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What's new for a new week? New discoveries of a Roman Road in Britain, a cemetery with Roman era burials and an unusual Saxon burial, as well as other stories of interest.
New stories as of 6:44 AM:
The Challenge Of Ancient Judaism
Institute For Global Jewish Affairs
Martin Goodman's comprehensive study of the world in which the Great Revolt of the Jews of Judea against the Romans took place presents a challenge to the reader and to the reviewer. It is a magnum opus, an impressive culmination of a lifetime's work and thought of a prolific and creative historian of the Roman Empire and of ancient Jewish history and Judaism...
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=5&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=625&PID=0&IID=2325&TTL=Rivkah_Fishman-Duker_on_Rome_and_Jerusalem:_The_Clash_of_Ancient_Civilizations,_by_Martin_Good
Serious Drinking: Vases Of The Greek Symposium On View At Kemper Art Museum
artdaily.org
Organized in conjunction with Professor Susan Rotroff's course on ancient Athens offered through the Department of Classics, this exhibition presents a series of vases from the ancient Greek symposium--a highly choreographed, artistocratic, all-male drinking party that often drew to a close with a riotous parade about the shuttered streets of town...
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=26029
Melting Swiss Glacier Yields Neolithic Trove, Climate Secrets
AFP
BERN (AFP) — Some 5,000 years ago a prehistoric person trod high up in what is now the Swiss Alps, wearing goat leather pants, leather shoes and armed with a bow and arrows...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g2FY93_HMnjOi1PcvqeQYRxQO0CQ
Diggers Unearth Roman Road
Crewe & Nantwich Guardian
MORE than 40 people gathered in the field behind St Peter’s Church in Minshull Vernon to take part in a community archaeological dig...
http://www.creweguardian.co.uk/news/3652108.Diggers_unearth_Roman_road/
Saxon Grave 'Couple' May Have Been Two Men
Telegraph.co.uk
Archaeologists have unearthed the mysterious remains of what first appears to be a couple buried together arm in arm more than 1,000 years ago...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2704172/Saxon-grave-couple-may-have-been-two-men.html
This is a particularly long and fascinating article, and covers other discoveries at the site as well.
Mystery Of The Couple Buried Arm In Arm 1,000 Years Ago: Not Husband And Wife But Saxon Warriors
Mail Online
For a thousand years they have lain side by side in a rough earth grave, one throwing a skeletal arm across the other...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1053191/Mystery-couple-buried-arm-arm-1-000-years-ago-Not-husband-wife-Saxon-warriors.html
Dig Reveals Jerusalem's First City Wall
Haaretz.com
Impressive remains from Jerusalem's first city wall - built by Hasmonean kings and destroyed by the Romans during the Jewish revolt - as well as part of a Byzantine period wall, have been discovered at an archaeological excavation on Mount Zion...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1018926.html
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
July 20th News
I'm sorry for the lack of posts over the last few days. I've been arguing with the new version of Firefox (frankly, I'm wishing I'd never upgraded to Firefox 3).
New stories as of 11:38 AM:
ISRAEL: Underwater Archaeology
Los Angeles Times
A rare 2,500-year-old marble discus was found last week by an Israeli lifeguard diving in the underwater antiquities site of Yavne-Yam, an ancient port city settled in the middle Bronze Age and inhabited until the Middle Ages. (Today, the beach is named for the nearby kibbutz of Palmahim.)...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/07/israel-underwat.html
Roman Spa Unearthed In Southern Serbia
B92 News
Prokuplje -- Archeologists say they have discovered a Roman spa of monumental proportions in downtown Prokuplje...
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=07&dd=20&nav_id=52063
Ancient Rome's She-Wolf Statue Not So Ancient
Fosters.com
She suckled Rome's legendary twin founders and fed Benito Mussolini's ambitious dreams of renewed imperial glories...
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/GJLIFESTYLES/487243106/-1/FOSLIFESTYLES
Ancient Egyptian Boat To Be Excavated, Reassembled
Physorg.com
(AP) -- Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists announced Saturday...
http://www.physorg.com/news135741659.html
Also published at:
http://newsok.com/pharaohs-boat-to-be-excavated/article/3272507/?tm=1216514034
Japanese Camera Reveals Pharaoh's 'Solar' Boat
France 24
A remotely controlled Japanese camera has made it possible to see an ancient Egyptian "solar" boat, entombed 4,500 years ago near Giza's Great Pyramid and designed to carry pharaohs to the afterlife...
http://www.france24.com/en/20080719-japanese-camera-reveals-pharaohs-solar-boat-egypt-archaeology&navi=CULTURE
New stories as of 11:38 AM:
ISRAEL: Underwater Archaeology
Los Angeles Times
A rare 2,500-year-old marble discus was found last week by an Israeli lifeguard diving in the underwater antiquities site of Yavne-Yam, an ancient port city settled in the middle Bronze Age and inhabited until the Middle Ages. (Today, the beach is named for the nearby kibbutz of Palmahim.)...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/07/israel-underwat.html
Roman Spa Unearthed In Southern Serbia
B92 News
Prokuplje -- Archeologists say they have discovered a Roman spa of monumental proportions in downtown Prokuplje...
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=07&dd=20&nav_id=52063
Ancient Rome's She-Wolf Statue Not So Ancient
Fosters.com
She suckled Rome's legendary twin founders and fed Benito Mussolini's ambitious dreams of renewed imperial glories...
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/GJLIFESTYLES/487243106/-1/FOSLIFESTYLES
Ancient Egyptian Boat To Be Excavated, Reassembled
Physorg.com
(AP) -- Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists announced Saturday...
http://www.physorg.com/news135741659.html
Also published at:
http://newsok.com/pharaohs-boat-to-be-excavated/article/3272507/?tm=1216514034
Japanese Camera Reveals Pharaoh's 'Solar' Boat
France 24
A remotely controlled Japanese camera has made it possible to see an ancient Egyptian "solar" boat, entombed 4,500 years ago near Giza's Great Pyramid and designed to carry pharaohs to the afterlife...
http://www.france24.com/en/20080719-japanese-camera-reveals-pharaohs-solar-boat-egypt-archaeology&navi=CULTURE
Thursday, July 10, 2008
July 10th News
There are a lot of stories today. It took the better part of an hour for me to collect them together. And, there are a lot of big stories. Perhaps the biggest is the news that the Capitoline Wolf isn't of Etruscan make, but is from the 13th century instead.
New stories as of 10:51 AM:
Italian Professors Working To Put Oldest New Testament Online
Catholic News Agency
According to the “L’Osservatore Romano,” a group of Italian professors are working to put online the entire Sinaiticus Codex, the oldest complete New Testament text and “one of the testimonies on which our knowledge of Biblical Greek is based.”...
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=13188
Scientists Use MRI At Kadlec To Look At Ancient Roman Scrolls
Tricityherald.com
Ancient scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Italy in AD 79 spent some time in a Richland hospital room on Wednesday...
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/235510.html
Hopefully there'll be an article on the results of this. I'd like to know if they find out what the scrolls say.
Egypt Retrieves Looted Stone Relief
Athens News
Egypt said on June 30 that it retrieved a 2,500-year-old limestone relief from London after its sale was blocked by Bonhams auction house there because it had been looted from a pharaoh's tomb...
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=04&m=A30&aa=3
Let's All Have Tickets To The Universal Museum
Times Online
It's pointless trying to work out who owns ancient art objects. We need to share them around the world...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article4304258.ece
Very much an editorial article but very interesting none the less.
Antonine Wall Joins World Greats
Falkirk Today
THE ANTONINE Wall is now on a par with the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge after being given World Heritage Site status...
http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/Antonine-Wall-joins-world-greats.4274467.jp
Iron Age Bodies At Park-And-Ride
BBC News
A team of archaeologists in Leicestershire has uncovered several ancient bodies at the site of a new park-and-ride development...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7499585.stm
Famed Roman Statue 'Not Ancient'
BBC News
A statue symbolising the mythical origins and power of Rome, long thought to have been made around 500BC, has been found to date from the 1200s...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7499469.stm
If this is the case, it's going to shake up the art history world at universities. Every Roman Art course I've taken studies this piece. There are more articles on the subject farther down.
Ancient Remains Fount At New Leicestershire Park-And-Ride
24dash.com
Archaeological excavations at a proposed park-and-ride site in Leicestershire have found evidence of human burials, the county council has said...
http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2008-07-10-Ancient-remains-found-at-new-Leicestershire-park-and-ride-site
Historic Roman Wall Is 'At Risk'
Horncastle News
MORE than 11 per cent of ancient monuments in the East Midlands – including one in Horncastle – are at risk according to English Heritage...
http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/Historic-Roman-wall-is-39at.4267150.jp
Hadrian: The Man Behind The Wall
The Independent
His conquests were spectacular, his genius for PR unrivalled. But his contradictions were legion. Who was the real Hadrian? As the British Museum prepares for a major exhibition on the life of the Roman leader, Boyd Tonkin looks for answers in the ruins of his imperial retreat...
http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/features/hadrian-the-man-behind-the-wall-863798.html
Multinational Team Creates The First 3-D Model Of Egypt's Oldest Pyramid
eMediaWire
The first "Virtual Step Pyramid" is to be used by architects, restorers, and archaeologists as part of efforts to save and restore the Step Pyramid in the face of threats from centuries of erosion and the fragility of the stone and clay body of the pyramid, exposed after the protective outer casing was removed by stone robbers in ancient times...
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1091354.htm
Precious Third-Century Statue Of Venus Uncovered In Macedonia
Balkan Travellers
10 July 2008 | An extremely precious statue of the goddess Venus, dating from the third century, was found recently during archaeological excavations at the Skupi site near Macedonia’s capital Skopje, national media reported today...
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/671
Radio-Carbon Tests Reveal True Age Of Rome's She-Wolf - And She's A Relative Youngster
guardian.co.uk
It is the very symbol of the glory that was Rome. It figures on the badge of the Serie A side, AS Roma. It was used as the emblem of the 1960 Rome Olympics. For Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator, there was nothing more representative of the might of the empire he hoped to revive than this magnificent, life-size bronze of a she-wolf suckling the city's legendary founders, Romulus and Remus...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2289905,00.html
Quest To Dig Up Bruce's 'Lost Abbey'
The Scotsman
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are to return to a key historical site to unravel the mysteries of the "lost" abbey where Robert the Bruce is believed to have been crowned on the Stone of Destiny...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Quest-to-dig-up-Bruce39s.4273509.jp
Symbol Of Rome Found To Be 1000 Years Too Young
The Independent
Mussolini cherished her as a symbol of the "new Rome" he was bringing into being; and 60 years on, the bronze she-wolf with the gaping eyes, heavy udders and mouth half-open in a growl still says "Rome" as eloquently as the Colosseum...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/symbol-of-rome-found-to-be-1000-years-too-young-863937.html
Capitoline Wolf Not Etruscan, Tests Show
ARTINFO
ROME—Rome's legendary Capitoline Wolf is apparently 1,700 to 1,800 years younger than originally thought, the Guardian reports. The life-size bronze statue of a she-wolf sucking Romulus and Remus was, until two years ago, generally recognized as an Etruscan statue from the early 5th century B.C...
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/28070/capitoline-wolf-not-etruscan-tests-show/
Etruscan Tomb Unearthed In Perugia
ANSA
An ancient Etruscan tomb has resurfaced after centuries underground during the course of building work in the central Italian city of Perugia...
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-08_108227140.html
Unesco report criticises Skellig work
Irish Times
A UNESCO report on State management of the world heritage site at Skellig Michael off the Kerry coast has found that conservation works have "dramatically altered" the appearance of surviving remains on its South Peak...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0709/1215537641571.html
New stories as of 10:51 AM:
Italian Professors Working To Put Oldest New Testament Online
Catholic News Agency
According to the “L’Osservatore Romano,” a group of Italian professors are working to put online the entire Sinaiticus Codex, the oldest complete New Testament text and “one of the testimonies on which our knowledge of Biblical Greek is based.”...
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=13188
Scientists Use MRI At Kadlec To Look At Ancient Roman Scrolls
Tricityherald.com
Ancient scrolls buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Italy in AD 79 spent some time in a Richland hospital room on Wednesday...
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/901/story/235510.html
Hopefully there'll be an article on the results of this. I'd like to know if they find out what the scrolls say.
Egypt Retrieves Looted Stone Relief
Athens News
Egypt said on June 30 that it retrieved a 2,500-year-old limestone relief from London after its sale was blocked by Bonhams auction house there because it had been looted from a pharaoh's tomb...
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=04&m=A30&aa=3
Let's All Have Tickets To The Universal Museum
Times Online
It's pointless trying to work out who owns ancient art objects. We need to share them around the world...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/article4304258.ece
Very much an editorial article but very interesting none the less.
Antonine Wall Joins World Greats
Falkirk Today
THE ANTONINE Wall is now on a par with the Great Wall of China and Stonehenge after being given World Heritage Site status...
http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/Antonine-Wall-joins-world-greats.4274467.jp
Iron Age Bodies At Park-And-Ride
BBC News
A team of archaeologists in Leicestershire has uncovered several ancient bodies at the site of a new park-and-ride development...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7499585.stm
Famed Roman Statue 'Not Ancient'
BBC News
A statue symbolising the mythical origins and power of Rome, long thought to have been made around 500BC, has been found to date from the 1200s...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7499469.stm
If this is the case, it's going to shake up the art history world at universities. Every Roman Art course I've taken studies this piece. There are more articles on the subject farther down.
Ancient Remains Fount At New Leicestershire Park-And-Ride
24dash.com
Archaeological excavations at a proposed park-and-ride site in Leicestershire have found evidence of human burials, the county council has said...
http://www.24dash.com/news/Communities/2008-07-10-Ancient-remains-found-at-new-Leicestershire-park-and-ride-site
Historic Roman Wall Is 'At Risk'
Horncastle News
MORE than 11 per cent of ancient monuments in the East Midlands – including one in Horncastle – are at risk according to English Heritage...
http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/Historic-Roman-wall-is-39at.4267150.jp
Hadrian: The Man Behind The Wall
The Independent
His conquests were spectacular, his genius for PR unrivalled. But his contradictions were legion. Who was the real Hadrian? As the British Museum prepares for a major exhibition on the life of the Roman leader, Boyd Tonkin looks for answers in the ruins of his imperial retreat...
http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/features/hadrian-the-man-behind-the-wall-863798.html
Multinational Team Creates The First 3-D Model Of Egypt's Oldest Pyramid
eMediaWire
The first "Virtual Step Pyramid" is to be used by architects, restorers, and archaeologists as part of efforts to save and restore the Step Pyramid in the face of threats from centuries of erosion and the fragility of the stone and clay body of the pyramid, exposed after the protective outer casing was removed by stone robbers in ancient times...
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/7/prweb1091354.htm
Precious Third-Century Statue Of Venus Uncovered In Macedonia
Balkan Travellers
10 July 2008 | An extremely precious statue of the goddess Venus, dating from the third century, was found recently during archaeological excavations at the Skupi site near Macedonia’s capital Skopje, national media reported today...
http://www.balkantravellers.com/en/read/article/671
Radio-Carbon Tests Reveal True Age Of Rome's She-Wolf - And She's A Relative Youngster
guardian.co.uk
It is the very symbol of the glory that was Rome. It figures on the badge of the Serie A side, AS Roma. It was used as the emblem of the 1960 Rome Olympics. For Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator, there was nothing more representative of the might of the empire he hoped to revive than this magnificent, life-size bronze of a she-wolf suckling the city's legendary founders, Romulus and Remus...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2289905,00.html
Quest To Dig Up Bruce's 'Lost Abbey'
The Scotsman
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are to return to a key historical site to unravel the mysteries of the "lost" abbey where Robert the Bruce is believed to have been crowned on the Stone of Destiny...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Quest-to-dig-up-Bruce39s.4273509.jp
Symbol Of Rome Found To Be 1000 Years Too Young
The Independent
Mussolini cherished her as a symbol of the "new Rome" he was bringing into being; and 60 years on, the bronze she-wolf with the gaping eyes, heavy udders and mouth half-open in a growl still says "Rome" as eloquently as the Colosseum...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/symbol-of-rome-found-to-be-1000-years-too-young-863937.html
Capitoline Wolf Not Etruscan, Tests Show
ARTINFO
ROME—Rome's legendary Capitoline Wolf is apparently 1,700 to 1,800 years younger than originally thought, the Guardian reports. The life-size bronze statue of a she-wolf sucking Romulus and Remus was, until two years ago, generally recognized as an Etruscan statue from the early 5th century B.C...
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/28070/capitoline-wolf-not-etruscan-tests-show/
Etruscan Tomb Unearthed In Perugia
ANSA
An ancient Etruscan tomb has resurfaced after centuries underground during the course of building work in the central Italian city of Perugia...
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-08_108227140.html
Unesco report criticises Skellig work
Irish Times
A UNESCO report on State management of the world heritage site at Skellig Michael off the Kerry coast has found that conservation works have "dramatically altered" the appearance of surviving remains on its South Peak...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0709/1215537641571.html
Saturday, May 10, 2008
May 10 News
More museum settlements in the news today.
New stories as of 8:07 AM:
Lawyer: Cleveland Museum To Return Artifacts To Italy
Ohio.com
An Italian state lawyer who has helped negotiate the return of antiquities from several prestigious U.S. museums said Friday that a verbal agreement has been reached with a Cleveland institution as part of Italy's efforts to regain its cultural treasures...
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=522389&c=y
Italy State Lawyer: Verbal Deal Reached With Cleveland Museum on Disputed Antiquities' Return
PR-Inside
ROME (AP) - Italy has reached a verbal agreement with a U.S. museum in Cleveland for the return of artifacts Rome says have been looted or smuggled out of the country, a government lawyer said Friday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/italy-state-lawyer-verbal-deal-reached-r581758.htm
Italy Reaches Deal With Cleveland Museum For Return Of Disputed Antiquities
Canadian Press
ROME — Italy has reached an agreement with a U.S. museum for the return of artifacts that Rome says have been looted or smuggled out of the country, art officials said Friday...
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5B_fXzh1mZDgNkcHj02v20kUp6A
Race Is On To Save Sussex History
The Argus
Archaeologists are racing against time to excavate a burial mound before it collapses into the sea...
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.2261798.0.race_is_on_to_save_sussex_history.php
New stories as of 8:07 AM:
Lawyer: Cleveland Museum To Return Artifacts To Italy
Ohio.com
An Italian state lawyer who has helped negotiate the return of antiquities from several prestigious U.S. museums said Friday that a verbal agreement has been reached with a Cleveland institution as part of Italy's efforts to regain its cultural treasures...
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=522389&c=y
Italy State Lawyer: Verbal Deal Reached With Cleveland Museum on Disputed Antiquities' Return
PR-Inside
ROME (AP) - Italy has reached a verbal agreement with a U.S. museum in Cleveland for the return of artifacts Rome says have been looted or smuggled out of the country, a government lawyer said Friday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/italy-state-lawyer-verbal-deal-reached-r581758.htm
Italy Reaches Deal With Cleveland Museum For Return Of Disputed Antiquities
Canadian Press
ROME — Italy has reached an agreement with a U.S. museum for the return of artifacts that Rome says have been looted or smuggled out of the country, art officials said Friday...
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5B_fXzh1mZDgNkcHj02v20kUp6A
Race Is On To Save Sussex History
The Argus
Archaeologists are racing against time to excavate a burial mound before it collapses into the sea...
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.2261798.0.race_is_on_to_save_sussex_history.php
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
May 6th News
Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of this blog.
New stories as of 10:42 AM:
Knights Templar Tomb Discovered In France: Lakehead's Paleo DNA Assists In Identification
StreetInsider.com
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - A hidden tomb in the mountains of the Languedoc region of southwest France has the archaeological community buzzing, and Lakehead University's Paleo DNA Laboratory has played a role in creating that buzz...
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Knights+Templar+Tomb+Discovered+in+France:+Lakeheads+Paleo+DNA+Assists+in+Identification/3607586.html
Pieces Of Viking Sword Discovered
BBC News
Fragments of a Viking sword have been discovered by two metal detector enthusiasts on the Isle of Man...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/7386230.stm
Irish Viking Trade Center Unearthed
BBC News
One of the Vikings' most important trading centres has been discovered in Ireland...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7385237.stm
Work To Stabilise Silbury Hill Completed
Gazette & Herald
An extensive project to stabilise Silbury Hill has reached completion, following vital works to repack voids and an historic tunnel running through to its centre which had threatened the structure of the Neolithic mound...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2248968.0.work_to_stabilise_silbury_hill_completed.php
Carpet Of Stone: Medieval Mosaic Pavement Revealed
The Guardian
The wraps have come off one of Westminster Abbey's least known treasures, a medieval marble pavement foretelling the end of the world, while conservation experts consider how to preserve the ancient stones for the next 740 years...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.art
Vikings: From Ram-Raiders To Fishmongers
The Guardian
Archaeologists and scientists have revealed that 1,000 years ago cod was traded extraordinary distances across Europe, from the Norwegian Arctic to England and the Baltic...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.heritage
New stories as of 10:42 AM:
Knights Templar Tomb Discovered In France: Lakehead's Paleo DNA Assists In Identification
StreetInsider.com
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - A hidden tomb in the mountains of the Languedoc region of southwest France has the archaeological community buzzing, and Lakehead University's Paleo DNA Laboratory has played a role in creating that buzz...
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Knights+Templar+Tomb+Discovered+in+France:+Lakeheads+Paleo+DNA+Assists+in+Identification/3607586.html
Pieces Of Viking Sword Discovered
BBC News
Fragments of a Viking sword have been discovered by two metal detector enthusiasts on the Isle of Man...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/7386230.stm
Irish Viking Trade Center Unearthed
BBC News
One of the Vikings' most important trading centres has been discovered in Ireland...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7385237.stm
Work To Stabilise Silbury Hill Completed
Gazette & Herald
An extensive project to stabilise Silbury Hill has reached completion, following vital works to repack voids and an historic tunnel running through to its centre which had threatened the structure of the Neolithic mound...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2248968.0.work_to_stabilise_silbury_hill_completed.php
Carpet Of Stone: Medieval Mosaic Pavement Revealed
The Guardian
The wraps have come off one of Westminster Abbey's least known treasures, a medieval marble pavement foretelling the end of the world, while conservation experts consider how to preserve the ancient stones for the next 740 years...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.art
Vikings: From Ram-Raiders To Fishmongers
The Guardian
Archaeologists and scientists have revealed that 1,000 years ago cod was traded extraordinary distances across Europe, from the Norwegian Arctic to England and the Baltic...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.heritage
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thursday, February 28, 2008
February 28th News
There's only a few stories this morning, but I'd say quality outweighs quantity.
New stories as of 8:38 AM:
The Glory Of The Roman Empire At The Seattle Art Museum
Crosscut Seattle
The new show, drawn from the Louvre's incomparable collection, is shaped into a strong narrative, and the works are presented with a powerful immediacy...
http://www.crosscut.com/washington/11999/The+glory+of+the+Roman+Empire+at+the+Seattle+Art+Museum/
Shroud Of Turin Gets High-Def Scrutiny
Discovery News
Feb. 28, 2008 -- The Turin shroud, the 14- by 4-foot linen long believed to have been wrapped around Jesus' body after the crucifixion, has entered the digital age...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/28/shroud-of-turin.html
Vikings With Vanity: Vivid Colours, Flowing Silk, Fashionable Until Advent Of Christianity
ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2008) — Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors - the Vikings dressed with considerably more panache than we previously thought. The men were especially vain, and the women dressed provocatively, but with the advent of Christianity, fashions changed, according to Swedish archeologist Annika Larsson...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080225101117.htm
New stories as of 8:38 AM:
The Glory Of The Roman Empire At The Seattle Art Museum
Crosscut Seattle
The new show, drawn from the Louvre's incomparable collection, is shaped into a strong narrative, and the works are presented with a powerful immediacy...
http://www.crosscut.com/washington/11999/The+glory+of+the+Roman+Empire+at+the+Seattle+Art+Museum/
Shroud Of Turin Gets High-Def Scrutiny
Discovery News
Feb. 28, 2008 -- The Turin shroud, the 14- by 4-foot linen long believed to have been wrapped around Jesus' body after the crucifixion, has entered the digital age...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/28/shroud-of-turin.html
Vikings With Vanity: Vivid Colours, Flowing Silk, Fashionable Until Advent Of Christianity
ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2008) — Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors - the Vikings dressed with considerably more panache than we previously thought. The men were especially vain, and the women dressed provocatively, but with the advent of Christianity, fashions changed, according to Swedish archeologist Annika Larsson...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080225101117.htm
Thursday, January 24, 2008
January 24th News
It's all fresh and exciting news this morning.
New stories as of 8:04 AM:
Wine-Carrying Ship Dating Back 2,300 Years Discovered On Seabed Off Cyprus
PR-Inside
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300 year-old cargo ship thought to have been ferrying wine from the Aegean island of Chios before it sank off Cyprus' southern coast, researchers said Thursday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/wine-carrying-ship-dating-back-2-300-years-r402945.htm
Ash Altar Of Greek God Zeus Was Used For Worship 1,000 Years Earlier Than Believed
Thaindian News
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship the god Zeus...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ash-altar-of-greek-god-zeus-was-used-for-worship-1000-years-earlier-than-believed_10014333.html
Zeus Worship Site Millennium Older Than Thought
China View
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Findings of potter at an ancient Greek altar to worship Zeus reveals the site was in use at least a millennium earlier than previously thought, new archeological data suggest...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/24/content_7488327.htm
Museum Of Cycladic Art Reopens Ancient Greek Art Collection
About.com
This month, the Museum of Cycladic Art, sometimes known as the Goulandris Museum after its founders, is reopening its extensive 350-item collection of ancient Greek art...
http://gogreece.about.com/b/2008/01/23/museum-of-cycladic-art-reopens-ancient-greek-art-collection.htm
New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God
Science Daily
The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 feet above sea level, atop the altar provides a breathtaking, panoramic vista of Arcadia...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123114601.htm
Ancient Cemetery Unearthed In Syria
Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Archaeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gcqC6lHr-qFgEzzwzjtgGiLWKl8AD8UBS1R02
Video: "Epic" Vase Returned To Italy
National Geographic News
January 23, 2008—A 2,500-year-old vase featuring scenes from a Homer poem is among several antiquities returned to Italy after lengthy negotiations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080123-vase-video-ap.html
New stories as of 8:04 AM:
Wine-Carrying Ship Dating Back 2,300 Years Discovered On Seabed Off Cyprus
PR-Inside
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300 year-old cargo ship thought to have been ferrying wine from the Aegean island of Chios before it sank off Cyprus' southern coast, researchers said Thursday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/wine-carrying-ship-dating-back-2-300-years-r402945.htm
Ash Altar Of Greek God Zeus Was Used For Worship 1,000 Years Earlier Than Believed
Thaindian News
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship the god Zeus...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ash-altar-of-greek-god-zeus-was-used-for-worship-1000-years-earlier-than-believed_10014333.html
Zeus Worship Site Millennium Older Than Thought
China View
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Findings of potter at an ancient Greek altar to worship Zeus reveals the site was in use at least a millennium earlier than previously thought, new archeological data suggest...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/24/content_7488327.htm
Museum Of Cycladic Art Reopens Ancient Greek Art Collection
About.com
This month, the Museum of Cycladic Art, sometimes known as the Goulandris Museum after its founders, is reopening its extensive 350-item collection of ancient Greek art...
http://gogreece.about.com/b/2008/01/23/museum-of-cycladic-art-reopens-ancient-greek-art-collection.htm
New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God
Science Daily
The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 feet above sea level, atop the altar provides a breathtaking, panoramic vista of Arcadia...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123114601.htm
Ancient Cemetery Unearthed In Syria
Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Archaeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gcqC6lHr-qFgEzzwzjtgGiLWKl8AD8UBS1R02
Video: "Epic" Vase Returned To Italy
National Geographic News
January 23, 2008—A 2,500-year-old vase featuring scenes from a Homer poem is among several antiquities returned to Italy after lengthy negotiations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080123-vase-video-ap.html
Saturday, January 19, 2008
January 19th News
Again, the return of the Euphronios Krater and other issues around smuggled Italian art are the big stories of the day. However, there's lots of news from different perspectives and different stories today.
New stories as of 7:55 AM:
Ancient Vase Comes Home To A Hero's Welcome
The New York Times
ROME — As the restless crowd applauded, and flashbulbs popped, the Euphronios krater, at the heart of a three-decade tug of war between the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Italian government, received a hero’s welcome here on Friday...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/arts/design/19bowl.html?ref=world
Ancient Wine Bowl Returned To Italy
The West
A 2,500-year-old wine bowl returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art was displayed today in a ceremony, ending a dispute over the circumstances of the artifact’s acquisition nearly four decades ago...
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=182&ContentID=55107
Met Trustee Cedes 10 Objects TO Italy
The New York Sun
The collector Shelby White has agreed to relinquish 10 antiquities that Italy claims were illegally excavated, the New York Times reported on Friday...
http://www.nysun.com/article/69815
Return Of Artifacts By Private Collector Seen As Positive Step
Newsday.com
NEW YORK - A top dealer of classical antiquities on Friday hailed a New York philanthropist's agreement to return 10 ancient objects from her private collection to Italy, saying collectors need to be more transparent about what they own...
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--nyc-lootedantiqui0118jan18,0,7620752.story
New York Collector To Return 'Looted' Antiquities
Telegraph.co.uk
A prominent New York philanthropist and art collector has agreed to return 10 classical antiquities to Italy following claims that they were looted...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/18/wart118.xml
Italy Unveils Returned Euphronius Vase
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — With the return of a long-sought masterpiece of antiquity, Italy on Friday trumpeted one of the successes of its campaign to recover what it says are looted treasures from museums and collectors around the world...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5is_bcmuTOwPCXlYk6aWb_ugCT9RgD8U8GF600
This article has a three image slide-show included of the unveiling of the krater. The first image is particularly spectacular.
Italy Hails Return Of Ancient Vase From New York
Reuters UK
ROME (Reuters) - Italy proudly celebrated the return on Friday of a prized 2,500-year-old vase it says was looted and sold illegally to New York's Metropolitan Museum more than 30 years ago...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1881034620080118
The Reuters article has a five image slide-show, which opens in a new window at full size. Again there are one or two shots which show the spectacular red-figure art of the vase.
Why The Turin Shroud Is Not Authentic
Spero News
Since it first appeared in Lirey, France, in 1353, the Roman Catholic Church has encouraged the veneration of the Shroud of Turin without saying it is the actual linen sheet Joseph of Arimathea brought to the tomb of Jesus, as reported in Mark 15: 42–47...
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=13749&t=Why+the+Turin+Shroud+is+not+authentic
Ancient Vase Returned To Italy After 26 Years
ABC News
Italy is celebrating the return of a 2,500-year-old vase that was stolen from an archaeological site in 1972...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/19/2142137.htm?section=entertainment
Archaeologists Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Seal At Temple In Jerusalem
Daily India
Jerusalem, Jan 19: Archaeologists have excavated a 2,500 year old stone seal in the First Temple in Jerusalem's city of David, which bears the name of one of the families who acted as servants at the temple...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/208955.php/Archaeologists-unearth-2500-year-old-seal-at-temple-in-Jerusalem
4,500-Year-Old Tomb Sheds Light On Burial Customs Of Ancient Egypts Middle Class
Thaindian News
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): Archaeologists have unsealed the burial chamber of a 4,500 year old tomb of an Egyptian official, thus providing a rare insight into the burial customs prevalent among the middle class in ancient Egypt...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/4500-year-old-tomb-sheds-light-on-burial-customs-of-ancient-egypts-middle-class_10013447.html
Digging Up Roots Of Cambridge Life
Cambridge News
ARCHAEOLOGISTS digging in the grounds of a Cambridge University college have unearthed the first hard evidence the city was occupied during the Bronze Age...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?id=249874
Rare Middle-Class Tomb Found From Ancient Egypt
National Geographic News
Archaeologists have unsealed the intact burial chamber of an ancient Egyptian official, providing a rare glimpse into the burial customs of the Old Kingdom's middle class...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080118-egypt-tomb.html
New stories as of 7:55 AM:
Ancient Vase Comes Home To A Hero's Welcome
The New York Times
ROME — As the restless crowd applauded, and flashbulbs popped, the Euphronios krater, at the heart of a three-decade tug of war between the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Italian government, received a hero’s welcome here on Friday...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/arts/design/19bowl.html?ref=world
Ancient Wine Bowl Returned To Italy
The West
A 2,500-year-old wine bowl returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art was displayed today in a ceremony, ending a dispute over the circumstances of the artifact’s acquisition nearly four decades ago...
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=182&ContentID=55107
Met Trustee Cedes 10 Objects TO Italy
The New York Sun
The collector Shelby White has agreed to relinquish 10 antiquities that Italy claims were illegally excavated, the New York Times reported on Friday...
http://www.nysun.com/article/69815
Return Of Artifacts By Private Collector Seen As Positive Step
Newsday.com
NEW YORK - A top dealer of classical antiquities on Friday hailed a New York philanthropist's agreement to return 10 ancient objects from her private collection to Italy, saying collectors need to be more transparent about what they own...
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--nyc-lootedantiqui0118jan18,0,7620752.story
New York Collector To Return 'Looted' Antiquities
Telegraph.co.uk
A prominent New York philanthropist and art collector has agreed to return 10 classical antiquities to Italy following claims that they were looted...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/18/wart118.xml
Italy Unveils Returned Euphronius Vase
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — With the return of a long-sought masterpiece of antiquity, Italy on Friday trumpeted one of the successes of its campaign to recover what it says are looted treasures from museums and collectors around the world...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5is_bcmuTOwPCXlYk6aWb_ugCT9RgD8U8GF600
This article has a three image slide-show included of the unveiling of the krater. The first image is particularly spectacular.
Italy Hails Return Of Ancient Vase From New York
Reuters UK
ROME (Reuters) - Italy proudly celebrated the return on Friday of a prized 2,500-year-old vase it says was looted and sold illegally to New York's Metropolitan Museum more than 30 years ago...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1881034620080118
The Reuters article has a five image slide-show, which opens in a new window at full size. Again there are one or two shots which show the spectacular red-figure art of the vase.
Why The Turin Shroud Is Not Authentic
Spero News
Since it first appeared in Lirey, France, in 1353, the Roman Catholic Church has encouraged the veneration of the Shroud of Turin without saying it is the actual linen sheet Joseph of Arimathea brought to the tomb of Jesus, as reported in Mark 15: 42–47...
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=13749&t=Why+the+Turin+Shroud+is+not+authentic
Ancient Vase Returned To Italy After 26 Years
ABC News
Italy is celebrating the return of a 2,500-year-old vase that was stolen from an archaeological site in 1972...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/19/2142137.htm?section=entertainment
Archaeologists Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Seal At Temple In Jerusalem
Daily India
Jerusalem, Jan 19: Archaeologists have excavated a 2,500 year old stone seal in the First Temple in Jerusalem's city of David, which bears the name of one of the families who acted as servants at the temple...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/208955.php/Archaeologists-unearth-2500-year-old-seal-at-temple-in-Jerusalem
4,500-Year-Old Tomb Sheds Light On Burial Customs Of Ancient Egypts Middle Class
Thaindian News
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): Archaeologists have unsealed the burial chamber of a 4,500 year old tomb of an Egyptian official, thus providing a rare insight into the burial customs prevalent among the middle class in ancient Egypt...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/4500-year-old-tomb-sheds-light-on-burial-customs-of-ancient-egypts-middle-class_10013447.html
Digging Up Roots Of Cambridge Life
Cambridge News
ARCHAEOLOGISTS digging in the grounds of a Cambridge University college have unearthed the first hard evidence the city was occupied during the Bronze Age...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?id=249874
Rare Middle-Class Tomb Found From Ancient Egypt
National Geographic News
Archaeologists have unsealed the intact burial chamber of an ancient Egyptian official, providing a rare glimpse into the burial customs of the Old Kingdom's middle class...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080118-egypt-tomb.html
Friday, January 18, 2008
January 18th News
Looted art in some form or another is the big story today.
New stories as of 6:34 AM:
Italy To Unveil 6th Century Vase
USA Today
ROME (AP) — Italy is unveiling one of the most prestigious prizes in its campaign against illegal trafficking in antiquities, a 2,500-year-old vase by Greek artist Euphronius that was returned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-18-italy-looted-art_N.htm
Collector Returns Art Italy Says Was Looted
The New York Times
After 18 months of intense negotiations, the New York philanthropist Shelby White has ceded 10 classical antiquities from her private collection that Italy contends were looted from its soil, the Italian culture minister confirmed this week...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/arts/18collect.html?ref=arts
Bust Of Roman Emperor Back In Algerian Hands
The Daily Star
ALGIERS: A marble bust of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is back in Algerian hands, 12 years after it was stolen from a museum in the east of the country, the domestic APS news agency reported Wednesday...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&Article_id=88115
Tithebarn Could Yield Medieval Treasures
Lancashire Evening Post
Medieval treasures could be buried beneath the site of Preston's £750m regeneration project, it has been claimed...
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Tithebarn-could-yield-medieval-treasures.3687861.jp
New stories as of 6:34 AM:
Italy To Unveil 6th Century Vase
USA Today
ROME (AP) — Italy is unveiling one of the most prestigious prizes in its campaign against illegal trafficking in antiquities, a 2,500-year-old vase by Greek artist Euphronius that was returned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-18-italy-looted-art_N.htm
Collector Returns Art Italy Says Was Looted
The New York Times
After 18 months of intense negotiations, the New York philanthropist Shelby White has ceded 10 classical antiquities from her private collection that Italy contends were looted from its soil, the Italian culture minister confirmed this week...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/arts/18collect.html?ref=arts
Bust Of Roman Emperor Back In Algerian Hands
The Daily Star
ALGIERS: A marble bust of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is back in Algerian hands, 12 years after it was stolen from a museum in the east of the country, the domestic APS news agency reported Wednesday...
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=4&Article_id=88115
Tithebarn Could Yield Medieval Treasures
Lancashire Evening Post
Medieval treasures could be buried beneath the site of Preston's £750m regeneration project, it has been claimed...
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Tithebarn-could-yield-medieval-treasures.3687861.jp
Thursday, January 17, 2008
January 17th News
The big story continues to be the identity of the Mona Lisa.
New stories as of 10:06 AM:
US and Italian Officials Seek Better Collaboration
The Art Newspaper
NEW YORK. Museum and cultural officials from Italy and the US met at the American Academy in Rome on 28 November to discuss ways to improve future collaboration...
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7373
Mona Lisa Riddle Enlightened
CCTV.com
The "Mona Lisa" revealed at last? German academics claim to have helped to solve the centuries-long mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait...
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20080117/101646.shtml
This story also has a video link.
Italy's Art Squad Says Archaeological Looting Declining
PR Inside
ROME (AP) - Italy's campaign to recover allegedly looted treasures from museums and collectors worldwide is helping reduce the illegal international traffic of archaeological artifacts stolen from the country, officials said Thursday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/italy-s-art-squad-says-archaeological-looting-r392236.htm
Archaeologists' Groundbreaking Find
EADT 24
ARCHAEOLOGISTS digging in the grounds of a Cambridge University college have unearthed the first hard evidence that the area of the ancient city was occupied during the Bronze Age...
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED17%20Jan%202008%2016%3A32%3A20%3A977
Stone Seal Confirms Biblical Record
The Trumpet.com
A black stone seal found in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem adds more proof to a growing mountain of tangible evidence showing the accuracy of the Bible’s account of history...
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=4704.2969.0.0
Excavations At Karnak Temple in Egypt Might Change Its History And Landscape
Thaindian News
Cairo, Jan 17 (ANI): Egyptian archaeologists have made several important discoveries at the Karnak temple in Luxor, which might lead to reconsideration of the history and landscape of the site...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/excavations-at-karnak-temple-in-egypt-might-change-its-history-and-landscape_10013149.html
Mona Lisa's Identity Confirmed By Document
Discovery News
Jan. 16, 2008 -- The mystery over the identity of the woman behind Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting has been solved once and for all, German academics at Heidelberg University announced on Tuesday...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/01/16/mona-lisa-identity.html
This article also contains a six image slideshow.
New stories as of 10:06 AM:
US and Italian Officials Seek Better Collaboration
The Art Newspaper
NEW YORK. Museum and cultural officials from Italy and the US met at the American Academy in Rome on 28 November to discuss ways to improve future collaboration...
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7373
Mona Lisa Riddle Enlightened
CCTV.com
The "Mona Lisa" revealed at last? German academics claim to have helped to solve the centuries-long mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait...
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20080117/101646.shtml
This story also has a video link.
Italy's Art Squad Says Archaeological Looting Declining
PR Inside
ROME (AP) - Italy's campaign to recover allegedly looted treasures from museums and collectors worldwide is helping reduce the illegal international traffic of archaeological artifacts stolen from the country, officials said Thursday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/italy-s-art-squad-says-archaeological-looting-r392236.htm
Archaeologists' Groundbreaking Find
EADT 24
ARCHAEOLOGISTS digging in the grounds of a Cambridge University college have unearthed the first hard evidence that the area of the ancient city was occupied during the Bronze Age...
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED17%20Jan%202008%2016%3A32%3A20%3A977
Stone Seal Confirms Biblical Record
The Trumpet.com
A black stone seal found in an archaeological dig in Jerusalem adds more proof to a growing mountain of tangible evidence showing the accuracy of the Bible’s account of history...
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=4704.2969.0.0
Excavations At Karnak Temple in Egypt Might Change Its History And Landscape
Thaindian News
Cairo, Jan 17 (ANI): Egyptian archaeologists have made several important discoveries at the Karnak temple in Luxor, which might lead to reconsideration of the history and landscape of the site...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/excavations-at-karnak-temple-in-egypt-might-change-its-history-and-landscape_10013149.html
Mona Lisa's Identity Confirmed By Document
Discovery News
Jan. 16, 2008 -- The mystery over the identity of the woman behind Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" painting has been solved once and for all, German academics at Heidelberg University announced on Tuesday...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/01/16/mona-lisa-identity.html
This article also contains a six image slideshow.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
January 15th News
There's a lot of news this morning, with the big story being the discovery of the identity of the Mona Lisa.
New stories as of 10:48 AM:
Manuscript Reveals True Identity Of Mona Lisa
Spiegel Online
The Mona Lisa's true identity has been revealed at last. Experts at Heidelberg University library say a manuscript they unearthed reveals that she was Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,528664,00.html
Three Spectacular Vases Lent By Italy To Metropolitan Museum For Four Years
Taxi Design Network
As a result of the agreement negotiated by Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Ministero per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali, the Republic of Italy is lending the Metropolitan Museum three outstanding ancient Greek vases for a period of four years...
http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=14804&monthview=0&month=1&year=2008
On a completely unrelated note, I'm cringing at the colour scheme of this site. Half the page is on a bright yellow background.
Experts Identify The Woman In Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa Painting
Cleveland Leader
The identity of the woman featured in Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" portrait, which has long been a mystery, may have finally been solved. German academics believe that they now know for certain just who the woman is...
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/4346
Ancient Wine Artefact Returns To Rome
Decanter.com
Hundreds of museum goers said a last-day farewell Sunday to the most famous wine artefact in the vast Metropolitan Museum of Art - and perhaps America...
http://www.decanter.com/news/174012.html
German Experts Crack Mona Lisa Smile
Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait...
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1179689520080114
Scribbles Identify Mona Lisa Painting Model
AHN
Heidelberg, Germany (AHN) - Marginal notes on a book at the Heidelberg University library were the keys that identified the Italian model who sat for Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting. She was Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009723288
Dunwich Secrets To Be Revealed
EDP24
It was consigned to its watery grave hundreds of years ago, but now state-of-the-art underwater cameras could reveal a lost city off the north Suffolk coast for the first time...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED15%20Jan%202008%2017%3A36%3A34%3A263
Tudor 'Correspondent' Text Online
BBC News
A 16th Century Welsh chronicle charting the history of England and Wales between 1066 and 1552 is now online...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7189408.stm
Rathmolyon Residents In Bid To Halt Local Quarry Expansion
The Meath Chronicle
RATHMOLYON residents have stepped up their campaign against the proposed expansion of a quarry at Trammon following the discovery of two medieval graveyards during archaeology works...
http://www.meathchronicle.ie/story.asp?stID=1879
Wessex Archaeology Releases It's First Online Excavation Video
24 Hour Museum
Wessex Archaeology has released its first online video showing the remarkable excavation of a rare Roman coffin...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART53188.html
The video is embedded at the top of the article.
Ancient Tomb Art Found In Path Of Irish Highway
Kazinform
NEW YORK. January 15. KAZINFORM. Tomb engravings dating back 6,000 years are among the latest discoveries unearthed on the route of a controversial highway under construction in Ireland...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=159276
Also published at:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080114-tara-ireland.html
Archaeological Collection Discovered After Relic Hunter's Death
Radio Praha
An unusual collection of over 3,000 archaeological items was discovered two years ago in a Prague apartment whose owner died in a fire. Archaeologists who have examined the collection say it contains some unique artefacts – with very little scientific value because vital information about their origin is missing...
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/99630
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Northern Echo
ARCHAEOLOGISTS always want to know the provenance of any discovery - where it was found, its relation to other objects found on the site and so on. That is why they decry mere treasure seekers, knowing that an article loses half its significance if divorced from its context...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/features/leader/display.var.1965824.0.lindisfarne_gospels.php
New stories as of 10:48 AM:
Manuscript Reveals True Identity Of Mona Lisa
Spiegel Online
The Mona Lisa's true identity has been revealed at last. Experts at Heidelberg University library say a manuscript they unearthed reveals that she was Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,528664,00.html
Three Spectacular Vases Lent By Italy To Metropolitan Museum For Four Years
Taxi Design Network
As a result of the agreement negotiated by Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Ministero per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali, the Republic of Italy is lending the Metropolitan Museum three outstanding ancient Greek vases for a period of four years...
http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=14804&monthview=0&month=1&year=2008
On a completely unrelated note, I'm cringing at the colour scheme of this site. Half the page is on a bright yellow background.
Experts Identify The Woman In Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa Painting
Cleveland Leader
The identity of the woman featured in Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" portrait, which has long been a mystery, may have finally been solved. German academics believe that they now know for certain just who the woman is...
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/4346
Ancient Wine Artefact Returns To Rome
Decanter.com
Hundreds of museum goers said a last-day farewell Sunday to the most famous wine artefact in the vast Metropolitan Museum of Art - and perhaps America...
http://www.decanter.com/news/174012.html
German Experts Crack Mona Lisa Smile
Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait...
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1179689520080114
Scribbles Identify Mona Lisa Painting Model
AHN
Heidelberg, Germany (AHN) - Marginal notes on a book at the Heidelberg University library were the keys that identified the Italian model who sat for Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting. She was Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009723288
Dunwich Secrets To Be Revealed
EDP24
It was consigned to its watery grave hundreds of years ago, but now state-of-the-art underwater cameras could reveal a lost city off the north Suffolk coast for the first time...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED15%20Jan%202008%2017%3A36%3A34%3A263
Tudor 'Correspondent' Text Online
BBC News
A 16th Century Welsh chronicle charting the history of England and Wales between 1066 and 1552 is now online...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7189408.stm
Rathmolyon Residents In Bid To Halt Local Quarry Expansion
The Meath Chronicle
RATHMOLYON residents have stepped up their campaign against the proposed expansion of a quarry at Trammon following the discovery of two medieval graveyards during archaeology works...
http://www.meathchronicle.ie/story.asp?stID=1879
Wessex Archaeology Releases It's First Online Excavation Video
24 Hour Museum
Wessex Archaeology has released its first online video showing the remarkable excavation of a rare Roman coffin...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART53188.html
The video is embedded at the top of the article.
Ancient Tomb Art Found In Path Of Irish Highway
Kazinform
NEW YORK. January 15. KAZINFORM. Tomb engravings dating back 6,000 years are among the latest discoveries unearthed on the route of a controversial highway under construction in Ireland...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=159276
Also published at:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080114-tara-ireland.html
Archaeological Collection Discovered After Relic Hunter's Death
Radio Praha
An unusual collection of over 3,000 archaeological items was discovered two years ago in a Prague apartment whose owner died in a fire. Archaeologists who have examined the collection say it contains some unique artefacts – with very little scientific value because vital information about their origin is missing...
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/99630
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Northern Echo
ARCHAEOLOGISTS always want to know the provenance of any discovery - where it was found, its relation to other objects found on the site and so on. That is why they decry mere treasure seekers, knowing that an article loses half its significance if divorced from its context...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/features/leader/display.var.1965824.0.lindisfarne_gospels.php
Thursday, January 3, 2008
January 3rd News
Now that the holidays are over, I'm returning to a more or less regular daily posting here.
New stories as of 8:32 AM:
Satellites Build A Picture Of The Past
Cosmos
Gone are the days of a fearless Indiana Jones battling through the jungle in search of ancient treasures. Today's archaeologists are using high-tech tools, from NASA satellites to Google Earth, do the hard work for them...
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1764
Race To Save Lascaux Cave Art, Prehistoric 'Sistine Chapel'
Wired
It was discovered by a dog called Robot, and has survived 17,000 years of climate change and human history. But the world's most famous cave art at Lascaux, France - dubbed prehistory's "Sistine Chapel" - could end up on a World Heritage in Danger list...
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/01/race-to-save-la.html
France Racing To Save Lascaux Cave Paintings From Fungus
CBC.ca
The French government is taking emergency action to rescue the celebrated cave paintings of the Lascaux caverns from a fungus...
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/01/02/lascaux-caves.html
Ancient Civilization Found
CFP
Reported at the end of last year, but missed pretty much everywhere, Russian archaeologists working in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of, what must have been at its time, a thriving metropolis. Estimated to be from 2,500 years ago, they were found at the bottom of Lake Issyk Kul, in the Kyrgyz mountains...
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1194
Four Years Work - But There's A Silver Lining...
Leicester Mercury
Archaeologists have begun a four-year restoration of a piece of history that could unravel Leicestershire's Roman past...
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132935&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132702&contentPK=19431090&folderPk=77465&pNodeId=132393
Irish Split On Road Near Sacred Site
Marketplace
The Hill of Tara, northwest of Dublin, has a great deal of archaeological and religious significance. Now, the Irish government wants to build a four-lane highway near it. Stephen Beard reports many are protesting...
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/02/road_near_hill_of_tara
The story contains an audio version as well as the text of the audio.
Can Ice Age Art Survive Man's Attempt To Save It?
Times Online
The survival of the most important cave paintings in the world is in doubt because of a severe fungal infection that spread after an air-circulation system was installed to protect them, archaeologists say...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3118897.ece
New stories as of 8:32 AM:
Satellites Build A Picture Of The Past
Cosmos
Gone are the days of a fearless Indiana Jones battling through the jungle in search of ancient treasures. Today's archaeologists are using high-tech tools, from NASA satellites to Google Earth, do the hard work for them...
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1764
Race To Save Lascaux Cave Art, Prehistoric 'Sistine Chapel'
Wired
It was discovered by a dog called Robot, and has survived 17,000 years of climate change and human history. But the world's most famous cave art at Lascaux, France - dubbed prehistory's "Sistine Chapel" - could end up on a World Heritage in Danger list...
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/01/race-to-save-la.html
France Racing To Save Lascaux Cave Paintings From Fungus
CBC.ca
The French government is taking emergency action to rescue the celebrated cave paintings of the Lascaux caverns from a fungus...
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/01/02/lascaux-caves.html
Ancient Civilization Found
CFP
Reported at the end of last year, but missed pretty much everywhere, Russian archaeologists working in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of, what must have been at its time, a thriving metropolis. Estimated to be from 2,500 years ago, they were found at the bottom of Lake Issyk Kul, in the Kyrgyz mountains...
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1194
Four Years Work - But There's A Silver Lining...
Leicester Mercury
Archaeologists have begun a four-year restoration of a piece of history that could unravel Leicestershire's Roman past...
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132935&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132702&contentPK=19431090&folderPk=77465&pNodeId=132393
Irish Split On Road Near Sacred Site
Marketplace
The Hill of Tara, northwest of Dublin, has a great deal of archaeological and religious significance. Now, the Irish government wants to build a four-lane highway near it. Stephen Beard reports many are protesting...
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/02/road_near_hill_of_tara
The story contains an audio version as well as the text of the audio.
Can Ice Age Art Survive Man's Attempt To Save It?
Times Online
The survival of the most important cave paintings in the world is in doubt because of a severe fungal infection that spread after an air-circulation system was installed to protect them, archaeologists say...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3118897.ece
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