September 15th News

I'm having a slow day today, so things are running late.

New stories as of 3:01 PM:

What Is A Cross Bow?
PR-GB
A crossbow is an ancient weapon, composed of a bow mounted on a stock that launches projectiles, known as bolts. A mechanism in the stock allows the bow to be in its fully-drawn position at all times. The crossbow is fully-drawn until it is shot by releasing a trigger. These dangerous weapons are known for their role in Asian and European warfare...
http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16934&Itemid=9

Lost, And Found, In Bible Translation
Herald Tribune
For some, a side interest becomes a hobby; for others it swells into an obsession. Englewood retiree David Walker's pasttime is downright biblical in proportion...
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070915/FEATURES/709150683/1006/SPORTS

Hedgehog, With Nettles For Afters
The Age
THE menus may lack a little refinement for today's discerning diners, but the signature dishes of Britain's ancestors were nothing if not adventurous...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/hedgegog-with-nettles-for-afters/2007/09/15/1189277048211.html

Temple Of Augustus Found In Turkey
ZeeNews.com
Istanbul, Sept 15: Archaeologists have uncovered a forum and temple of Roman emperor Augustus in the ancient city of Pompeiopolis, a Roman city-state located in Taskopru district in Turkey's Kastamonu province...
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=395031&sid=FTP&sname=&news=Temple%20of%20Augustus%20found%20in%20Turkey

Experts Reveal Town's History
Buckingham Today
ONE of the most significant archeological digs seen in the Towcester area has revealed major aspects of the town's rich history...
http://www.buckinghamtoday.co.uk/towcester-news/Experts-reveal-town39s-history-.3204630.jp

Bronze Age Settlement Found At US Embassy Site
Times Of Malta
A series of tombs and silos, probably dating back to the Bronze Age and early Roman period, have been discovered on the site set to become the new US Embassy, in Ta' Qali...
http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=274449

Roman Grave Dug Up At Corfe Castle
Daily Echo
EXCITEMENT is growing over the discovery of a suspected Roman grave at Corfe Castle...
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1691094.0.roman_grave_dug_up_at_corfe_castle.php

'Super-Scope' To See Hidden Texts
BBC News
The hidden content in ancient works could be illuminated by a light source 10 billion times brighter than the Sun...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6991893.stm

Ancient Scots Mummified Their Dead
Discovery News
Sept. 14, 2007 — The ancient Egyptians were not the only ones to mummify their dead, according to a study in this month's Antiquity Journal that claims prehistoric Scottish people created mummies too...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/14/mummifiedscots_arc.html?category=history&guid=20070914130000

September 6th News

Today there's both new stories and stories which have been published over the last couple of days being re-printed in new places.

New stories as of 10:24 AM:

Cyprus To Seek Ancient Shipwrecks
Reuters UK
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus is to launch sea surveys in an area where dozens of vessels led by warring successors to Alexander the Great are believed to have sunk in battle for control over the island in 306 BC...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKPAR65915620070906
Also published at:
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnB511301.html

Ancient Beehives Are Found In Israel
United Press International
TEL REHOV, Israel, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Israeli archaeologists discovered evidence of what are believed to have been the first beehives in the ancient Near East...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/09/06/ancient_beehives_are_found_in_israel/7137/

Ancient First Beehives Discovered
In The News
Archaeologists have uncovered the first apiary (beehive colony) from the biblical period, proving Israel really was the 'land of milk and honey'...
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/science/ancient-first-beehives-discovered-$1131507.htm

Road Plan Goes Ahead Over Ribbon
BBC News
Council leaders have said they will go ahead with plans to build a road over a 4,000-year-old group of stones...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6982127.stm

Council Claims 'Win Win Solution' For Rotherwas Ribbon
24 Dash
Herefordshire Council confirmed today (Thursday) what it called a ‘win win solution’ to protect the Rotherwas Ribbon archaeological find, explore opportunities for tourism and safeguard the jobs and businesses that depend on the new Rotherwas access road...
http://www.24dash.com/localgovernment/27203.htm

Roman Wreck May Point To Massive Battle
IOL
Nicosia - A shipwreck from the imperial Roman era, found off Cyprus, could lead to the discovery of vessels sunk in antiquity's largest naval engagement, the Battle of Salamis in 306 BC, said an official statement on Thursday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20070906152939247C415616

Archaeologists Find Remains of Sky-Disc People In Germany
EUX.TV
Goseck, Germany (dpa) ­ Archaeologists digging at the place where an amazing Bronze Age disc was found in Germany have turned up a body and remains of a Stone Age building, adding to the riddle around one of the world's biggest archaeological sensations of the past decade...
http://www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=14001

Roman Galleon From First Century BC Found In Bay of Cartagena
New Kerala
Madrid, Sept 6 : Archaeologists have found a Roman galleon dating back to the first century BC, in near-immaculate condition in the Bay of Cartagena, in Spain...
http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=57875

Crackers: Vikings' ABCs
Malta Independent Online
The Vikings are considered to have been accomplished seafarers and warriors, but did you know that they also had their own alphabet? Known as the futhark, it consisted of 16 characters or letters called runes...
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=56988

Three Millenia Old Bee Hives Found
Press TV
Archaeologists have discovered 3,000-year-old undamaged beehives, which they believe are the oldest evidence of a beekeeping industry...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=21997&sectionid=3510208

Roman Ship Found In Cartagena
Think Spain
A Roman boat in near-immaculate condition has been dredged up from the bay of Cartagena. Archaeologists say the find dates back to the first century B.C...
http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/13694

September 2nd News

As usual, a slow Sunday. However, the story on the Gauls is particularly interesting.

New stories as of 12:28 PM:

Italy Takes Its Statues Back Home
Press TV
Two Italian statues, which have been stolen and kept in the United States for many years, will be returned to their original place...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=21493&sectionid=351020606

Ireland's Oldest Hillfort Dating Back To 1200 BC Discovered
Daily India
Dublin, Sept 2: Archaeologists from the University College Cork, Ireland, have discovered a hilltop fort dating back to 1200 BC, near Innishannon, which they say could be the first capital of Cork...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/170581.php/Irelands-oldest-hillfort-dating-back-to-1200-BC-discovered

Revealedix: The Gaul Of Asterix Was No Joke
The Daily Telegraph
Fighting with his bare fists, and massively outnumbered, France's cockiest Gaul, Asterix, led a brave rebellion against the Roman occupier...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/02/wgaul102.xml

September 1st News

It's a long week-end so there are fewer newspapers reporting, and so, less news.

New stories as of 11:21 AM:

Pristine Pre-Roman Tomb Discovered In Italy
National Geographic News
A 2,200-year-old tomb has been discovered completely intact in central Italy, revealing the remains and ornate possessions of some 30 Etruscans, members of the ancient civilization that ruled the region before the rise of Rome.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070831-italy-tomb.html

Two Marble Sculptures To Return To Sicily
The New York Times
MILAN — A modest archaeological museum in Aidone, Sicily, is heralding the return of two sixth-century B.C. marble sculptures that have haunting smiles and a somewhat mysterious past. The artifacts are believed to have been looted from Morgantina, an ancient Greek settlement whose ruins lie next to Aidone...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/arts/design/01rest.html?ref=arts

Ancient Cities Discovered In Middle-East
The Age
EXCAVATIONS at a 6000-year-old archaeological mound in north-eastern Syria called Tell Brak are providing an alternative explanation for how the first cities may have grown...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ancient-cities-uncovered-in-middle-east/2007/09/01/1188067433371.html

August 30th News

Running a little late today, but here's the history related news links for today. There's quite a range of stories too.

New stories as of 1:21 PM:

Thousands Of Bulgarian Artefacts Smuggled Abroad - Daily Telegraph
Sofia Echo
Bulgarian law states that all artefacts found in Bulgaria belong to the state, but thousands of smugglers are illegally exporting archaeological finds abroad...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/thousands-of-bulgarian-artefacts-smuggled-abroad-daily-telegraph/id_24631/catid_69

Roman Baths Dangerously Left To Ruin
Malta Star
The flimsy gate guarding the ancient Roman Baths at the picturesque valley leading to Ghajn Tuffieha is about to collapse, just like the roofs of the rooms protecting the priceless mosaics inside them...
http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=14651

Wigan Was Made In The Iron Age
Wigan Observer
They came looking for evidence of Roman Wigan - but archaeologists believe they may have dug even deeper into the town's ancient past by unearthing artefacts from the Iron Age...
http://www.wigantoday.net/wigan-news/Wigan-was-made-in-the.3162804.jp

The Legacy of Alexander The Great
PR-GB
Alexander the Great. The name alone inspires images of a man with a massive army at his back, his face laden with both the burden and the right to sweep the world and bring it under his rule. During his time, and for centuries afterwards, Alexander the Great, son of the infamous Phillip of Macedon, was hailed as one of the great, if not the greatest military commanders of all time...
http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13670&Itemid=9

Sending Out An SOS
Isolated on a high hillock in the middle of Lake Nasser, the monumental complex of Qasr Ibrim displays a collection of archaeological remnants of Egypt's various historical epochs that once witnessed a unique civilisation...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/860/hr1.htm

Burial Clue To Early Urban Strife
BBC News
Archaeologists working in Syria have unearthed the remains of dozens of youths thought to have been killed in a fierce confrontation 6,000 years ago...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6971289.stm

Mesopotamian City Grew Regardless Of Kingly Rule
New Scientist
Contrary to the assumption that ancient cities always grew outwards from a central point, the urban site of Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria appears to have emerged as several nearby settlements melded together, according to researchers' analysis of archaeological evidence...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12562-mesopotamian-city-grew-regardless-of-kingly-rule.html

UCC Archaeologists Uncover Hilltop Fort From 1200 BC Near Innishannon
The Southern Star
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from University College Cork have uncovered the oldest hilltop fort in Ireland on a ridge near Innishannon overlooking huge tracts of County Cork and believe that it was the first capital of Cork...
http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=287

New Evidence: Urbanization Did Not Originate With Centralized Political Power
Science Daily
Science Daily — Ancient cities arose not by decree from a centralized political power, as was previously widely believed, but as the outgrowth of decisions made by smaller groups or individuals, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070830150109.htm

Whack To Head, Not Arrow, Killed Iceman
Discovery News
Aug. 30, 2007 — A final blow to the head, not an arrow wound, killed Ötzi, the 5,000-year-old Iceman found in the Italian Alps, says a new study on the world's oldest and best-preserved mummy...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/30/iceman_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070830094500

August 29th News

Turkey seems to be hot spot for news today.

New stories as of 12:19 PM:

Museums Shed Light On Anatolian History
Turkish Daily News
Thousands of works with traces of various cultures are on display at museums all around Turkey. Antalya, Alanya and Side museums in the Mediterranean, the ones in the eastern Anatolian cities of Erzurum and Kars, and Amasra and Ereğli museums in the Black Sea region receive great interest from visitors...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=79693

Ancient Tios Holst To Sole Archaeological Work In Black Sea Region
Turkish Daily News
Archaeologists think that the excavations in the ancient city of Tios will shed light on the history of the Black Sea region...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=81816

1st Century BC Panels Depicting Evolution Of Gladiatorial Games Discovered
Daily India
Washington, Aug 29: Italian authorities, have following a three-year investigation, recovered a dozen stolen frieze panels with superbly carved images of gladiators, dating back to the later part of the 1st century BC...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/169505.php/1st-century-BC-panels-depicting-evolution-of-gladiatorial-games-discovered

Iceman Died From Head Trauma, Not Arrow
Washington Post
ROME, Italy -- Researchers studying Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummy found frozen in the Italian Alps, now believe he died of head trauma, not the wound of an arrow...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/29/AR2007082900688.html

Roman Skeleton Unearthed At Dig
Hunts Post 24
HUMAN remains dating back to the Roman era have been discovered during excavation work in Huntingdon...
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/news/story.aspx?brand=HPTOnline&category=News&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsHPT&itemid=WEED29%20Aug%202007%2015%3A05%3A37%3A337

Iron Age Sword Discovered Again
BBC News
An Iron Age sword which was stolen from a Cambridgeshire museum 13 years ago has been returned after it was spotted at an auction in Germany...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/6968115.stm

August 25th News

Some new and interesting stories today.

New stories as of 10:19 AM:

Roman Soldier's Sandal Print Uncovered Near Sea of Galilee
ScienceDaily
Science Daily — Archaeologists have discovered a footprint made by the sandal of a Roman soldier in a wall surrounding the Hellenistic-Roman city of Hippos (Sussita), east of the Sea of Galilee...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070824184336.htm

Greece Is The Word For Volcanoes
The Star Bulletin
Floyd McCoy, Windward Community College professor of geology and oceanography, hopes during a year and a half in Greece to resolve the "hugely controversial" question of when the Thera volcano erupted...
exhttp://starbulletin.com/2007/08/25/news/story06.html

Excavations Reveal Yorks Folk's Changing Skulls
The Press
YORKSHIRE folk's skulls dramatically and inexplicably changed shape a few centuries ago, archaeologists have discovered...
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.1643681.0.excavations_reveal_yorks_folks_changing_skulls.php

Prehistoric Greek Waterworks Found
Guardian Unlimited
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6874950,00.html

Village Skull Finds Deepen Mystery Of Roundheads
Guardian Unlimited
A long-standing mystery over the way men's skulls changed from long to round in medieval Europe has been deepened by discoveries at a Yorkshire village...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/aug/25/1

August 24th News

With two day's worth of news, there should be lots today.

New stories as of 11:46 AM:

Lost City Found At Stonehenge
This is Wiltshire.co.uk
A RENOWNED archaeologist, who shot to national prominence last year with his amazing discovery of Stonehenge's lost alter stone by a roadside in Berwick St James, now claims to have found the famed lost city of Apollo in the land around Stonehenge...
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1638952.mostviewed.lost_city_found_at_stonehenge.php

"Cyclopean" Walls Discovered In Northern Albania
Southeast European Times
Archaeologists searching the mountains of northern Albania for traces of Ottoman-era fugitives were surprised to find something much older: the ruins of a Bronze Age fortress, dating from around 800 BC. The walls were made of boulders assembled without cement, using the "Cyclopean" technique found in the ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae...
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogreview/2007/08/24/blog-03

A Roman Soldier Walked Where Jesus Walked?
xinuanet
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- No footprint of Jesus Christ has ever been found, but archaeologists have uncovered a Roman soldier's sandal print in a cement wall encircling an ancient city in Israel that Jesus might have visited...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/24/content_6597779.htm

Ancient Footprint Uncovered At Hippos (Sussita) Dig
Newswise
Newswise — Archaeologists have discovered a footprint made by the sandal of a Roman soldier in a wall surrounding the Hellenistic-Roman city of Hippos (Sussita), east of the Sea of Galilee. The footprint was discovered during this eighth season of excavation, led by Prof. Arthur Segal from the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa in conjunction with archaeologists from the Polish Academy of Sciences and Concordia University in St. Paul, Minnesota...
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/532736/

Ancient Roman City's Temple Discovered In Romania
Mathaba News Agency
BUCHAREST, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Romanian archeologists have found the Capitol of Sarmizegetusa, a temple in the ancient Roman province of Dacia, Rompres news agency reported Thursday...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=561919

Roman Remains Found At Golf Club
Wiltshire Times
ROMAN remains have been found at a golf club in west Wiltshire. Shards of pottery and roof tiles were found at Cumberwell Park Golf Club near Bradford on Avon during work to build three new holes on the course...
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1635130.mostviewed.roman_remains_found_at_golf_club.php

Greece: Archaeologists Unearth Secrets Of Prehistoric Citadel's Water Supply
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/24/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Prehistoric-Water-System.php

Seahenge 10 Years On
Fortean Times
It's almost 10 years since this upturned oak stump and circle of timbers was spotted emerging from the sands of Holme Beach, on the coast of Norfolk, UK. The discovery, soon named Seahenge, was estimated to be 4000 years old...
http://www.forteantimes.com/blogs/editorial-blogs/news/952669/seahenge-10-years-on.thtml

Archaeologists Find Fragments Of Ancient Tomb Near Bulgaria's Sliven
Sofia Echo
Bulgarian archaeologists led by famous archaeologist Georgi Kitov found fragments of an ancient tomb near the village of Kaloyanovo in the region of Sliven.
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/archaeologists-find-fragments-of-ancient-tomb-near-bulgarias-sliven/id_24532/catid_70

August 21st News

People are still chewing over yesterdays finds.

New stories as of 1:04 PM:

Medieval Program Receives Funding
The Daily Tar Heel
UNC's medieval and modern studies program has received a $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York to hire new professors, fund research and host conferences and lectures...
http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/08/21/University/Medieval.Program.Receives.Funding-2932989.shtml

Ancient Chewing Gum Found In Finland
Press TV
An archaeology student from the University of Derby has found a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum during an excavation in western Finland...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=20216&sectionid=3510212

British Student Finds Neolithic Chewing Gum In Finland
Mathaba News Agency
HELSINKI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- British archaeology student Sarah Pickin has found a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum in western Finland, local media reported Monday...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=561572

British Student Finds Neolithic Chewing Gum In Northern Finland
Helsingin Sanomat
What is believed to be a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been found in Finland by a British archaeology student, Sarah Pickin, the BBC reported on Monday...
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/British+student+finds+Neolithic+chewing+gum+in+Northern+Finland/1135229681112

Tuscan Hills Are Alive With Amateur Archaeologists
The New York Times
CASENOVOLE, Italy, Aug. 16 — The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archaeology student who found and identified it about a decade ago, was not very worried that anyone else would stumble upon it...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/arts/design/21tomb.html?ref=arts

Stone Age Chewing Gum Found In Finland
Fox News
HELSINKI, Finland — Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps dates back thousands of years...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293933,00.html

Scientists Find Ancient Gum In Finland
Sci-Tech Today
A piece of Neolithic gum was found among artifacts, like dishes and jewelry, in a Stone Age village at the Kierikki Stone Age Center. "It's somewhere between 5,500 and 6,000 years old," said Sami Viljamaa, an archaeologist who led the dig near Oulu, some 380 miles north of the Finland capital, Helsinki...
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11100B0MB6IR

Tara Ruins Must Be Preserved - Report
Ireland.com
Newly discovered 2000-year-old ruins at the Hill of Tara must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, a US academic today said...
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0821/breaking46.htm

Egypt Footprint 'Could Be Oldest'
BBC News
Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered what might be the oldest human footprint ever found...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6956902.stm

August 20th News

People have been gumming up the works for at least five thousand years now. However, there's other news to chew on today as well. Lots of it.

New stories as of 4:47 PM:

Scientists Find Ancient Chewing Gum In Finland
CTV.ca
HELSINKI, Finland -- Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps dates back thousands of years. Last month, students in western Finland found a piece of Stone Age birch-bark tar, believed to have been used for chewing and to fix broken arrowheads or clay dishes, archaeologists said Monday...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070820/ancient_gum_070820/20070820?hub=SciTech
Also published at:
http://www.newsone.ca/piercelandherald/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=39718
http://www.columbian.com/news/APStories/AP08202007news186071.cfm
http://www.onelocalnews.com/akronfarmreport/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=154796
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Science/2007/8/20/scientists_find_ancient_gum_in_finland.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FINLAND_ANCIENT_GUM?SITE=TNCHA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-08-20-16-03-30
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1501AP_Finland_Ancient_Gum.html

Egyptian Archaeologists Discover 'Oldest Human Footprint'
The Courier Mail
EGYPTIAN archaeologists have found what they said could be the oldest human footprint in history in the country's western desert, the Arab country's antiquities' chief said overnight...
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22280917-954,00.html
Also published at:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22280917-663,00.html

New stories as of 1:14 PM:

Ancient Human Footprint Found
IOL
Egyptian archaeologists have found what they said could be the oldest human footprint in history in the country's western desert, the Arab country's antiquities' chief said on Monday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20070820183015779C298328

Illuminating A Dark Period Of History
The Australian
BETWEEN the collapse of the Mycenaean civilisation and the epics of Homer lay centuries of mystery known as the Greek Dark Ages...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22277026-16947,00.html

Ancient Hide-Out Uncovered In Albania
USA Today
Looking to get it away from it all? Consider Albania. An archaeology team reports that the mountains of northern Albania, perhaps the most remote place left in Europe, have been a hide-out for a surprisingly long time...
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2007-08-19-albania_N.htm

Medieval Treasures Travel To Getty
HULIQ
Rare examples of decorative works of gold and silver, armor, carved ivories, enamels, sculpture, paintings and illuminated manuscripts from the 3rd through the 16th centuries will be on view in Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, October 30, 2007 - January 20, 2008, providing an unprecedented opportunity for West Coast audiences to view these extraordinary objects outside of Cleveland...
http://www.huliq.com/30960/medieval-treasures-travel-to-getty


Student Discovers Stone Age Chewing Gum
IOL
London - People in the New Stone Age chewed gum, British scientists have told the BBC...
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=nw20070820161019577C913233

Student Finds 5000-Year-Old Chewing-Gum
Functionpix.com
Early Stone-Age man chewed gum, say British archaeologists. The discovery is based on a find by an archaeology student of a lump of 5000-year-old birch-resin gum, with teeth-marks still preserved, at a dig in western Finland...
http://functionpix.com/index.php/article/Student_finds_5000-year-old_chewing-gum/1579/
Also published at:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/95704.html

5000-Year-Old Chewing Gum Discovered By Archaeology Student
EUX.TV
London (dpa) - People in the New Stone Age were already chewing gum, British scientists told the BBC on Monday...
http://www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=13007
Also published at:
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1345266.php/5000-year-old_chewing_gum_discovered_by_archaeology_student

Student Unearths Neolithic Chewing Gum
ABC News
A British archaeology student has discovered what has being described as one of the oldest pieces of chewing gum ever found...
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/21/2010370.htm?section=justin

Neolithic Humans Also Had Chewie On Their Boots
The Age
A 5000-year-old piece of chewing gum — one of the oldest ever discovered — has been found by a British archaeology student...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/neolithic-humans-also-had-chewie-on-their-boots/2007/08/20/1187462172982.html
Also published at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/aug/20/archaeology
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/ancient-chewie-leaves-experts-gobsmacked/2007/08/20/1187462176038.html

Student Unearths World's Oldest Chewing Gum
Medindia.com
A Scottish archaeology student had lady luck shining down on her during a dig in Europe when she discovered a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum...
http://www.medindia.net/news/Student-Unearths-Worlds-Oldest-Chewing-Gum-25237-1.htm
Also published at:
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/166996.php/Student-discovers-Neolithic-chewing-gum
http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/275017/cs/1/

Student Dig Unearths Ancient Gum
BBC News
A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student from the University of Derby...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6954562.stm

Why Stone Age Man Was A Far Craftier Chap Than We Thought
The Daily Mail
A burrowing lobster has given scientists a brand new insight into the lives of our Stone Age ancestors...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=476457&in_page_id=1770

The 5000-Year-Old Chewing Gum
The Scotsman
A SCOTTISH archaeology student has discovered a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum while on a dig in Europe...
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1316032007

World's Oldest Chewing Gum Found
Metro.co.uk
Spitting out chewing gum on the street is a widely despised habit that can land you with a fine...
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=62207&in_page_id=34

5,000-Year-Old Chewing Gum Found (Used)
Discovery News
Aug. 20, 2007 — A Stone Age piece of chewing gum, one of the oldest ever to be discovered, has been found by a Scottish archaeology student in Finland...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/20/ancientgum_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070820151500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

Archaeologists Find Stone Age Chewing Gum In Finland
PR-Inside
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps dates back thousands of years.
Last month, students in western Finland found a piece of Stone Age birch-bark tar, believed to have been used for chewing and to fix broken arrowheads or clay dishes, archaeologists said Monday.
http://www.pr-inside.com/archaeologists-find-stone-age-chewing-gum-r202745.htm

Discovery Channel Shooting Stirs Up Scandal In Bulgaria
Sofia News Agency
A Bulgarian top archaeologist has reacted strongly to the concept a Discovery Channel team has picked for a film about the ancient Thracian culture...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84399

Scandal With Discovery Channel: Enough With This Thracian Gold
News.bg
We should not allow to be treated as aborigines. This claimed the archaeologist prof. Nicolay Ovcharov in relation to the film about the Thracians that Discovery Channel is shooting...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1859499258

Excavation Planned For Phoenician City
Physorg
A Phoenician settlement on the Italian island of Sardinia may soon yield some of its secrets to archaeologists...
http://www.physorg.com/news106809371.html

August 17th News

It's a slow day today, or at least it seems that way.

New stories as of 1:46 PM:

Ancient Calpe Surfaces
Round Town News
This summer dozens of students from all over Europe visited the Marina Alta town to toil in the sunshine as volunteer labour for the residential experts. Work took place on the slopes of the famous Penon de Ifach landmark -where remains of a 4th Century church has been discovered along with artefacts of a community dating back to 700 BC - and surrounding site of the Queen's Baths...
http://www.roundtownnews.co.uk/content/view/12224/34/

Volunteer Archaeologists Unearth An Ancient Tomb In Italy
International Herald Tribune
CASENOVOLE, Italy: The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archeology student who had identified it about a decade ago, was not very worried that anyone else would stumble upon it...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/17/europe/tuscany.php

Artefact May Have Been Smuggled Abroad
United Press International
ROME, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The search for an ancient third statue is picking up 35 years after the Riace bronzes were rescued from their watery resting place, Italian authorities said...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/08/17/artifact_may_have_been_smuggled_abroad/5737/

Ancient Tablet Vouches For Biblical King
Discovery News
Aug. 16, 2007 — Non-biblical evidence for individuals named in the Bible is rare, particularly for people who were not royals. But an ancient Babylonian tablet provides further proof that a king and his servant — both named in the Book of Jeremiah — existed in the 6th century B.C...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/16/tablet_his.html?category=history&guid=20070816151500

August 15th News

Lots of news today.

News stories as of 10:42 AM:

Two Thousand Year Old Etruscan Tomb Discovered
Bits Of News
Yesterday in Tuscany archaeologists discovered a perfectly preserved Etruscan tomb dating to some time between the first and third centuries B.C.E, or nearing the end of the Etruscan period. According to Reuters, finding an intact tomb of this sort is extremely rare.
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5971/

Escot Artifacts Are "Treasure"
Midweek Herald24
IT'S treasure!" That was the decision of a coroner's court last week as it assessed ancient artefacts found in the grounds of Escot House...
http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/midweekherald/news/story.aspx?brand=MDWOnline&category=news&tBrand=devon24&tCategory=newsmdw&itemid=DEED15%20Aug%202007%2015%3A50%3A33%3A510

Milleniums-Old Footprint Found In Israel
RIA Novosti
TEL AVIV, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - Israeli archaeologists have discovered a footprint possibly made by the sandal of a Roman legionnaire in the ruins of the ancient town of Sussita, in northern Israel, the Haaretz newspaper said Wednesday...
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070815/71657974.html

Rare Intact Tomb Found In Italy
Science Daily
GROSSETO, Italy, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb containing the remains of at least 16 people has been found intact in Italy's Tuscany region...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070814-22304900-bc-italy-tomb.xml

Also published at:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/93708.html

Photo Essay: The Dead Sea Scrolls
About.com
This week's photo essay is on the Dead Sea Scrolls, some 900 fragmented and complete documents recovered in the mid-twentieth century from eleven caves located near the small site of Qumran off the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel...
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/258018.htm

Viking Ship Ends Voyage In Dublin
BBC News
A replica Viking ship has pulled into Dublin nearly 1,000 years after the original sank off Denmark's coast...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6947453.stm

Medieval Jewelry Unearthed In Bulgarian Fortress
Sofia News Agency
A team of Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon a golden adornment in the grave of a woman, who lived in the Middle Ages, on Wednesday, Darik News reported...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84233

New Archaeological Treasures Found In Bulgaria
Sofia Echo
Archeological expedition found a rich medieval tomb in the Kaliakra fortress, on the Kaliakra cape at the Black Sea coast on August 14 2007...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/new-archeological-treasures-found-in-bulgaria/id_24397/catid_70

August 14th News

The Etruscan tomb discovery yesterday seems to be the big story of the day today.

News stories as of 12:41 PM:

Ballard Chases History Again In The Black Sea
It's a painfully slow process, watching a robotic arm brush, inch-by-inch, the sediment off a 900-year-old shipwreck 400 feet underwater in the Black Sea...
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=0c06d4e6-5b58-44c7-a220-79492461fdb4

Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Tuscan Tomb
ABC News
Archaeologists have discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasure trove of artefacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/14/2004536.htm

Intact 2,000-Year Old Etruscan Tomb Discovered
Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Archaelogists have discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasure trove of artifacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people...
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL1374906320070813
Also published at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/sc_nm/italy_etruscans_dc;_ylt=Ai8sHqWxqdaH8GvdVLtNmLKs0NUE

Intact Etruscan Tomb Found In Tuscany
About.com
An intact Etruscan tomb, over 2000 years old, has been uncovered in southern Tuscany...
http://goitaly.about.com/b/a/257870.htm

1200-Year-Old Graves Found
Gazette & Herald
The resting places of some of Aldbourne's oldest inhabitants have been discovered during an archaeological dig on the former Crowcastle site on the edge of the village...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1617148.0.1_200yearold_graves_found.php

Yet Another Tomb Unearthed In Bulgaria's Sozopol
Sofia News Agency
A team of Bulgarian archaeologists unearthed Tuesday an ancient stone tomb, dated back to the 4th century BC, Darik News reported...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84199

August 13th News

There should be some new stories for a new week today. Interestingly, all the news I've found today comes from Great Britain.

New stories as of 11:41 AM:

Lead Poisoning On Mendip
Weston & Somerset Mercury
POLLUTION is much in the news today, and is especially linked with industrial processes of modern times...It caused problems in lead mining on Mendip centuries ago...
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/RoundAbout/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=RoundAbout&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=zRoundAbout&itemid=WeED13%20Aug%202007%2011%3A44%3A22%3A080

Village Bids For a Museum To Keep Safe It's Heritage
Weston & Somerset Mercury
HISTORY fans in Cheddar are pushing for a museum to be set up in the village to prevent the area's rich heritage from being lost...
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED13%20Aug%202007%2009%3A40%3A27%3A840

Bronze Age Brew Proves A Vintage Ale
Telegraph.co.uk
Bronze Age man was a bit of a boozer, according to a team of archaeologists who claim to have uncovered evidence of the world's largest prehistoric brewing industry...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/08/13/scibeer113.xml

Castle Dig Unearths Lost Tower
Scotsman
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed the remains of a medieval tower at Edinburgh Castle thought to have been lost forever...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1274532007

Celtic And Anglo Saxon Coinage
PR-GB
The Belgae introduced coins to Britain in the second century BC, but they were used for religious offerings, tribute payments, or even hoarded as evidence of wealth, rather than for trade. The Celtic economy was largely conducted by barter, and Caesar noted that iron ingots substituted for money in Britain...
http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8539&Itemid=9

Archaeologists Unearth 5,000 Year-Old Settlement
The Daily Mail
Archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic settlement dating back nearly 5,000 years....Experts believe the unusual buildings recovered at Ness of Brodgar in Orkney could be as historically significant as the islands' famous Skara Brae village...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=475051&in_page_id=1965
Also published at:
http://www.24dash.com/communities/25980.htm

Voyage Unravels One of Viking Era's Enduring Mysteries
Daily India
London, Aug 13: Archaeologists and historians will solve one of the greatest riddles of the Viking Age when they complete a 1200 mile voyage from Scandinavia to Ireland aboard a giant Viking warship, an exact replica of one built nearly 1000 years ago...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/165175.php/Voyage-unravels-one-of-Viking-eras-enduring-mysteries

Dig Unearths Neolithic Settlement
BBC News
The remains of a massive Neolithic settlement dating back more than 5,000 years have been discovered in Orkney...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6943696.stm

August 10th News

There's a wide range of stories so far today. Some from previous days, and some new ones as well.

New stories as of 2:43 PM:

Monument May Have Been Brewery
Tyrone Times
Bronze Age Irish men were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed...
http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/latest-irish-news?articleid=3103767

Pompeii Exhibit Bound For Museum Of Art In October
NBC13.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The largest collection of artifacts from the ancient city of Pompeii and environs ever to leave Italy will be shown at the Birmingham Museum of Art October 14, 2007 to January 27, 2008...
http://www.nbc13.com/gulfcoastwest/vtm/features.apx.-content-articles-VTM-2007-08-10-0020.html

Huge Quake Lurks Off Lebanese Coast
Discovery News
Aug. 9, 2007 — The source of one of history's most catastrophic events, the tsunami-generating 551 A.D. Beirut-Tripoli earthquake, lies dangerously just four miles off Lebanon's coast, according to a new underwater survey by an international team of geophysicists...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/09/bigquake_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070809093030

New stories as of 11:22 AM:

Discovery Of Middle Asia Cities Recasts Ancient History
LiveScience
New discoveries at dig sites in Middle Asia are rocking the archeological world and redefining the origins of modern civilization...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070809_origins_civilization.html

Huge Hadrian Statue Found In Turkish Archaeological Dig
CBC.ca
Pieces of a giant, detailed statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian have been unearthed at an archeological dig in the ancient city of Sagalassos, in south-central Turkey...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/08/10/hadrian-statue.html

Archaeologists Recreate Ancient Irish Beer
IndiPRWire
Billy Quinn and Declan Moore, two archaeologists with Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services (Moore Group) in Galway, believe that an extensive brewing tradition existed in Ireland as far back as 2500 BC. In an article to be published in Archaeology Ireland next month, they detail their experiments and research into the enigmatic site that is the fulacht fiadh...
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/environmental-services/200708104056.htm

Remains of 8000 Year Old Stone Age Settlement Found Under English Channel
Daily India
Washington, Aug 10: Archaeologists have found the remains of a busy Stone Age settlement dating back 8000 years on the floor of the English Channel...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/164554.php/Remains-of-8000-year-old-Stone-Age-settlement-found-under-English-Channel

Underwater Stone Age Village Found Near Isle Of Wight
China View
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Erosion on the seabed of the English Channel near the Isle of Wight is uncovering the remains of a thriving Stone Age village from the time when Britain and Europe were still connected by a land bridge, a team of archaeologists reports...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/10/content_6508647.htm

Ancient Monument May Have Been Bronze Age Brewery
Evening Echo
Two Galway archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments around Ireland may have been used for brewing ale...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=187335360&p=y8733594x&n=187335969

Excavating An Emperor
BBC Focus
Only the head, foot and leg of the statue of Hadrian have been unearthed so far, but the excavators can already see that the effigy is exquisitely carved and stood 4-5m tall. The monument is dated to the early part of Hadrian’s reign – roughly AD117 – and was found under the ruins of a bath house at the archaeological site of Sagalassos in south-western Turkey...
http://www.focusmag.co.uk/newsread.asp?ID=32946

English Were Dedicated Followers Of French Fashion 1,400 Years Ago
Times Online
The British, it seems, have assiduously followed European fashion trends for years. It now turns out that it may have been for centuries...
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article2231406.ece

Mummy Birds Recovered From Egypt Factory
National Geographic News
Egyptian antiquities authorities have obtained eight mummified birds that had been displayed in a textile factory for nearly a century...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070809-mummy-birds.html

August 9th News

Whoops! I forgot that I hadn't updated yet today. The searches looked as if I had.

New stories as of 4:30 PM:

Olympic Treasure Exhibition Marks One Year Countdown
CCTV.com
The Olympic Games are without a doubt the world's largest and most celebrated sporting event. But pay a visit to a show underway at Beijing's International Exhibition Center and you begin to see they have an impact far beyond the realm of sports...
http://www.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20070809/106592.shtml

Giant Statue Of Hadrian Unearthed
BBC News
Parts of a huge, exquisitely carved statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian has been unearthed at an archaeological site in south-central Turkey...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6939024.stm

Stone Age Settlement Found Under English Channel
Fox News
Erosion on the floor of the English Channel is revealing the remains of a busy Stone Age settlement from a time when Europe and Britain were still linked by land, a team of archaeologists says...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292793,00.html

Islamic Medina Found In Cacela Velha
The Resident
DETAILS ABOUT the Islamic Medina, or town, discovered by archaeologists in Cacela Velha, Vila Real de Santo António, during excavations inside the local fortress, have been revealed to The Resident...
http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=20559

Ancient Byzantine Church Discovered In Tiberias
Scoop
In excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Tiberias impressive and unique finds were uncovered that shed light on the history of the ancient city...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0708/S00315.htm

August 8th News

Getting an earlier than usual start today and there's lots of news.

New stories as of 8:51 PM:

Restoration of Ancient Malatya City Walls To Start This Month
Today's Zaman
The restoration of Malatya’s celebrated city walls, built in the time of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (522-565), is scheduled to start this month...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=118954

Photo In The News: Giant Statue Of Roman Emperor Discovered
National Geographic News
August 8, 2007—Some people are larger than life. Others simply want to be carved that way...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070808-rome-statue.html

English Less Diverse than 1,000 Years Ago, DNA Study Finds
National Geographic News
English people are less genetically diverse today than they were in the days of the Vikings, possibly due to two deadly plagues that swept their country centuries ago, a new study says...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070808-england-dna.html

Queen Nefertiti: More Than A Pretty Face
Expatica
German scientists have discovered that the world's most beautiful woman allowed herself to be sculpted with wrinkles to appear more beautiful...

http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=42679

New stories as of 8:45 AM:

Archaeologists Unearth Tomb Near Bulgarian Town Of Sozopol
Sofia Echo
A National History Museum (NHM) archaeological expedition has discovered a tomb near the Bulgarian coastal town of Sozopol, NHM said on August 7, according to Bulgarian news agency BTA...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/archaeologists-unearth-tomb-near-bulgarian-town-of-sozopol/id_24271/catid_66

Turning A New Leaf In An Ancient Land
Globe and Mail
POMPEII, ITALY — To visitors, Pompeii is a fascinating outdoor museum in the form of a dead city...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070808.wlpompeii08/BNStory/lifeFoodWine/home

Archaeological Dig Finds Roman Coins And Games
Northhamton Chronicle & Echo
A new dig at an ancient archaeological site has found Roman artefacts and musket balls fired during the English Civil War...
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news?articleid=3093060

Fight On To Save Stone Age Atlantis
BBC News
A race against time is under way to try to save a Stone Age settlement found buried at the bottom of the sea in the Solent...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/6928293.stm

Medieval Finds At Stag Lane
HemelToday
Excited archaeologists have unearthed historical remains that could delay the building of a controversial new housing development in Berkhamsted...
http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/berkhamsted-news?articleid=3093563

Archaeologists Set To Dig For History
EveningStar24
THESE foundations might be all that remain of some of Ipswich's oldest buildings...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED08%20Aug%202007%2011%3A56%3A50%3A260

La Azohia Building Site Uncovers Roman Find
Typically Spanish
The remains are said to be of a salt fish factory dating from the fourth century BC...
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_11901.shtml

Ancient Burial Site Halts Work On New EK Sports Complex
icLanarkshire
WORK on a section of a multi-million pound sports development has been brought to a standstill following the discovery of a prehistoric burial site...
http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/eknews/news/tm_headline=ancient-burial-site-halts-work-on-new-ek-sports-complex&method=full&objectid=19589525&siteid=50144-name_page.html

Stone Age Site Surfaces After 8000 Years
Science Daily
Science Daily — Excavations of an underwater Stone Age archaeological settlement dating back 8000 years took place at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton between 30 July – 3 August 2007...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070805133952.htm