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A quiet Monday morning with some interesting stories.
New stories as of 6:24 AM:
Excavations Stopped At Ancient City In Turkey
Forbes.com
KNIDOS RUINS, Turkey -The archaeological site of Knidos in Turkey was once a jewel of ancient Greek civilization...
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/14/ap5421544.html
Roadwork Reveals Saxon Graves in UK
Fresh News
Some 450 graves have been found in Lakenheath, UK, out of which three graves are Saxon, after a discovery during recent roadworks...
http://www.freshnews.in/roadwork-reveals-saxon-graves-in-uk-70299
Book Review: Byzantium - The Surprising Life Of A Medieval Empire By Judith Herrin
Blogcritics
It is normal for an author to flatter their readers, to treat them as people of high knowledge and intelligence - why else would they have chosen the book?
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/09/14/231309.php
Stonehenge Partiers Came From Afar, Cattle Teeth Show
National Geographic News
Prehistoric cattle remains found close to Stonehenge suggest that partying pilgrims brought the animals from afar, scientists report...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080912-stonehenge.html
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
September 10th News
From book reviews to museum returns to new discoveries, it all seems to be here today.
New stories as of 6:47 AM:
Ruins Of Temple Of Athena Found In Turkey's Bodrum
HotNewsTurkey.com
Ruins of the Temple of Athena have been found in the popular resort town of Bodrum in western Turkey...
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9860512.asp?scr=1
Researchers Uncover Roman Greek Embalming Practices
Europa
The writings of Ancient Greeks and Romans made us privy to the notion that funeral garments were used to wrap the bodies of the deceased in Ancient Greece, and water, wine and olive oil were used to wash and treat the corpses...
http://ec.europa.eu/research/headlines/news/article_08_09_10_en.html
R. Stoneman, Alexander The Great: A Life In Legend
Fabula
This engaging and handsomely illustrated book for the first time gathers together hundreds of the colorful Alexander legends that have been told and retold around the globe...
http://www.fabula.org/actualites/article25459.php
Although this review is in a french source, the book is available elsewhere, and is in English. I know I've seen it in my local bookstore, and it does look like an interesting book to say the least.
Shroud Of Turin Is Fake
Mindano Examiner
PARIS - In 2005, a French magazine said on Tuesday it had carried out experiments that proved the Shroud of Turin, believed by some Christians to be their religion's holiest relic, was a fake...
http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20080909215043
An interesting argument is made in this article, but people will believe what they wish to believe on this subject. There are enough conflicting claims for that to always be the case.
Roman Finds Go On Display
Hartlepool Mail
ONE of the most fascinating archaeological finds to be discovered in the area in recent years has gone on display in a town museum...
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Roman-finds-go-on-display.4475919.jp
The item in question, said to be a piece of harness was discovered in June. I remember reading about it, so the story of the discovery is sure to be linked from the blog archives.
Rare Etruscan Finds Return To Italy
ANSA.it
(ANSA) - Cortona, September 10 - A selection of astonishing Etruscan masterpieces has returned to Italy for the first time in centuries to star in new exhibition in this central Italian town...
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-09-10_110256248.html
Dead Sea Scroll In Stone Published In English For The First Time
Media Syndicate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 2, 2008) -- Dead Sea Scroll in Stone published in English for the first time. Several months ago, a significant splash was made in the academic community by Biblical scholar Israel Knohl of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, whose interpretation of an ancient text caused scholars to look at early Christianity and Judaism in a different light...
http://www.mediasyndicate.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10334
2100-Yr-Old Wall Unearthed
Zeenews.com
Jerusalem, Sept 10: Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Wednesday a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall -- along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defences...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=468000&sid=ftp
Roman Bath With Caretta Caretta Figure Unearthed In Turkey
World Bulletin
Culture & Tourism Director of the province, said on Tuesday that there were more than 22 animal and flower figures carved on the mosaic in the bath complex...
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=27922
New stories as of 6:47 AM:
Ruins Of Temple Of Athena Found In Turkey's Bodrum
HotNewsTurkey.com
Ruins of the Temple of Athena have been found in the popular resort town of Bodrum in western Turkey...
http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/9860512.asp?scr=1
Researchers Uncover Roman Greek Embalming Practices
Europa
The writings of Ancient Greeks and Romans made us privy to the notion that funeral garments were used to wrap the bodies of the deceased in Ancient Greece, and water, wine and olive oil were used to wash and treat the corpses...
http://ec.europa.eu/research/headlines/news/article_08_09_10_en.html
R. Stoneman, Alexander The Great: A Life In Legend
Fabula
This engaging and handsomely illustrated book for the first time gathers together hundreds of the colorful Alexander legends that have been told and retold around the globe...
http://www.fabula.org/actualites/article25459.php
Although this review is in a french source, the book is available elsewhere, and is in English. I know I've seen it in my local bookstore, and it does look like an interesting book to say the least.
Shroud Of Turin Is Fake
Mindano Examiner
PARIS - In 2005, a French magazine said on Tuesday it had carried out experiments that proved the Shroud of Turin, believed by some Christians to be their religion's holiest relic, was a fake...
http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20080909215043
An interesting argument is made in this article, but people will believe what they wish to believe on this subject. There are enough conflicting claims for that to always be the case.
Roman Finds Go On Display
Hartlepool Mail
ONE of the most fascinating archaeological finds to be discovered in the area in recent years has gone on display in a town museum...
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Roman-finds-go-on-display.4475919.jp
The item in question, said to be a piece of harness was discovered in June. I remember reading about it, so the story of the discovery is sure to be linked from the blog archives.
Rare Etruscan Finds Return To Italy
ANSA.it
(ANSA) - Cortona, September 10 - A selection of astonishing Etruscan masterpieces has returned to Italy for the first time in centuries to star in new exhibition in this central Italian town...
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-09-10_110256248.html
Dead Sea Scroll In Stone Published In English For The First Time
Media Syndicate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 2, 2008) -- Dead Sea Scroll in Stone published in English for the first time. Several months ago, a significant splash was made in the academic community by Biblical scholar Israel Knohl of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, whose interpretation of an ancient text caused scholars to look at early Christianity and Judaism in a different light...
http://www.mediasyndicate.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10334
2100-Yr-Old Wall Unearthed
Zeenews.com
Jerusalem, Sept 10: Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Wednesday a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall -- along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defences...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=468000&sid=ftp
Roman Bath With Caretta Caretta Figure Unearthed In Turkey
World Bulletin
Culture & Tourism Director of the province, said on Tuesday that there were more than 22 animal and flower figures carved on the mosaic in the bath complex...
http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=27922
Monday, September 8, 2008
September 8th News
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
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
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
July 30th News
There is one really big story today, the discoveries concerning the Antikythera Mechanism, and a number of smaller stories.
New stories as of 11:59 PM:
Was Ancient Greek 'Calculator' Used To Teach Astronomy?
New Scientist
INSCRIPTIONS on a mysterious 2000-year-old clockwork device suggest that the artefact was inspired by earlier devices made by the great Greek mathematician Archimedes...
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926674.300-was-ancient-greek-calculator-used-to-teach-astronomy.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=space2_head_Was%20ancient%20Greek%20%27calculator%27%20used%20to%20teach%20astronomy
Workings Of Ancient 'Computer' Deciphered
The New York Times
After a closer examination of the Antikythera Mechanism, a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology, scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/science/31computer.html?ref=science
The 2000-Year-Old Greek 'Super-Computer' Used To Predict Eclipses Decades In Advance
Mail Online
The world's oldest calculator - an intricate box of dials, gears and cogs created by the Ancient Greeks more than 2,000 years ago - could predict eclipses decades in advance, a new study has shown...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1039917/The-2-000-year-old-Greek-super-used-predict-eclipses-decades-advance.html
Ancient Olympic Calculator Discovered
LiveScience
An ancient astronomy calculator appears to show the four-year cycle of the early Greek competitions that inspired today's Olympic Games...
http://www.livescience.com/history/080730-ancient-computer.html
Ancient Greek 'Computer' Displayed Olympics Calendar
Guardian.co.uk
An ancient Greek "computer" used to calculate the movements of the sun, moon and planets has been linked to Archimedes after scientists deciphered previously hidden inscriptions on the device...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/30/archaeology.astronomy
This article has a particularly interesting photo. Where the other photos seem to only show part of the artifact, this one seems to display the whole thing.
Secrets Of Antikythera Mechanism, World's Oldest Calculating Machine, Revealed
Telegraph.co.uk
The secrets of the worlds oldest calculating machine are revealed today, showing that it had dials to mark the timing of eclipses and the Olympic games...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/07/30/scicalc130.xml
The Telegraph article is, I think, the best so far. There are three video links on the device, including how it was found. Also there are diagrams and reconstructive photos included.
New Light On The Antikythera Mechanism
About.com
In a paper to be published July 31, 2008 in the journal Nature, project members of the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project report on the latest discoveries about the writing on the dials and plates of the remarkable astronomical tool, the Antikythera Mechanism...
http://archaeology.about.com/b/2008/07/30/new-light-on-the-antikythera-mechanism.htm
2500-Year-Old Greek Ship Salvaged Off Sicily
Mathaba.net
ROME, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The 21-meter-long vessel is the best-preserved example in the world of a Greek ship constructed from pine planks "sewn" together with plant fiber, a technique described in Homer's Iliad, Italian News Agency ANSA said on Monday...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=600140
Greeks Followed A Celestial Olympics
ScienceNews
A closer look at the Antikythera with a 3-D X-ray scan reveals inscriptions not visible before...
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34619/title/Greeks_followed_a_celestial_Olympics
Ancient Artefacts Belong To Finder
Burton Mail
SILVER relics dating from the Dark Ages have been declared the property of the Swadlincote man who found them - because historians cannot say how they came to be in the Willington field where they were found...
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=335381
Treasure Hunters' Delight At The Discovery Of Roman Coins Bounty
This Is Derbyshire
THREE treasure hunters have unearthed 62 Roman coins which date back 1,700 years...
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Treasure-hunters-delight-discovery-Roman-coins-bounty/article-242626-detail/article.html
Book: Marcus Aurelius In Love
xtra.ca
The informative introduction to this delightful book of love letters draws us into the world of the elite in Imperial Rome. Round about the year 140CE, future Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was an almost twentysomething living with his uncle Titus at Rome's premier address, the emperor Hadrian's palace...
http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=1&STORY_ID=5134&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=2
A Fake Famous Disc?
The New York Times
Now that we’ve disposed of the bogus “pre-Columbian” crystal skulls, we can consider a potential new hoax: the Phaistos Disc, whose purportedly ancient text has long resisted scientists’ efforts to decipher it...
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/a-fake-famous-disc/
This article is from the New York Times "Blog" section.
Hunt For Second Stone Circle
News & Star
THE secrets of a 14th century castle and a second stone circle could soon be unveiled near Keswick...
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.211963
2000-Year -Old Warrior Grave Found On Berkeley Homes And Persimmon Site
Contract Journal
A 2,000-year-old grave of an Iron Age warrior has been unearthed on a Berkeley Homes and Persimmon building site...
http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/07/29/60584/2000-year-old-warrior-grave-found-on-berkeley-homes-and-persimmon-site.html
North-East Firm Throws Light On Ancient Shipwreck
The Press And Journal
A HI-TECH underwater camera designed by an Aberdeenshire firm is being used to examine an ancient Roman shipwreck off Sicily...
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/761049?UserKey=0
Two Egyptians Rewarded For Turning In Antiquities
The Earth Times
Cairo - Egypt's top archaeologist said Tuesday that two Egyptian citizens were rewarded for turning in two pieces of antiquities they found while each was redecorating his house in the northern Menoufiya governorate...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/222221,two-egyptians-rewarded-for-turning-in-antiquities.html
New stories as of 11:59 PM:
Was Ancient Greek 'Calculator' Used To Teach Astronomy?
New Scientist
INSCRIPTIONS on a mysterious 2000-year-old clockwork device suggest that the artefact was inspired by earlier devices made by the great Greek mathematician Archimedes...
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926674.300-was-ancient-greek-calculator-used-to-teach-astronomy.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=space2_head_Was%20ancient%20Greek%20%27calculator%27%20used%20to%20teach%20astronomy
Workings Of Ancient 'Computer' Deciphered
The New York Times
After a closer examination of the Antikythera Mechanism, a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology, scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/science/31computer.html?ref=science
The 2000-Year-Old Greek 'Super-Computer' Used To Predict Eclipses Decades In Advance
Mail Online
The world's oldest calculator - an intricate box of dials, gears and cogs created by the Ancient Greeks more than 2,000 years ago - could predict eclipses decades in advance, a new study has shown...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1039917/The-2-000-year-old-Greek-super-used-predict-eclipses-decades-advance.html
Ancient Olympic Calculator Discovered
LiveScience
An ancient astronomy calculator appears to show the four-year cycle of the early Greek competitions that inspired today's Olympic Games...
http://www.livescience.com/history/080730-ancient-computer.html
Ancient Greek 'Computer' Displayed Olympics Calendar
Guardian.co.uk
An ancient Greek "computer" used to calculate the movements of the sun, moon and planets has been linked to Archimedes after scientists deciphered previously hidden inscriptions on the device...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/30/archaeology.astronomy
This article has a particularly interesting photo. Where the other photos seem to only show part of the artifact, this one seems to display the whole thing.
Secrets Of Antikythera Mechanism, World's Oldest Calculating Machine, Revealed
Telegraph.co.uk
The secrets of the worlds oldest calculating machine are revealed today, showing that it had dials to mark the timing of eclipses and the Olympic games...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/07/30/scicalc130.xml
The Telegraph article is, I think, the best so far. There are three video links on the device, including how it was found. Also there are diagrams and reconstructive photos included.
New Light On The Antikythera Mechanism
About.com
In a paper to be published July 31, 2008 in the journal Nature, project members of the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project report on the latest discoveries about the writing on the dials and plates of the remarkable astronomical tool, the Antikythera Mechanism...
http://archaeology.about.com/b/2008/07/30/new-light-on-the-antikythera-mechanism.htm
2500-Year-Old Greek Ship Salvaged Off Sicily
Mathaba.net
ROME, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The 21-meter-long vessel is the best-preserved example in the world of a Greek ship constructed from pine planks "sewn" together with plant fiber, a technique described in Homer's Iliad, Italian News Agency ANSA said on Monday...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=600140
Greeks Followed A Celestial Olympics
ScienceNews
A closer look at the Antikythera with a 3-D X-ray scan reveals inscriptions not visible before...
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/34619/title/Greeks_followed_a_celestial_Olympics
Ancient Artefacts Belong To Finder
Burton Mail
SILVER relics dating from the Dark Ages have been declared the property of the Swadlincote man who found them - because historians cannot say how they came to be in the Willington field where they were found...
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=335381
Treasure Hunters' Delight At The Discovery Of Roman Coins Bounty
This Is Derbyshire
THREE treasure hunters have unearthed 62 Roman coins which date back 1,700 years...
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Treasure-hunters-delight-discovery-Roman-coins-bounty/article-242626-detail/article.html
Book: Marcus Aurelius In Love
xtra.ca
The informative introduction to this delightful book of love letters draws us into the world of the elite in Imperial Rome. Round about the year 140CE, future Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was an almost twentysomething living with his uncle Titus at Rome's premier address, the emperor Hadrian's palace...
http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?AFF_TYPE=1&STORY_ID=5134&PUB_TEMPLATE_ID=2
A Fake Famous Disc?
The New York Times
Now that we’ve disposed of the bogus “pre-Columbian” crystal skulls, we can consider a potential new hoax: the Phaistos Disc, whose purportedly ancient text has long resisted scientists’ efforts to decipher it...
http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/a-fake-famous-disc/
This article is from the New York Times "Blog" section.
Hunt For Second Stone Circle
News & Star
THE secrets of a 14th century castle and a second stone circle could soon be unveiled near Keswick...
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.211963
2000-Year -Old Warrior Grave Found On Berkeley Homes And Persimmon Site
Contract Journal
A 2,000-year-old grave of an Iron Age warrior has been unearthed on a Berkeley Homes and Persimmon building site...
http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/07/29/60584/2000-year-old-warrior-grave-found-on-berkeley-homes-and-persimmon-site.html
North-East Firm Throws Light On Ancient Shipwreck
The Press And Journal
A HI-TECH underwater camera designed by an Aberdeenshire firm is being used to examine an ancient Roman shipwreck off Sicily...
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/761049?UserKey=0
Two Egyptians Rewarded For Turning In Antiquities
The Earth Times
Cairo - Egypt's top archaeologist said Tuesday that two Egyptian citizens were rewarded for turning in two pieces of antiquities they found while each was redecorating his house in the northern Menoufiya governorate...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/222221,two-egyptians-rewarded-for-turning-in-antiquities.html
Saturday, July 26, 2008
July 26th News
I admit it, I've been sporadic about doing this lately. I'll try to do better next week though.
New stories as of 9:24 AM:
Water To Run Down From Ancient Turkish Fountain After 1300 Years
Smash Hits News
Istanbul, July 26 (ANI): Water will run down from the Antonine Nymphaeum, a monumental fountain located on the north of the ancient city of Sagalassos in Turkey, after some 1300 years...
http://news.smashits.com/276269/Water-to-run-down-from-ancient-Turkish-fountain-after-1300-years.htm
Roman Antonine Wall Gets World Heritage Status And New Map
24 Hour Museum
Done Hadrian’s Wall? Then perhaps you would like to know that Hadrian’s successor Emperor Antonius Pius (AD138-161) built a wall too, and there’s now a new map to take you on a tour of it...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART59689.html
Saving Pompeii From The Ravages Of Time And Tourists
The New York Times
POMPEII, Italy — Citing threats to public security and to the site itself, the Italian government has for the first time declared a yearlong state of emergency for the ancient city of Pompeii...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/arts/design/26ruin.html?hp
More To Hadrian Than A Wall
Telegraph.co.uk
Far from the Adriatic being named after Hadrian - (H)Adriatic - Publius Aelius Hadrianus (Roman emperor ad?117-38) took his personal name from the Adriatic - or rather, from Hadria, the port in the Po delta after which the sea was named...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/27/boopp127.xml
A review of the book Hadrian: Empire and Conflict.
Concerns For Battlefield Heritage
BBC News
Scotland's largest conservation charity has voiced concern that proposed legislation may not protect the country's ancient battlefield sites...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7526093.stm
Iron Age Warrior's Grave A Unique Find
Portsmouth Today
THE 2,000-year-old grave of an Iron Age warrior has been discovered in the trenches of a new housing development...
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/Iron-Age-warrior39s-grave-a.4327126.jp
Acropolis To Undergo Restoration From 2009
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — The world-famous Parthenon of the Athens Acropolis will undergo restoration work from 2009 that will see its western facade obscured by scaffolding for three years, officials said...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jaa1be_yJBiOG96AxTpnbieQ4cpg
Tomb Reveals Ancient Trade Network
ANSA
(ANSA) - Ancona, July 24 - The tomb of a woman who died around 2,600 years ago on the eastern Italian coast is helping archaeologists piece together the vast trade network that once linked this area with the Middle East, North Africa and Greece...
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-24_124221679.html
New stories as of 9:24 AM:
Water To Run Down From Ancient Turkish Fountain After 1300 Years
Smash Hits News
Istanbul, July 26 (ANI): Water will run down from the Antonine Nymphaeum, a monumental fountain located on the north of the ancient city of Sagalassos in Turkey, after some 1300 years...
http://news.smashits.com/276269/Water-to-run-down-from-ancient-Turkish-fountain-after-1300-years.htm
Roman Antonine Wall Gets World Heritage Status And New Map
24 Hour Museum
Done Hadrian’s Wall? Then perhaps you would like to know that Hadrian’s successor Emperor Antonius Pius (AD138-161) built a wall too, and there’s now a new map to take you on a tour of it...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART59689.html
Saving Pompeii From The Ravages Of Time And Tourists
The New York Times
POMPEII, Italy — Citing threats to public security and to the site itself, the Italian government has for the first time declared a yearlong state of emergency for the ancient city of Pompeii...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/arts/design/26ruin.html?hp
More To Hadrian Than A Wall
Telegraph.co.uk
Far from the Adriatic being named after Hadrian - (H)Adriatic - Publius Aelius Hadrianus (Roman emperor ad?117-38) took his personal name from the Adriatic - or rather, from Hadria, the port in the Po delta after which the sea was named...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/27/boopp127.xml
A review of the book Hadrian: Empire and Conflict.
Concerns For Battlefield Heritage
BBC News
Scotland's largest conservation charity has voiced concern that proposed legislation may not protect the country's ancient battlefield sites...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7526093.stm
Iron Age Warrior's Grave A Unique Find
Portsmouth Today
THE 2,000-year-old grave of an Iron Age warrior has been discovered in the trenches of a new housing development...
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/Iron-Age-warrior39s-grave-a.4327126.jp
Acropolis To Undergo Restoration From 2009
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — The world-famous Parthenon of the Athens Acropolis will undergo restoration work from 2009 that will see its western facade obscured by scaffolding for three years, officials said...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jaa1be_yJBiOG96AxTpnbieQ4cpg
Tomb Reveals Ancient Trade Network
ANSA
(ANSA) - Ancona, July 24 - The tomb of a woman who died around 2,600 years ago on the eastern Italian coast is helping archaeologists piece together the vast trade network that once linked this area with the Middle East, North Africa and Greece...
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-24_124221679.html
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, July 5, 2008
July 5th News
I apologize for missing several days of posting. Partly this was due to solving problems with the new(ish) Firefox 3. Now however, everything is working properly again.
New stories as of 10:38 AM:
Ancient Greek Ship Argo Sets Sail Once Again
Gulf Times
ATHENS: A replica of the legendary ship on which Jason and his Argonauts battled various creatures to recover the Golden Fleece according to ancient mythology sailed in Greek waters yesterday and will anchor at 23 cities before ending up at the Italian port of Venice next month...
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=228189&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
France Hands Over Ancient Looted Pottery To Italy
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Italy's Culture Ministry says France has handed over 50 pieces of pottery dating back to as far as the fourth century B.C. that were looted from southern Italy...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5is_bcmuTOwPCXlYk6aWb_ugCT9RgD91N41M00
At Last, A Declaration Of Hope For Pompeii
theage.com.au
The Italian Government has declared a state of emergency at the Pompeii archaeological site as it tries to rescue one of the world's most important cultural treasures from decades of neglect...
http://www.theage.com.au/world/at-last-a-declaration-of-hope-for-pompeii-20080705-328u.html
Also published at:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4608907a12.html
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-34380320080704
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=aaedffcc-e424-476e-b783-1b1fb00bf559
Italy Moves To Protect Pompeii Ruins
Chicago Tribune
ROME — Italy's government moved Friday to help combat damage to the buried ancient city of Pompeii, which has been harmed by decay and inadequate management, officials said...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-pompeii_wor_05jul05,0,6152751.story
Also published at:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jjwFyYLT-xmCK-YkaHGe8Pf8NKBAD91N6QDG8
Italy Declares Pompeii 'Emergency'
AFP
ROME (AFP) — Italy on Friday declared a "state of emergency" for the vast archaeological site of Pompeii, saying the volcano-stricken Roman city and major tourist attraction has fallen into serious disrepair...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOEmS5nsntYXaaGj9VEgfa66_o2g
Italy Declares State Of Emergency At Pompeii Ruins
RTTNews
(RTTNews) - Italian government on Friday declared a 'state of emergency, at the archaeological site of the ancient of Pompeii in a desperate attempt to restore and preserve the architecture and artifacts there from decay...
http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=647114&SMap=1
Astronomers Re-Date Caesar's Invasion Of Britain
SpaceRef
Researchers from Texas State University have revised the date when Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 BC, a transformational event in world history. Despite what most history books state, Caesar could not have landed on August 26-27...
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25881
Italy Declares Pompeii Emergency
BBC News
The ancient city of Pompeii has fallen into such disrepair that the Italian government has declared a "state of emergency" in a bid to save the ruins...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7490735.stm
Why The Elgin Marbles Should Stay
Telegraph.co.uk
Jonathan Keates reviews Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage by James Cuno...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/06/bocun106.xml
Ancient Egypt Settlement Sheds Light On Everyday Life
National Geographic News
A well-preserved mud-brick settlement in southern Egypt is providing a rare glimpse into nearly 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian daily life, archaeologists announced Tuesday. (See photos.) ...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080701-egypt-discovery.html
Photos: Rare Egyptian Mud-Brick Settlement Uncovered
National Geographic News
July 2, 2008—A remarkably intact mud-brick settlement has been partially excavated near the ancient temple at Edfu, archaeologists announced recently. ..
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/photogalleries/Edfu-photos/index.html
Doubt Over Date For Brit Invasion
BBC News
Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55BC could not have occurred on the dates stated in most history books, a team of astronomers has claimed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7483566.stm
Rare Roman Artifact Found Near Sicily
UPI.com
PALERMO, Italy, July 1 (UPI) -- Italian researchers say a rostrum, used by ancient Romans to ram enemy ships, was found off the coast of Sicily...
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/07/01/Rare_Roman_artifact_found_near_Sicily/UPI-17071214966114/
New stories as of 10:38 AM:
Ancient Greek Ship Argo Sets Sail Once Again
Gulf Times
ATHENS: A replica of the legendary ship on which Jason and his Argonauts battled various creatures to recover the Golden Fleece according to ancient mythology sailed in Greek waters yesterday and will anchor at 23 cities before ending up at the Italian port of Venice next month...
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=228189&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
France Hands Over Ancient Looted Pottery To Italy
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Italy's Culture Ministry says France has handed over 50 pieces of pottery dating back to as far as the fourth century B.C. that were looted from southern Italy...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5is_bcmuTOwPCXlYk6aWb_ugCT9RgD91N41M00
At Last, A Declaration Of Hope For Pompeii
theage.com.au
The Italian Government has declared a state of emergency at the Pompeii archaeological site as it tries to rescue one of the world's most important cultural treasures from decades of neglect...
http://www.theage.com.au/world/at-last-a-declaration-of-hope-for-pompeii-20080705-328u.html
Also published at:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4608907a12.html
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-34380320080704
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=aaedffcc-e424-476e-b783-1b1fb00bf559
Italy Moves To Protect Pompeii Ruins
Chicago Tribune
ROME — Italy's government moved Friday to help combat damage to the buried ancient city of Pompeii, which has been harmed by decay and inadequate management, officials said...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-pompeii_wor_05jul05,0,6152751.story
Also published at:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jjwFyYLT-xmCK-YkaHGe8Pf8NKBAD91N6QDG8
Italy Declares Pompeii 'Emergency'
AFP
ROME (AFP) — Italy on Friday declared a "state of emergency" for the vast archaeological site of Pompeii, saying the volcano-stricken Roman city and major tourist attraction has fallen into serious disrepair...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOEmS5nsntYXaaGj9VEgfa66_o2g
Italy Declares State Of Emergency At Pompeii Ruins
RTTNews
(RTTNews) - Italian government on Friday declared a 'state of emergency, at the archaeological site of the ancient of Pompeii in a desperate attempt to restore and preserve the architecture and artifacts there from decay...
http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=647114&SMap=1
Astronomers Re-Date Caesar's Invasion Of Britain
SpaceRef
Researchers from Texas State University have revised the date when Julius Caesar invaded Britain in 55 BC, a transformational event in world history. Despite what most history books state, Caesar could not have landed on August 26-27...
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=25881
Italy Declares Pompeii Emergency
BBC News
The ancient city of Pompeii has fallen into such disrepair that the Italian government has declared a "state of emergency" in a bid to save the ruins...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7490735.stm
Why The Elgin Marbles Should Stay
Telegraph.co.uk
Jonathan Keates reviews Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage by James Cuno...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/06/bocun106.xml
Ancient Egypt Settlement Sheds Light On Everyday Life
National Geographic News
A well-preserved mud-brick settlement in southern Egypt is providing a rare glimpse into nearly 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian daily life, archaeologists announced Tuesday. (See photos.) ...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080701-egypt-discovery.html
Photos: Rare Egyptian Mud-Brick Settlement Uncovered
National Geographic News
July 2, 2008—A remarkably intact mud-brick settlement has been partially excavated near the ancient temple at Edfu, archaeologists announced recently. ..
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/photogalleries/Edfu-photos/index.html
Doubt Over Date For Brit Invasion
BBC News
Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55BC could not have occurred on the dates stated in most history books, a team of astronomers has claimed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7483566.stm
Rare Roman Artifact Found Near Sicily
UPI.com
PALERMO, Italy, July 1 (UPI) -- Italian researchers say a rostrum, used by ancient Romans to ram enemy ships, was found off the coast of Sicily...
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/07/01/Rare_Roman_artifact_found_near_Sicily/UPI-17071214966114/
Saturday, June 14, 2008
June 14th News
There's a wide variety of stories today. I think the one to keep an eye on for the upcoming weeks is the one about the recreation of the Greek legend of Jason and the Argonauts.
New stories as of 10:02 AM:
Sailors Recreate Argonaut Legend
BBC News
Modern adventurers have set sail from the Greek town of Volos to recreate the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts in a replica of the ship from the ancient legend...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7454781.stm
This article includes a large embedded video clip.
Europe And the Indo-European Languages
The Brussels Journal
This essay was first published at the Scandinavian blog Snaphanen, but since some of my readers may not have seen it I republish it here. It was inspired by the book Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, by James Clackson...
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3337
Mythical Ship Returns To Sea
UPI
ATHENS, Greece, June 13 (UPI) -- Organizers said the recreation of the mythical ship Argo, which legend says carried Jason and the Argonauts, will stop at 37 ports...
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/06/13/Mythical_ship_returns_to_sea/UPI-19381213399775/
Replica Of Jason's Mythical Ship Sets Sail On Saturday
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — A replica of 'Argo', the mythical ship that bore Jason and the Argonauts on their heroic quest for the Golden Fleece sets sail again after six years of preparation, organisers said on Friday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipXjyTLG_JbZ4As7UoEIzsbNTIOQ
Turkey's Iron Age City Plundered
Press TV
Smugglers in Turkey have plundered the ruins of an Iron Age city with their bulldozers and hired mineworkers to excavate the site...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=59955§ionid=3510212
Ancient Roman Ritual Recreated
The Press Association
History-loving Italians are to recreate an ancient Roman ritual in which women dressed as Vestal Virgins light a sacred flame at a villa in Tivoli, near Rome...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hXCYFE9ENmoLDst4F8qtkziq7pLQ
Soma's Ancient Treasures In Coma
Turkish Daily News
Smugglers use construction equipment and hire mine workers at cheap prices to use as labor force in excavations...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=106383
"Oldest Church" Discovery "Ridiculous," Critics Say
National Geographic News
A Jordanian archaeologist's announcement this week that he had uncovered the world's first Christian church in an underground cave drew surprise and skepticism from experts in Jordan and beyond...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080613-old-church.html
Roman Horse Skeletons, Chariot Dug Up
Herald Sun
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have dug up the skeletons of 16 horses and a two-wheeled chariot in a grave dating back to the Roman Empire in north-east Greece, the culture ministry announced today...
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C23851106-23109%2C00.html
New stories as of 10:02 AM:
Sailors Recreate Argonaut Legend
BBC News
Modern adventurers have set sail from the Greek town of Volos to recreate the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts in a replica of the ship from the ancient legend...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7454781.stm
This article includes a large embedded video clip.
Europe And the Indo-European Languages
The Brussels Journal
This essay was first published at the Scandinavian blog Snaphanen, but since some of my readers may not have seen it I republish it here. It was inspired by the book Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, by James Clackson...
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3337
Mythical Ship Returns To Sea
UPI
ATHENS, Greece, June 13 (UPI) -- Organizers said the recreation of the mythical ship Argo, which legend says carried Jason and the Argonauts, will stop at 37 ports...
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/06/13/Mythical_ship_returns_to_sea/UPI-19381213399775/
Replica Of Jason's Mythical Ship Sets Sail On Saturday
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — A replica of 'Argo', the mythical ship that bore Jason and the Argonauts on their heroic quest for the Golden Fleece sets sail again after six years of preparation, organisers said on Friday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ipXjyTLG_JbZ4As7UoEIzsbNTIOQ
Turkey's Iron Age City Plundered
Press TV
Smugglers in Turkey have plundered the ruins of an Iron Age city with their bulldozers and hired mineworkers to excavate the site...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=59955§ionid=3510212
Ancient Roman Ritual Recreated
The Press Association
History-loving Italians are to recreate an ancient Roman ritual in which women dressed as Vestal Virgins light a sacred flame at a villa in Tivoli, near Rome...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hXCYFE9ENmoLDst4F8qtkziq7pLQ
Soma's Ancient Treasures In Coma
Turkish Daily News
Smugglers use construction equipment and hire mine workers at cheap prices to use as labor force in excavations...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=106383
"Oldest Church" Discovery "Ridiculous," Critics Say
National Geographic News
A Jordanian archaeologist's announcement this week that he had uncovered the world's first Christian church in an underground cave drew surprise and skepticism from experts in Jordan and beyond...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080613-old-church.html
Roman Horse Skeletons, Chariot Dug Up
Herald Sun
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have dug up the skeletons of 16 horses and a two-wheeled chariot in a grave dating back to the Roman Empire in north-east Greece, the culture ministry announced today...
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C23851106-23109%2C00.html
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
June 3rd News
It's a fairly quiet day today. Most of the stories are smaller ones, and nearly all of them come from Great Britain.
New stories as of 8:25 AM:
Home Sweet Home For The Viking Settlers
Isle Of Man Today
A BOOK by a Castletown author providing the first detailed view of Viking settlements in the Island will be published on July 1...
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-where-when/Home-sweet-home-for-the.4144834.jp
Roman Remains Found Buried At Infirmary Site
Stourbridge News
A MEDIAEVAL skeleton, a human tooth and hoardes of Roman pottery have been found buried under modern-day Worcester.
http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/stourbnewsworcs/display.var.2313298.0.roman_remains_found_buried_at_infirmary_site.php
National Trust Launches Appeal To Preserve Britain's Roman Heritage
24 Hour Museum
From the wall that Emperor Hadrian built to ward off marauding Scots to some of the grandest villas inhabited by Roman noblemen, survivals from Britain's Roman past are truly fascinating...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART57914.html
Giant Fortress's Remains Found In Egypt
National Geographic News
Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the modern-day border town of Rafah...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080602-egypt-fort.html
New stories as of 8:25 AM:
Home Sweet Home For The Viking Settlers
Isle Of Man Today
A BOOK by a Castletown author providing the first detailed view of Viking settlements in the Island will be published on July 1...
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/what-where-when/Home-sweet-home-for-the.4144834.jp
Roman Remains Found Buried At Infirmary Site
Stourbridge News
A MEDIAEVAL skeleton, a human tooth and hoardes of Roman pottery have been found buried under modern-day Worcester.
http://www.stourbridgenews.co.uk/news/stourbnewsworcs/display.var.2313298.0.roman_remains_found_buried_at_infirmary_site.php
National Trust Launches Appeal To Preserve Britain's Roman Heritage
24 Hour Museum
From the wall that Emperor Hadrian built to ward off marauding Scots to some of the grandest villas inhabited by Roman noblemen, survivals from Britain's Roman past are truly fascinating...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART57914.html
Giant Fortress's Remains Found In Egypt
National Geographic News
Archaeologists have uncovered more remnants from Tharu, the largest known fortified city in ancient Egypt, which sits near the modern-day border town of Rafah...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080602-egypt-fort.html
Thursday, May 8, 2008
May 8th News
There's a fair amount of news today, some of which I hope to hear more about in the days to come.
New stories as of 7:55 AM:
Search For Woman Airbrushed Out Of History Books
Hereford Times
“SHE was elegantly dressed in black satin, Queen Elizabeth’s livery for her personal servants, but her dignified demeanour and the manner of her reception showed that she was far more important than a mere servant.” This is Blanche Parry, a Golden Valley girl who dedicated her life to Queen Elizabeth I, as introduced by Herefordshire author Ruth Richardson in her latest book Mistress Blanche Queen Elizabeth I’s Confidante...
http://www.herefordtimes.com/leisure/3127056.Search_for_woman_airbrushed_out_of_history_books/
Etruscan Tombs Uncovered In Italy
The Money Times
Rome -- Italian archaeologists say they've found more than two dozen tombs in the Etruscan burial grounds at Tarquinia north of Rome...
http://www.themoneytimes.com/news/20080507/etruscan_tombs_uncovered_in_italy-id-1022129.html
27 Etruscan Tombs Discovered
Wanted In Rome
Italian archaeologists have found 27 new Etruscan tombs at the well-known burial site at Tarquinia, a town north of Rome. They have been digging since April after a chance discovery at a building site about 500 metres from the Monterozzi hill where the necropolis with painted tombs is located, just outside the modern city of Tarquinia...
http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/news.php?id_n=4434
Italian Builders Uncover 2000-Year-Old Tombs
The Scotsman
ARCHAEOLOGISTS were yesterday celebrating the discovery of 27 2,000-year-old tombs in Italy's "Valley of the Dead"...
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Italian-builders-uncover-2000yearold-tombs.4061283.jp
Archaeologists Find Queen Of Sheba's Palace At Axum, Ethiopia
The Earth Times
Hamburg - Archaeologists believe they have found the Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia and an altar which held the most precious treasure of ancient Judaism, the Ark of the Covenant, the University of Hamburg said Wednesday. Scientists from the German city made the startling find during their spring excavation of the site over the past three months...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203933,archaeologists-find-queen-of-shebas-palace-at-axum-ethiopia.html
New stories as of 7:55 AM:
Search For Woman Airbrushed Out Of History Books
Hereford Times
“SHE was elegantly dressed in black satin, Queen Elizabeth’s livery for her personal servants, but her dignified demeanour and the manner of her reception showed that she was far more important than a mere servant.” This is Blanche Parry, a Golden Valley girl who dedicated her life to Queen Elizabeth I, as introduced by Herefordshire author Ruth Richardson in her latest book Mistress Blanche Queen Elizabeth I’s Confidante...
http://www.herefordtimes.com/leisure/3127056.Search_for_woman_airbrushed_out_of_history_books/
Etruscan Tombs Uncovered In Italy
The Money Times
Rome -- Italian archaeologists say they've found more than two dozen tombs in the Etruscan burial grounds at Tarquinia north of Rome...
http://www.themoneytimes.com/news/20080507/etruscan_tombs_uncovered_in_italy-id-1022129.html
27 Etruscan Tombs Discovered
Wanted In Rome
Italian archaeologists have found 27 new Etruscan tombs at the well-known burial site at Tarquinia, a town north of Rome. They have been digging since April after a chance discovery at a building site about 500 metres from the Monterozzi hill where the necropolis with painted tombs is located, just outside the modern city of Tarquinia...
http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/news.php?id_n=4434
Italian Builders Uncover 2000-Year-Old Tombs
The Scotsman
ARCHAEOLOGISTS were yesterday celebrating the discovery of 27 2,000-year-old tombs in Italy's "Valley of the Dead"...
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Italian-builders-uncover-2000yearold-tombs.4061283.jp
Archaeologists Find Queen Of Sheba's Palace At Axum, Ethiopia
The Earth Times
Hamburg - Archaeologists believe they have found the Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia and an altar which held the most precious treasure of ancient Judaism, the Ark of the Covenant, the University of Hamburg said Wednesday. Scientists from the German city made the startling find during their spring excavation of the site over the past three months...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203933,archaeologists-find-queen-of-shebas-palace-at-axum-ethiopia.html
Saturday, March 29, 2008
March 29th News
Either there's nothing, or there's a lot of new stories. Today it's the latter.
New stories as of 8:11 AM:
Robert Fagles, Esteemed Translator Of Ancient Classics, Dies At 74
Mercury News
NEW YORK—Robert Fagles, a professor emeritus at Princeton University whose bold, flowing translations of Homer and Virgil made him an esteemed and best-selling classical scholar, has died. He was 74...
http://origin.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_8732365
Custody Battle Rages Over Ancient Artifacts
Providence Journal
On the first floor of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, in the early Greek art galleries, there is a long display case filled with Athenian ceramics. In one corner, partway up the linen backing, are two holes, a couple of inches apart, where a shelf holding a small, 2,500-year-old oil flask was once attached...
http://www.projo.com/art/content/artsun_stolen_artifacts_03-30-08_1E8VLOA_v23.2010833.html
Robert Fagles, Celebrated Translator Of Ancient Epics, Dies At Age 74
Princeton University
Robert Fagles, renowned translator of Greek classics, died March 26 in Princeton of prostate cancer. He was 74...
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S20/67/18E36/index.xml?section=topstories
Time Team Unearths King Harold's Welsh Links
icWales
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from TV’s Time Team believe they have unearthed an important Welsh link with King Harold, dating from a year before his death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/03/29/time-team-unearths-king-harold-s-welsh-links-91466-20690102/
Robert Fagles, Esteemed Translator Of Ancient Classics, Dies At 74
International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK: Robert Fagles, a professor emeritus at Princeton University whose bold, poetic translations of Homer and Virgil made him the most popular and esteemed classical scholar of his time, has died. He was 74.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/28/arts/Obit-Fagles.php
Study Shows Life Was Tough For Ancient Egyptians
Yahoo News
CAIRO (Reuters) - New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080328/sc_nm/egypt_archaeology_study_dc_1;_ylt=AqyqI91zdff8TNHB9aP6R.9FeQoB
New stories as of 8:11 AM:
Robert Fagles, Esteemed Translator Of Ancient Classics, Dies At 74
Mercury News
NEW YORK—Robert Fagles, a professor emeritus at Princeton University whose bold, flowing translations of Homer and Virgil made him an esteemed and best-selling classical scholar, has died. He was 74...
http://origin.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_8732365
Custody Battle Rages Over Ancient Artifacts
Providence Journal
On the first floor of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, in the early Greek art galleries, there is a long display case filled with Athenian ceramics. In one corner, partway up the linen backing, are two holes, a couple of inches apart, where a shelf holding a small, 2,500-year-old oil flask was once attached...
http://www.projo.com/art/content/artsun_stolen_artifacts_03-30-08_1E8VLOA_v23.2010833.html
Robert Fagles, Celebrated Translator Of Ancient Epics, Dies At Age 74
Princeton University
Robert Fagles, renowned translator of Greek classics, died March 26 in Princeton of prostate cancer. He was 74...
http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S20/67/18E36/index.xml?section=topstories
Time Team Unearths King Harold's Welsh Links
icWales
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from TV’s Time Team believe they have unearthed an important Welsh link with King Harold, dating from a year before his death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/03/29/time-team-unearths-king-harold-s-welsh-links-91466-20690102/
Robert Fagles, Esteemed Translator Of Ancient Classics, Dies At 74
International Herald Tribune
NEW YORK: Robert Fagles, a professor emeritus at Princeton University whose bold, poetic translations of Homer and Virgil made him the most popular and esteemed classical scholar of his time, has died. He was 74.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/28/arts/Obit-Fagles.php
Study Shows Life Was Tough For Ancient Egyptians
Yahoo News
CAIRO (Reuters) - New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080328/sc_nm/egypt_archaeology_study_dc_1;_ylt=AqyqI91zdff8TNHB9aP6R.9FeQoB
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
March 12th News
Things are a bit quieter today, or at leas this early in the morning. It's another day of quality over quantity, I think.
New stories as of 5:58 AM:
Archaeologists Find Evidence Of Brain Surgery In Ancient Greece
AHN
Athens, Greece (AHN) - Brain surgery was performed nearly 1,800 years ago in Greece, archaeologists said Tuesday after they unearthed the skeleton of a young woman from the 3rd Century CE...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010302825
Skeleton May Show Ancient Brain Surgery
Associated Press
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman — who died during or shortly after the operation...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFvZJESelwRC3DT_i56nDc05ZC8AD8VBGRRG0
Ancient Slavery And New Historians: The Invention Of Ancient Slavery
Bits Of News
An investigation of the historiography of ancient slavery provokes new questions- like whether we can ever discover historical truth and whether history is always bound to be a propagandistic lie...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/7615/
Evidence Of Ice Age Hunters: 28 Paleolithic Handaxes Found In North Sea
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2008) — An amazing haul of 28 flint hand-axes, dated by archaeologists to be around 100,000 years-old, have been unearthed in gravel from a licensed marine aggregate dredging area 13km off Great Yarmouth...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311203247.htm
New stories as of 5:58 AM:
Archaeologists Find Evidence Of Brain Surgery In Ancient Greece
AHN
Athens, Greece (AHN) - Brain surgery was performed nearly 1,800 years ago in Greece, archaeologists said Tuesday after they unearthed the skeleton of a young woman from the 3rd Century CE...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010302825
Skeleton May Show Ancient Brain Surgery
Associated Press
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman — who died during or shortly after the operation...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iFvZJESelwRC3DT_i56nDc05ZC8AD8VBGRRG0
Ancient Slavery And New Historians: The Invention Of Ancient Slavery
Bits Of News
An investigation of the historiography of ancient slavery provokes new questions- like whether we can ever discover historical truth and whether history is always bound to be a propagandistic lie...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/7615/
Evidence Of Ice Age Hunters: 28 Paleolithic Handaxes Found In North Sea
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2008) — An amazing haul of 28 flint hand-axes, dated by archaeologists to be around 100,000 years-old, have been unearthed in gravel from a licensed marine aggregate dredging area 13km off Great Yarmouth...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311203247.htm
Thursday, February 7, 2008
February 7th News
I'm rather surprised not to see more on yesterday's news of the discovery of the Roman fort. Oh well, there's lots of new stories today.
New stories as of 9:31 AM:
Stolen Statues To Albania
Athens News Agency
Two ancient marble statues of Artemis and Apollo stolen from southern Albania in the '90s were officially returned to Albania by the Greek state on Thursday, in a special ceremony held at the New Acropolis Museum. The two statues are to be returned to their natural environment in Butrint, southern Albania next week following an initiative by Greek Culture Minister Mihalis Liapis...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=6126039&maindocimg=6125917&service=96
Church Dig Unearths Age Riddle
Sunderland Echo
Ancient burial vaults and Saxon walls have been uncovered during excavation work at a Wearside church...
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Church-dig-unearths-age-riddle.3754153.jp
Library's Acquisition Reunites Two Manuscripts Once Bound Together
University Of Chicago Chronicle
After a century-long separation, a 14th-century manuscript of the French love poem “Le Roman de la Rose” was reunited with its mate at the University Library...
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/080207/manuscript.shtml
Diggers Unearth Medieval Ironworks
This Is Gloucestershire
An ironworks dating back to the 13th Century has been unearthed by diggers in Cinderford...
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231754&home=yes&more_nodeId1=231776&contentPK=19793706
An earlier version of the same article:
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231775&contentPK=19793706&folderPk=109317&pNodeId=231889
Does A Cave Prove Romulus And Remus Are No Myth?
USA Today
The discovery of an ancient Roman cave has unearthed a debate about its historical purpose and delved into a deeper question for scholars: Can archaeology prove mythology?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2008-02-06-romulus-remus-lupercale_N.htm
Hope Of Finding First King's Home
BBC News
Archaeologists believe they could be closer to discovering the site of the palace belonging to the first King of a united Scotland...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7226410.stm
New stories as of 9:31 AM:
Stolen Statues To Albania
Athens News Agency
Two ancient marble statues of Artemis and Apollo stolen from southern Albania in the '90s were officially returned to Albania by the Greek state on Thursday, in a special ceremony held at the New Acropolis Museum. The two statues are to be returned to their natural environment in Butrint, southern Albania next week following an initiative by Greek Culture Minister Mihalis Liapis...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=6126039&maindocimg=6125917&service=96
Church Dig Unearths Age Riddle
Sunderland Echo
Ancient burial vaults and Saxon walls have been uncovered during excavation work at a Wearside church...
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Church-dig-unearths-age-riddle.3754153.jp
Library's Acquisition Reunites Two Manuscripts Once Bound Together
University Of Chicago Chronicle
After a century-long separation, a 14th-century manuscript of the French love poem “Le Roman de la Rose” was reunited with its mate at the University Library...
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/080207/manuscript.shtml
Diggers Unearth Medieval Ironworks
This Is Gloucestershire
An ironworks dating back to the 13th Century has been unearthed by diggers in Cinderford...
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231754&home=yes&more_nodeId1=231776&contentPK=19793706
An earlier version of the same article:
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231775&contentPK=19793706&folderPk=109317&pNodeId=231889
Does A Cave Prove Romulus And Remus Are No Myth?
USA Today
The discovery of an ancient Roman cave has unearthed a debate about its historical purpose and delved into a deeper question for scholars: Can archaeology prove mythology?
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2008-02-06-romulus-remus-lupercale_N.htm
Hope Of Finding First King's Home
BBC News
Archaeologists believe they could be closer to discovering the site of the palace belonging to the first King of a united Scotland...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7226410.stm
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
February 6th News
I hope to see more articles on the discovery of the Roman fort in the next day or so. Also, today, there's another book to go looking for to add to the library as well as other news.
New stories as of 6:06 AM:
Book Tills New Soil In Ancient Gardens
UDaily
4:16 p.m., Feb. 5, 2008--Annette Giesecke, professor of ancient Greek and Roman studies in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at UD, combined her passion for Roman gardens, a quarter-century's worth of Hellenic scholarship and an abiding interest in architecture in her most recent book, The Epic City: Urbanism, Utopia, and the Garden in Ancient Greece and Rome, published late last fall by Harvard University Press...
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/utopia020508.html
DISCOVERY: Oldest Lighthouse At Ancient Roman Port
The New Anatolian
Turkish archaeologists unearthed a 2000-year-old lighthouse at the ancient Roman port of Patara, near southern town of Kas, Antalya, discovering probably the oldest such structure that managed to remain intact...
http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-31096.html
Rare Hadrian Bronze
News & Star
A STUNNING piece of Roman memorabilia goes on show in Carlisle this week...
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=594869
Gatehouse Restored At Priory
Fakenham & Wells 24
AN impressive monastic gatehouse which surprised archaeologists with its unexpected secrets has been restored to its medieval glory...
http://www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk/content/fakenhamtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=FAKOnline&category=news&tBrand=fakonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Feb%202008%2013%3A36%3A21%3A520
Also published at:
http://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/content/derehamtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=DFTOnline&category=News&tBrand=DFTonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Feb%202008%2013%3A36%3A21%3A520
Archaeologists Discover Roman Fort In Cornwall, England
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2008) — University of Exeter archaeologists have discovered a Roman fort in South East Cornwall. Dating back to the first century AD, this is only the third Roman fort ever to have been found in the county. The team believes its location, close to a silver mine, may be significant in shedding light on the history of the Romans in Cornwall...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080205202327.htm
New stories as of 6:06 AM:
Book Tills New Soil In Ancient Gardens
UDaily
4:16 p.m., Feb. 5, 2008--Annette Giesecke, professor of ancient Greek and Roman studies in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at UD, combined her passion for Roman gardens, a quarter-century's worth of Hellenic scholarship and an abiding interest in architecture in her most recent book, The Epic City: Urbanism, Utopia, and the Garden in Ancient Greece and Rome, published late last fall by Harvard University Press...
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2008/feb/utopia020508.html
DISCOVERY: Oldest Lighthouse At Ancient Roman Port
The New Anatolian
Turkish archaeologists unearthed a 2000-year-old lighthouse at the ancient Roman port of Patara, near southern town of Kas, Antalya, discovering probably the oldest such structure that managed to remain intact...
http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-31096.html
Rare Hadrian Bronze
News & Star
A STUNNING piece of Roman memorabilia goes on show in Carlisle this week...
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=594869
Gatehouse Restored At Priory
Fakenham & Wells 24
AN impressive monastic gatehouse which surprised archaeologists with its unexpected secrets has been restored to its medieval glory...
http://www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk/content/fakenhamtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=FAKOnline&category=news&tBrand=fakonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Feb%202008%2013%3A36%3A21%3A520
Also published at:
http://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/content/derehamtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=DFTOnline&category=News&tBrand=DFTonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Feb%202008%2013%3A36%3A21%3A520
Archaeologists Discover Roman Fort In Cornwall, England
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2008) — University of Exeter archaeologists have discovered a Roman fort in South East Cornwall. Dating back to the first century AD, this is only the third Roman fort ever to have been found in the county. The team believes its location, close to a silver mine, may be significant in shedding light on the history of the Romans in Cornwall...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080205202327.htm
Monday, February 4, 2008
February 4th News
There's quite a bit of news this morning. I'm wondering though, what is it that has the articles about Greek and Roman statues having been painted that makes it such big news today? That knowledge has been around long enough to make it into a number of my textbooks.
New stories as of 6:16 AM:
Australia Hands Back A Stolen Ancient World To Spain
The Age
AUSTRALIA has returned to Spain the world as it was known in 1482.
The handing over of a precious 526-year-old map, stolen from the National Library of Spain last year, has been described as the conclusion of a "very unhappy case".
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/australia-hands-back-a-stolen-ancient-world-to-spain/2008/02/04/1202090323428.html
Antiquity Had More Than A Monochrome Palette
Times Online
We are so used to the white purity of ancient marble sculptures that we imagine the Greeks and Romans felt the same: certainly the artists and patrons of the Renaissance and later centuries believed that white was right...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3299711.ece
Ancient Greek And Roman Sculptures Were Multi Coloured
Thaindian News
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): A new research has revealed that many ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were painted in a variety of colours other than white...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ancient-greek-and-roman-sculptures-were-multi-coloured_10016191.html
Discovery Of Hunting Tools Turns Back Clock For Ancient English City By 10,000 Years
Thaindian News
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Archaeologists have found hunting tools at the site of a new shopping centre in the ancient town of Bath in England, that extends the history of the city thousands of years further back...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/discovery-of-hunting-tools-turns-back-clock-for-ancient-english-city-by-10000-years_10016161.html
Motorway Excavations In UK Reveal Prehistoric Relics
Daily India
London, Feb 4: A motorway dig at Merseyside in UK has resulted in the discovery of more than 3,000 objects ranging from prehistoric to Roman times...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/212976.php/Motorway-excavations-in-UK-reveal-prehistoric-relics
Also published at:
http://www.topnews.in/motorway-excavations-uk-reveal-prehistoric-relics-218371
Norfolk Skeleton Unearthed
EDP24
A skeleton, believed to be several hundred years old, has been found during archaeological excavations...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED03%20Feb%202008%2018%3A42%3A49%3A713
Germany And Nordics To Claim Viking Towns As Heritage Sites
Earthtimes.org
Kiel, Germany - A string of Baltic sites where bloodthirsty Vikings moored their longboats, hoarded slaves and booty and held off ethnic rivals are to be claimed as UNESCO world heritage sites. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein said Monday its items for the collection would be Haithabu, which was the Viking trading capital and original site of the city of Schleswig, and the Dannevirke...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/182537,germany-and-nordics-to-claim-viking-towns-as-heritage-sites.html
Also published at:
http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1126966&lang=EN
Early Burial Ground Discovered By Archaeologists In Doncaster
24 Hour Museum
Archaeologists have discovered a cemetery dating back 1,500 years at the site of a new school near Doncaster...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART53743.html
New stories as of 6:16 AM:
Australia Hands Back A Stolen Ancient World To Spain
The Age
AUSTRALIA has returned to Spain the world as it was known in 1482.
The handing over of a precious 526-year-old map, stolen from the National Library of Spain last year, has been described as the conclusion of a "very unhappy case".
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/australia-hands-back-a-stolen-ancient-world-to-spain/2008/02/04/1202090323428.html
Antiquity Had More Than A Monochrome Palette
Times Online
We are so used to the white purity of ancient marble sculptures that we imagine the Greeks and Romans felt the same: certainly the artists and patrons of the Renaissance and later centuries believed that white was right...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3299711.ece
Ancient Greek And Roman Sculptures Were Multi Coloured
Thaindian News
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): A new research has revealed that many ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were painted in a variety of colours other than white...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ancient-greek-and-roman-sculptures-were-multi-coloured_10016191.html
Discovery Of Hunting Tools Turns Back Clock For Ancient English City By 10,000 Years
Thaindian News
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Archaeologists have found hunting tools at the site of a new shopping centre in the ancient town of Bath in England, that extends the history of the city thousands of years further back...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/discovery-of-hunting-tools-turns-back-clock-for-ancient-english-city-by-10000-years_10016161.html
Motorway Excavations In UK Reveal Prehistoric Relics
Daily India
London, Feb 4: A motorway dig at Merseyside in UK has resulted in the discovery of more than 3,000 objects ranging from prehistoric to Roman times...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/212976.php/Motorway-excavations-in-UK-reveal-prehistoric-relics
Also published at:
http://www.topnews.in/motorway-excavations-uk-reveal-prehistoric-relics-218371
Norfolk Skeleton Unearthed
EDP24
A skeleton, believed to be several hundred years old, has been found during archaeological excavations...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED03%20Feb%202008%2018%3A42%3A49%3A713
Germany And Nordics To Claim Viking Towns As Heritage Sites
Earthtimes.org
Kiel, Germany - A string of Baltic sites where bloodthirsty Vikings moored their longboats, hoarded slaves and booty and held off ethnic rivals are to be claimed as UNESCO world heritage sites. The German state of Schleswig-Holstein said Monday its items for the collection would be Haithabu, which was the Viking trading capital and original site of the city of Schleswig, and the Dannevirke...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/182537,germany-and-nordics-to-claim-viking-towns-as-heritage-sites.html
Also published at:
http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1126966&lang=EN
Early Burial Ground Discovered By Archaeologists In Doncaster
24 Hour Museum
Archaeologists have discovered a cemetery dating back 1,500 years at the site of a new school near Doncaster...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART53743.html
Saturday, January 5, 2008
January 5th News
Much of the news today is made up of older stories, whether new articles on a story from several months ago, or more information on yesterday's stories.
New stories as of 11:13 AM:
Treasure Has A Tale To Tell
Journal Live
AN ancient pan which may have been a souvenir from Hadrian’s Wall will go on show on Tyneside today ...
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/01/05/treasure-has-a-tale-to-tell-61634-20315570/
Probing Ancient Shipwrecks With DNA
Bend Weekly
Studying an ancient Greek shipwreck, scientists say, they’ve found they can decode ancient DNA to learn about the original contents of jars sunken for over 2,000 years...
http://www.bendweekly.com/Science/11868.html
Greek Love: 'As If One Has Been Beamed Down Into A Painting By Watteau'
Telegraph.co.uk
Duncan Followell reveiws The Greeks and Greek Love: a Radical Reappraisal of HOmosexuality in Ancient Greece by James Davidson...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/01/05/bodav105.xml
Boy, Oh Boy
Guardian Unlimited
Oliver Taplin enjoys James Davidson's unpredictable, over-the-top, erudite and lengthy look at 'homobesottedness', The Greeks and Greek Love...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,2235425,00.html
University of Va. To Return Greek Statues
United Press International
CHARLOTTESVILLE , Va., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The University of Virginia plans to return to Italy two ancient Greek sculptures taken from Sicily by tomb raiders and donated to the university's museum...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/01/04/university_of_va_to_return_greek_statues/8827/
Looted Sculptures To Be Sent Home
BBC News
Two ancient sculptures of Greek goddesses dug up by looters in Sicily in 1978 are to be returned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7172152.stm
The World's A Stage: Whitman Professor Documents Ancient Theaters
Collegenews.org
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 3, 2008 - Last year, Associate Professor of Theatre Thomas Hines received a gratifying and fairly astonishing e-mail from an excited Argentine businessman who’d decided to restore an old mas, a traditional house in Provence. He wanted Hines to know that the Whitman College professor’s online archive of ancient theaters had inspired him to build a Roman theater in the backyard of the property...
http://www.collegenews.org/x7724.xml
Scottish Water-Plant Dig Reveals Ancient Roman Fort
WaterTechOnline.com
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND — Scottish Water is moving the site of its soon-to-be-built treatment works building after preparations for its new Glencorse drinking water treatment plant revealed the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman fort, according to a January 4 Edinburgh Evening News article...
http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?N_ID=68917
Bone Ice Skates Invented By Ancient Finns, Study Says
National Geographic News
Ice-skating—the oldest human-powered means of transportation—was invented in Finland not for fun but for survival, according to a new study...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080104-first-skates.html
New stories as of 11:13 AM:
Treasure Has A Tale To Tell
Journal Live
AN ancient pan which may have been a souvenir from Hadrian’s Wall will go on show on Tyneside today ...
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/01/05/treasure-has-a-tale-to-tell-61634-20315570/
Probing Ancient Shipwrecks With DNA
Bend Weekly
Studying an ancient Greek shipwreck, scientists say, they’ve found they can decode ancient DNA to learn about the original contents of jars sunken for over 2,000 years...
http://www.bendweekly.com/Science/11868.html
Greek Love: 'As If One Has Been Beamed Down Into A Painting By Watteau'
Telegraph.co.uk
Duncan Followell reveiws The Greeks and Greek Love: a Radical Reappraisal of HOmosexuality in Ancient Greece by James Davidson...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/01/05/bodav105.xml
Boy, Oh Boy
Guardian Unlimited
Oliver Taplin enjoys James Davidson's unpredictable, over-the-top, erudite and lengthy look at 'homobesottedness', The Greeks and Greek Love...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,,2235425,00.html
University of Va. To Return Greek Statues
United Press International
CHARLOTTESVILLE , Va., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The University of Virginia plans to return to Italy two ancient Greek sculptures taken from Sicily by tomb raiders and donated to the university's museum...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/01/04/university_of_va_to_return_greek_statues/8827/
Looted Sculptures To Be Sent Home
BBC News
Two ancient sculptures of Greek goddesses dug up by looters in Sicily in 1978 are to be returned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7172152.stm
The World's A Stage: Whitman Professor Documents Ancient Theaters
Collegenews.org
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 3, 2008 - Last year, Associate Professor of Theatre Thomas Hines received a gratifying and fairly astonishing e-mail from an excited Argentine businessman who’d decided to restore an old mas, a traditional house in Provence. He wanted Hines to know that the Whitman College professor’s online archive of ancient theaters had inspired him to build a Roman theater in the backyard of the property...
http://www.collegenews.org/x7724.xml
Scottish Water-Plant Dig Reveals Ancient Roman Fort
WaterTechOnline.com
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND — Scottish Water is moving the site of its soon-to-be-built treatment works building after preparations for its new Glencorse drinking water treatment plant revealed the remains of a 2,000-year-old Roman fort, according to a January 4 Edinburgh Evening News article...
http://www.watertechonline.com/news.asp?N_ID=68917
Bone Ice Skates Invented By Ancient Finns, Study Says
National Geographic News
Ice-skating—the oldest human-powered means of transportation—was invented in Finland not for fun but for survival, according to a new study...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080104-first-skates.html
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