Saturday, March 15, 2008

I am sorry for missing yesterday's post, however, this is term-paper season so there are days when I am running out of time.

Anyway, in terms of new stories today, there are definitely some interesting ones.

New stories as of 8:23 AM:

Earliest Temple of Ancient Rome Reconstructed In 3D
TheCheers
Experts have digitally reconstructed the earliest temple of ancient Rome - the Temple of Apollo, built by the first Roman emperor, Augustus...
http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_15939_Earliest-temple-of-ancient-Rome-reconstructed-in-3D.html
This is the earliest temple in Rome? I'd have expected that to be one from the era of the Roman Kingdom, or at least the republic.

Greece Hopes New Museum Will Help Win Back Elgin Marbles
The Post Gazette
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://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08075/863334-37.stm

Archaeological Sensation In Austria
Scoop
Scientists from the University of Vienna unearth the earliest evidence of Jewish inhabitants in Austria...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00128.htm

Ancient Rome's Earliest Temple Reconstructed
National Geographic News
Experts have digitally reconstructed Rome's earliest major temple, the Temple of Apollo, built by the first Roman emperor, Augustus...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080314-rome-temple.html

Iron Age Remains Found On School Site
Sunderland Echo
Archaeologists have found what they think is the remains of an Iron Age settlement under part of a Wearside school...
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Iron-Age-remains-found-on.3882144.jp

Rare Ruins Found In Israel
ITN
Israeli researchers have discovered rare ruins in the heart of Jerusalem's Old City, dating back 2,800 years...
http://itn.co.uk/news/a9359b2a5b9ad6c7ecfd85a0acc23a44.html

Roman Emperor's Digs On Public View
Discovery News
March 14, 2008 -- The house where Rome's first emperor lived in before he was crowned has opened this week to the public for the first time since it was discovered nearly half a century ago...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/14/augustus-rome-house.html

Thursday, March 13, 2008

March 13th News

This isn't brain surgery. On the other hand, a lot of the news today is about brain surgery in ancient Greece.

New stories as of 9:23 AM:

Skull Find Reveals Ancient Surgery Nearly 1,800 Years Ago In Greece
Earthtimes
Athens - A skull of a young woman found during a dig in northern Greece has revealed that she had undergone head surgery nearly 1,800 years ago, reports said Thursday...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/192111,skull-find-reveals-ancient-surgery-nearly-1800-years-ago-in.html

Greeks Find Ancient Skull That Underwent Surgery
Gulf Times
SALONIKA: Archaeologists have unearthed the skull of a young woman in northern Greece who is believed to have undergone head surgery in the third century, Greek news media reported yesterday...
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=206904&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21

Skeleton May Show Ancient Brain Surgery
Associated Press
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman — who died during or shortly after the operation...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFvZJESelwRC3DT_i56nDc05ZC8AD8VC5K7O2

Ancient Tomb Found In Greek Subway
Press TV
Greek workers have found an ancient tomb, while digging a subway at the site of a former cemetery in the historic city of Thessaloniki...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=47181&sectionid=3510212

Archaeological Sensation In Austria
Science Blog
Scientists from the University of Vienna unearth the earliest evidence of Jewish inhabitants in Austria...
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/archaeological-sensation-austria-15664.html

Building Remains From First Temple Period Exposed West Of Temple Mount
Israel Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
A rich layer of finds from the latter part of the First Temple period (8th-6th centuries BCE) was recently discovered in archaeological salvage excavations in the northwestern part of the Western Wall plaza...
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early+History+-+Archaeology/Building+remains+from+First+Temple+period+exposed+west+of+Temple+Mount+13-Mar-2008.htm?DisplayMode=print

New Philippi Finds Presented
Athens News Agency
Excavations conducted at the archaeological site of Philippi since 1988 have unearthed new findings...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=6237826&maindocimg=6235955&service=102

Depot Dig Uncovers Village Remains
Edinburgh Evening News
THE remains of a 14th century village have been uncovered on the site of the city's new tram depot...
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Depot-dig-uncovers--village.3874121.jp

Photo In The News: Ancient Brain Surgery Patient Found?
National Geographic News
ThessalonĂ­ki, Greece; March 12, 2008—Greek archaeologists believe a large hole in the skull of a third-century A.D. skeleton is rare evidence of ancient—and failed—brain surgery...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080312-AP-brain-picture.html

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

March 12th News

Things are a bit quieter today, or at leas this early in the morning. It's another day of quality over quantity, I think.

New stories as of 5:58 AM:

Archaeologists Find Evidence Of Brain Surgery In Ancient Greece
AHN
Athens, Greece (AHN) - Brain surgery was performed nearly 1,800 years ago in Greece, archaeologists said Tuesday after they unearthed the skeleton of a young woman from the 3rd Century CE...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010302825

Skeleton May Show Ancient Brain Surgery
Associated Press
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman — who died during or shortly after the operation...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFvZJESelwRC3DT_i56nDc05ZC8AD8VBGRRG0

Ancient Slavery And New Historians: The Invention Of Ancient Slavery
Bits Of News
An investigation of the historiography of ancient slavery provokes new questions- like whether we can ever discover historical truth and whether history is always bound to be a propagandistic lie...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/7615/

Evidence Of Ice Age Hunters: 28 Paleolithic Handaxes Found In North Sea
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2008) — An amazing haul of 28 flint hand-axes, dated by archaeologists to be around 100,000 years-old, have been unearthed in gravel from a licensed marine aggregate dredging area 13km off Great Yarmouth...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311203247.htm


Tuesday, March 11, 2008

March 11th News

The quiet of last month is definitely over. There's almost more news than I can post now each day.

New stories as of 11:54 AM:

Exploring A 'Lost' City Of The Mycenaeans
ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2008) — Along an isolated, rocky stretch of Greek shoreline, a Florida State University researcher and his students are unlocking the secrets of a partially submerged, "lost" harbor town believed to have been built by the ancient Mycenaeans nearly 3,500 years ago...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311120621.htm

Ancient Necropolis Discovered In Greece
Balkan Travellers
11 March 2008 | Around 1,000 ancient graves, dating mostly from Roman and Byzantine times, were uncovered during excavations for a subway system in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki...
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/429

Greek Subway Workers Discover Ancient Tombs

RIA Novosti
ATHENS, March 11 (RIA Novosti) - Workers digging a subway in the historic city of Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, have unearthed a massive tomb, filled with ancient treasures, the state archaeological service said...
http://en.rian.ru/world/20080311/101069458.html

Ancient Graves Found In Greece

Washington Post
ATHENS, Greece -- Greek workers discovered around 1,000 graves, some filled with ancient treasures, while excavating for a subway system in the historic city of Thessaloniki, the state archaeological authority said Monday...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002413.html
Also published at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_re_eu/greece_ancient_graves;_ylt=AnD.EYuLRzfUGHVCRS1lf.JvieAA
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/11/ancient-grave-greece.html

Road Workers Find 1,000 Ancient Graves In Thessaloniki
Tech Herald
Workers digging a subway system in the Greek city of Thessaloniki have unearthed a treasure trove of graves containing jewellery, art and coinage,the Greek archaeological service has said...
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200811/382/Road-workers-find-1-000-ancient-graves-in-Thessaloniki

Ancient Mediterranean Tsunami May Strike Again
National Geographic News
Tsunamis like the the one that devastated ancient Alexandria in A.D. 365 may hit the Mediterranean relatively often, a new study argues...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080310-tsunami.html

Remains Of Roman Villa Discovered
BBC News
The discovery of the remains of a Roman villa in Cambridgeshire has left archaeologists "blown away"...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7289660.stm

UK And Holland Probe Stone Age Land Under North Sea
Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - British and Dutch archaeologists will together investigate the Stone Age landscape under what is now the North Sea after newly dredged axeheads showed humans lived there alongside mammoths 100,000 years ago...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL1185657920080311

Archaeologists Unveil Finds In Rome Digs
Yahoo News
ROME - A sixth-century copper factory, medieval kitchens still stocked with pots and pans, and remains of Renaissance palaces are among the finds unveiled Friday by archaeologists digging up Rome in preparation for a new subway line. Archaeologists have been probing the depths of the Eternal City at 38 digs, many of which are near famous monuments or on key thoroughfares...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080308/ap_on_sc/italy_subway_archaeology_6;_ylt=Aupu92ASvljAjBcla.BXKJVFeQoB

Tsunami That Razed Rome Studied Anew
Discovery News
March 10, 2008 -- "The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be seen," wrote Roman historian Ammianus Marcellus, awed at a tsunami that struck the then-thriving port of Alexandria in 365 AD...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/10/tsunami-ancient-rome.html

Early Medieval Taxation
Bits Of News
In the light of recent research work by Chris Wickham of Oxford University, we examine how taxation worked in early medieval Europe...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/7604/


Monday, March 10, 2008

March 10th News

There's a lot of news stories today around a few different subjects: Ice Age Axes in the North Sea and the opening of the house of Augustus are the two big ones for the day.

New stories as of 6:20 AM:

Tsunami That Devastated The Ancient World Could Return
AFP
PARIS (AFP) — "The sea was driven back, and its waters flowed away to such an extent that the deep sea bed was laid bare and many kinds of sea creatures could be seen," wrote Roman historian Ammianus Marcellus, awed at a tsunami that struck the then-thriving port of Alexandria in 365 AD...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqMkmHqB1ZTQ3srj6bAhUFdgcsIA

'Exceptional' Roman Ruins Found At Wansford
Peterbourough Today
AN "EXCEPTIONAL" ancient Roman site has been discovered in woodland near Peterborough...
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/39Exceptional39-Roman-ruins-found-at.3860908.jp

Stonehenge Was A Site Of Stone Age Battles

Thaindian News
London, Mar 10 (ANI): Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument built in several construction phases spanning at least 3000 years, was the site of Stone Age battles to the death, a leading archaeologist has claimed...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/stonehenge-was-a-site-of-stone-age-battles_10025801.html

Ancient Roman Emperor Augustus First Home Opens In Rome
China View
ROME, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Four frescoed rooms in Ancient Roman Emperor Augustus's House on Rome's Palatine Hill opened to the public for the first time on Sunday...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/10/content_7751976.htm

Now You Can See The Roman Frescoes Which Surrounded Emperor Augustus's Kinky Spanking Sessions
Two thousand-year-old Roman frescoes which adorned the house where the future Emperor Augustus asked his wife to spank him during sex sessions are on display for the first time after a £1.5 million restoration...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=528868&in_page_id=1770

Stone Age Bones And Axes Found Off Norfolk Coast

The Guardian
The weapons of the stone age Norfolk men who hunted mammoths on what is now the bed of the North Sea, and fragments of the beasts they slaughtered, have turned up in Holland, spotted by an amateur archaeologist in a load of gravel...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/mar/10/archaeology?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Ice Age Axes Dredged Up From Sea Bed
The Scotsman
Norfolk: Ice Age axes used by mammoth-hunters have been unearthed from deep under the sea...
http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Ice-Age-axes-dredged-up.3860294.jp

Ice Age Axes Found In North Sea
BBC News
Axes from the Ice Age used by mammoth hunters when the North Sea was dry have been found from under the water off the Norfolk coast...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7286982.stm

Amazing North Sea Axe Find
EDP24
The choppy North Sea off the Yarmouth coast is more associated with fishermen and cargo ships than cavemen...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED09%20Mar%202008%2018%3A56%3A13%3A090

700-Year-Old Artefact Found Thanks To Pub Smoking Ban
The Northern Echo
PUB landlord Billy Nettleton was astonished after a 700-year-old grave cover was discovered in his village pub - thanks to the smoking ban...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.2105633.0.700yearold_artefact_found_thanks_to_pub_smoking_ban.php

Neanderthal Treasure Trove 'At Bottom Of Sea'

The Independent
Some of the world's best preserved prehistoric landscapes survive in pristine condition at the bottom of the North Sea, archaeologists claimed yesterday...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/neanderthal-treasure-trove-at-bottom-of-sea-793678.html

The Roman Forum
Amid much fanfare last November the authorities in Rome announced the March 2008 reopening of the so-called houses “of Augustus” and “of Livia”...
http://www.theromanforum.com/articolo.asp?ID=643

House Of Augustus Opens To Public

BBC News
Almost 50 years ago, archaeologists searching for the ruined house of Augustus found a tiny clue buried deep in 2,000 years' worth of rubble overlooking the Forum in Rome.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7286305.stm