday, March 8, 2008

March 8th News

It's another full day of news. More on the discovery of the Mycenaean Tomb for the Greek region, new discoveries in Rome, and lots in Britain, as well as problems with looting in Turkey.

New stories as of 9:16 AM:

Greek Tomb Uncovered In Road Construction
Los Angeles Times
Road construction on the western Greek island of Lefkada has uncovered and partially destroyed an important tomb with artifacts dating back more than 3,000 years, government officials said this week...
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-sci-briefs8mar08,1,1037465.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

Greeks Find Ancient Mycenaean Tomb
Press TV
Greek archaeologists have recently discovered an ancient Mycenaean tomb, housing artifacts which date back more than 3,000 years...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=46386&sectionid=3510212

Greece Hopes New Museum Will Help Win Back Elgin Marbles
The Canadian Press
ATHENS, Greece — 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://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jr656frVzAS80Jb_KNbFp-4Ps_XA

University Opens Up Archaeological Site

Halifax Today
The University of York is to open up an archaeological site containing remains dating back at least 2,000 years...
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/latest-york-and-humberside-news/University-opens-up-archaeological-site.3858607.jp

Ancient Copper Factory Found In Rome
Press TV
Archaeologists release findings of ruins, including a sixth-century copper factory unearthed during excavations for a new subway in Rome...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=46432&sectionid=3510212

Illegal Excavations Boom In Ancient City Of Myndos
Turkish Daily News
Smugglers are plundering the ancient city of Myndos in the Bodrum district of Muğla as archaeological excavations were aborted. Calling off the excavations was disrespectful to history, said Muğla Deputy Ali Arslan, of the Republican People's Party (CHP), in a motion about the crimes to Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=98368

Archaeologists Unveil New Finds At Digs For Subway In Downtown Rome
PR-Inside
ROME (AP) - Archaeologists are unveiling ruins turned up during excavations for a new subway in downtown Rome _ including a sixth century copper factory, medieval kitchens still stocked with pots and pans and remains of Renaissance palaces...
http://www.pr-inside.com/archaeologists-unveil-new-finds-at-r475322.htm

Dig Uncovers Iron Age Waterhole
BBC News
Archaeologists have found what they describe as a remarkable Iron Age waterhole on the site of an extension to York University...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7283859.stm

Reburial For Anglo Saxon Remains
BBC News
About 3,000 skeletons are to be reburied in an Anglo-Saxon ceremony at a North Lincolnshire church where they were discovered almost 30 years ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/7283445.stm

Friday, March 7, 2008

March 7th News

There's a nice mix of stories this morning again. More on the tomb discovery in Greece, too.

New stories as of 6:25 AM:

Minoan Crete Travels To New York
Hellenic News Of America
New York- The exhibition "From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C.", in its first showing outside of Crete, will be inaugurated by culture minister Michalis Liapis on March 13 at the Onassis Cultural Center in New York, organized by the Affiliated Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) in collaboration with the Greek ministry of culture and the archaeological museums of Crete...
http://www.hellenicnews.com/readnews.html?newsid=8174&lang=US

Iron Age Remains Uncovered At Site Of New Campus

The Press
WORK at the University of York's new campus at Heslington East has revealed remains from the Iron Age...
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.2100575.0.iron_age_remains_uncovered_at_site_of_new_campus.php

Rome Ends Free Visits To Ancient Roman Forum
The Canadian Press
ROME — Rome's archeological officials said they are ending a decade-long policy of free visits to the Roman Forum and will start charging entry to the city's ancient power centre on March 10...
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hgnnXwQo1-NmfZDLf3YMG0T11WKQ

Stonehenge Was A 'Site Of Battles'

Gazette & Herald
STONEHENGE was the site of Stone Age battles to the death, an archaeologist has claimed...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2100851.0.stonehenge_was_a_site_of_battles.php

Piecing Together The Anglo Saxon Jigsaw
Kent Online
IT WAS custom for people to be buried fully clothed during the late 5th and early 6th century...
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/default.asp?article_id=39026

Ancient Tomb Found On Greek Isle
Discovery News
March 6, 2008 -- Road construction on the western Greek island of Lefkada has uncovered and partially destroyed an important tomb with artifacts dating back more than 3,000 years, officials said on Wednesday...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/06/tomb-greek-island.html

Thursday, March 6, 2008

March 6th News

There's news of a lot of fresh discoveries today. Most of it is coming from either Britain or Greece. Hopefully there will be more details tomorrow.

New stories as of 9:17 AM:

An Ancient Apollo Statue Landed In Cleveland And Touched Off An International Outcry
Scene News
After three weeks in Europe, Michael Bennett was ready to come home. The curator had been visiting dealers across the continent, searching for new pieces for the Cleveland Museum of Art...
http://www.clevescene.com/2008-03-05/news/an-ancient-apollo-statue-landed-in-cleveland-and-touched-off-an-international-outcry

Ancient Tomb Found On Greek Island

Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Road construction on the western Greek island of Lefkada has uncovered and partially destroyed an important tomb with artifacts dating back more than 3,000 years, officials said on Wednesday...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKpApRGxT8qBnYKipgBF9jET7xdwD8V7EU480
Also published at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=4394102
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_re_eu/greece_tomb;_ylt=Au5xnJzxRWFCU4MFvO2oZ4ZvieAA

Rare Minoan Treasures To Be Displayed In New York
The Raw Story
Around 300 priceless artifacts from Europe's oldest civilisation, the Minoans of ancient Crete, will go on display in New York from March 13, the private Alexander S. Onassis foundation said Wednesday...
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Rare_Minoan_treasures_to_be_display_03052008.html

A 3 000 Year Old Tomb Found
IOL
Athens - Greek archaelogists have unearthed a 3 000 year-old tomb from the Mycenaean civilisation on an island never before thought to have connections to the people, officials said on Wednesday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080305200145596C757016
Also published at:
http://cooltech.iafrica.com/science/185615.htm

Medieval Belt Buckle Discovered
BBC News
Archaeologists unearthed a medieval belt buckle in Perth following work to repair a collapsed sewer...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7281338.stm

Restoration At The Temple Of Athena
Turkish Daily News
The Temple of Athena, situated within the border of the ancient Aegean city of Assos in Çanakkale's Ayvacık district, will be the subject of a three-year restoration project starting in July...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=97680

Large Anglo Saxon Cemetery Unearthed

Kent Online
THE moment archaeologists discovered a series of Anglo Saxon graves in a Kent farmer's field has been relived at a coroner's court...
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/default.asp?article_id=39009

Corn Hall Hides A Roman High Street
Thisisglouscestershire.co.uk
The remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman high street have been found beneath Cirencester's historic Corn Hall...
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231774&contentPK=20076492&folderPk=108867&pNodeId=231888

Recent Finds At Macedonian Site Of Pella Reveal A City Beneath The Citycommunity
Kathimerini
Exciting new finds at the archaeological site of Pella have opened a new chapter in Macedonian history. Beneath the ruins of the ancient capital of the Macedonian kingdom is a large prehistoric burial ground that has yielded the first evidence of organized life in Pella during the third millennium BC...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=94026

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

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

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

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

March 4th News

I'm sorry for missing the last couple of days' updates. Anyway, here's todays'. And, there's lots of news to make up for the past two days absence.

New stories as of 9:33 AM:

Rare Roman Statue Is Extraordinary Highlight Of Christie's Antiquities Spring Sale
News-Antique.com
New York – On June 4, Christie’s New York is pleased to offer an exquisite Roman statue of the goddess Tyche (estimate on request). Standing 31 ½ inches high, and executed in the rarest of materials: porphyry...
http://www.news-antique.com/?id=783881&keys=Christies-Tyche-Roman-Goddess

Rome Ends Free Visits To Roman Forum
USA Today
ROME (AP) — Rome's archaeological officials said they are ending a decade-long policy of free visits to the Roman Forum and will start charging entry to the city's ancient power center on March 10...
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2008-03-04-roman-forum_N.htm

Louvre Art
KUOW Program Archive
You may not be able to travel to the famous Louvre Museum in Paris this spring, but not to worry. A little bit of the Louvre is here at the Seattle Art Museum...
http://kuow.org/DefaultProgram.asp?ID=14438
This article is available in both RealAudio and MP3 formats at the link, as well as HTML text.

Ancient House Of Livia, Via Flaminia, Recreated In Virtual Reality
The Roman Forum
The first of its kind in Europe; a new fully virtual tour through the age of Augustus is now a reality at the Museo virtuale della via Flaminia Antica...
http://www.theromanforum.com/articolo.asp?ID=631

In Seattle, A Piece Of Paris And Old Rome
The News Tribune
As with the Louvre itself, there are two ways to see Seattle Art Museum’s new blockbuster, “Roman Art from the Louvre.” You can spend several exhausting hours, see it all, and then stagger away to recover. Or you can pick and choose thematically. Either option is quite an experience...
http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/298398.html

Medieval Chester Returning To Life In University Project
Chester Standard
RESEARCHERS have been awarded £123,000 to investigate how different communities lived and interacted in Chester between 1200 and 1500AD...
http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/chesternews/Medieval-Chester-returning-to-life.3840845.jp

Authorities Foil Sale Of Precious Roman Statue
Kathimerini News
Two men have been arrested in Thessaloniki on suspicion of trying to sell an illegally excavated Roman period statue thought to be of significant archaeological value, police said on Saturday...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100015_03/03/2008_93990