September 19th News

There's lots of news today. I'm actually fairly sure I've missed stories, but I'm running out of time for the day to post.

New stories as of 6:47 AM:

Lullingstone Roman Villa
This Is Sussex
One of England's most important Roman sites has re-opened after the completion a year long refurbishment project...
http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/entertainment/Lullingstone-Roman-Villa-1/article-334217-detail/article.html

Dead Sea Scrolls To Be Showcased At ROM Next Year
National Post
The biggest international exhibition yet of the Dead Sea Scrolls will be showcased at the Royal Ontario Museum next year...
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/09/18/dead-sea-scrolls-to-be-showcased-at-rom-next-year.aspx

'Ancient' Christian Amulet Exposed As Modern Hoax
Times Online
A silver cross regarded as one of the most important early Christian artefacts found in Britain is a modern fake, scientists confirmed yesterday...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4783042.ece
This is certainly something you don't see too often in the news. I wonder how often it really happens. The last one I can think of was the Jesus Family Tomb controversy.

Bulgarian Archaeologist Georgi Kitov Dies At 65
Associated Press
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Archaeologist Georgi Kitov — an expert on the treasure-rich Thracian culture of antiquity — died of a heart attack while excavating a temple in central Bulgaria considered to be one of his greatest discoveries, his family said Thursday...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVhJBNwN-kmrDM4Q9FoVe6Hd2yygD939AF8O1
I know I've linked a number of articles where he's been interviewed. Just check the 'bulgaria' tag to see them. He seems to have been an archaeologist with tremendous luck when it came to new and spectacular discoveries.

Colchester: Roman Circus Site - New Deal
Gazette
A DEAL has been negotiated which could allow the public daily access to the site of the starting gates of Colchester's Roman circus...
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/businessnews/3681087.Colchester__Roman_circus_site___new_deal/

'Field Of Dreams' Treasure Site May Be Investigated
The Press And Journal
Two men using metal detectors find hoard of coins and other artefacts...
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/846053?UserKey=

Tracing Urban Development In Ancient Pompeii
SF State News
September 19, 2008 -- During SF State's first archeological field school in Pompeii this summer students unearthed a preserved drain pipe and its contents from the first century -- evidence that will provide clues about the urban development of Pompeii...
http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2008/fall/7.html

Georgi Kitov
Telegraph.co.uk
Archaeologist who unearthed a remarkable Thracian treasure trove in Bulgaria's 'Valley of the Kings'...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2984482/Georgi-Kitov.html

'Ancient' Christian silver cross worn by former Archbishop of Canterbury is exposed as a 19th century FAKE
Mail Online
Since its dramatic discovery in a Roman burial site, this silver cross was hailed as the earliest evidence of Christian worship in Britain...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1057648/Ancient-Christian-silver-cross-worn-Archbishop-Canterbury-exposed-19th-century-FAKE.html

'Ancient' Christian Amulet Declared A Fake
Telegraph.co.uk
The discovery of the tiny silver cross in a fourth century Christian burial site was hailed as one of the archaelogical finds of the century...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/2982490/Ancient-Christian-amulet-declared-a-fake.html

Archaeologists Uncover 10th-Century Viking Shield
Charleston Daily Mail
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish archaeologists say they have found a well-preserved Viking shield that is more than 1,000 years old...
http://www.dailymail.com/News/NationandWorld/200809180221
Also published at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080918/ap_on_sc/eu_denmark_viking_shield_1;_ylt=Ahl1r57.kBU3kTWuJ8y6G2RFeQoB

Medieval Cross Stone Discovered Underwater In Veliki Novogrod
Russia IC
Underwater archaeologists working on Volkhov River in Veliki Novgorod have found a huge 12th century stone with a cross, which disappeared in the 1960s...
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7092/

Important Finds In Bronze Age Settlement
Cyprus Mail
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the remains of an unusual 1.2 metre high wall with once curved end and one straight end during continued excavations at Kissonerga-Skalia in Paphos...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=41472&cat_id=1

Georgi Kito, Bulgarian Archaeologist
International Herald Tribune
Georgi Kitov, a Bulgarian archaeologist whose discoveries helped illuminate the culture of ancient Thrace, but whose methods - especially using bulldozers and backhoes - appalled his more meticulous colleagues, died Sunday in Starosel, Bulgaria. He was 65...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/18/news/obits.php

September 3rd News

There's a lot of smaller stories this morning.

New stories as of 6:34 AM:

Plateau May Be Ancient Gateway In Cyprus
Newspost Online
New research has suggested that a fortified settlement with a shrine that stood on a plateau near the eastern Larnaca coast in Cyprus, could have been the original gateway to Pyla, a village located in the eastern part of the island...
http://www.newspostonline.com/sci-tech/plateau-may-be-ancient-gateway-in-cyprus-200809034053

Ancient Musical Instruments Play Again Through Astra Project
Computing News
Ancient musical instruments can now be heard for the first time in hundreds of years, due to a new computer modelling project. ASTRA (Ancient instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application) has recreated the sounds of the harp-like Epigonion musical instrument from Ancient Greece and has performed one of the oldest known musical scores dating back to the Middle Ages...
http://home.nestor.minsk.by/computers/news/2008/09/0302.html

Reclaimed Antiquities Exhibited
IOL
Athens - Two ancient artifacts illegally removed from Greece decades ago went on display in Athens on Wednesday after a US-based collector was persuaded to repatriate them, the Greek culture ministry said...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=24&art_id=nw20080903135848560C475999

Roman Camp Found By Chance
Ellismere Port Standard
A nationally significant discovery of a Roman camp, thought to date back to the first century, has solved a mystery in Cumbria spanning hundreds of years...
http://www.ellesmereportstandard.co.uk/latest-north-west-news/Roman-camp-found-by-chance.4454284.jp

Roman Fort Found In The Lake District
News & Star
A Roman camp, said to be of national significance, has been discovered on the outskirts of Keswick...
http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.232739

Russian Archaeologists Find Long-Lost Jewish Capital
ABC News
Russian archaeologists say they have found the long-lost capital of the Khazar kingdom in southern Russia, a breakthrough for research on the ancient Jewish state...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/03/2354822.htm

Jerusalem Ancient Walls Unveiled
BBC News
Archaeologists in Jerusalem have given a first glimpse of newly-exposed 2,100-year-old walls to the south of the city's ancient heart...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7595613.stm

Archaeological Dig Confirms Roman Presence In Moray
The Press And Journal
ARCHAEOLOGISTS and volunteers at the Birnie dig site, near Elgin, have uncovered more evidence of the Romans’ presence in Moray...
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/815790?UserKey=

July 12th News

Lots of news today. More reassessing of ancient pieces is being done all the time.

New stories as of 10:50 AM:

Archaeologists Find Marble Love Goddess
Sudbury Star
Macedonian archeologists say they have discovered a well-preserved naked statue of the ancient goddess of love in a ruined Roman city near Skopje...
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1112118

Scholar Declares Greek Phaistos Disc To Be A Fake
Newstrack India
London, July 12 (ANI): An American scholar has declared the Greek Phaistos Disc, which is believed to be 4,000 years old, to be a fake...
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/6282

Phaistos Disc Declared As Fake By Scholar
Times Online
Some say that its 45 mysterious symbols are the words of a 4,000-year-old poem, or perhaps a sacred text. Others contest that they are a magical inscription, a piece of ancient music or the world's oldest example of punctuation...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4318911.ece

Greece Regains 2 Ancient Works From US
Forbes.com
ATHENS, Greece -The Greek culture ministry said Friday it has struck a deal with a U.S. collector for the return of two important ancient artifacts that Greece says were looted by antiquities smugglers.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/07/11/ap5206320.html

Mystery Of The Missing Mosaic
This Is Hertfordshire
ARCHAEOLOGISTS re-excavating an ancient roman room were surprised to discover parts of it missing today...
http://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/news/stalbans/display.var.2392648.0.mystery_of_the_missing_mosaic.php

Iconic She-Wolf Nurtures A Roman Archaeological Mystery
The Star
ROME–She suckled Rome's legendary twin founders and fed Benito Mussolini's ambitious dreams of renewed imperial glory...
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/459081
Also published by:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iKRAm-pRb6hO4tk_K7zTDZ_ZwC4wD91RH6NG0

A Second Roman Bath House Found On Northhamptonshire Farm
Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Flooding for Northamptonshire residents even affected Roman settlers in the third century, archaeologists in Nether Heyford have discovered.
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/A-second-Roman-bath-house.4282006.jp

Collector To Return Antiquities To Greece
The New York Times
Six months after reaching a similar agreement with Italy, the New York collector Shelby White, right, will hand over two antiquities to Greece that the Greek government says were illegally excavated and exported from the country...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/arts/12arts-COLLECTORTOR_BRF.html?ref=arts

She-Wolf Of Rome a Young Pup
Toronto Sun
ROME -- For centuries, the she-wolf that suckled Rome's legendary twin founders has been one of Rome's most powerful symbols. But now some experts contend the bronze statue in a museum atop the Capitoline Hill might not be so old after all...
http://torontosun.com/News/World/2008/07/12/6136286-sun.html

The Strange Case Of The Young Wolf
Nature.com
It’s being claimed that a cherished Italian myth was shattered yesterday when the final blow was delivered to the origin story of Rome’s most famous statue, the Lupa Capitolina...
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/07/the_strange_case_of_the_young.html

Sex Curse Found At Ancient Cyprus Site: Report
AFP
NICOSIA (AFP) — An unexpected sexual curse has been uncovered by archaeologists at Cyprus's old city kingdom of Amathus, on the island's south coast near Limassol, according to a newspaper on Friday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gs7KYHLwaf0TeF4bnNkYp1xS6ZvQ

June 10th News

There's lots of news today, ranging from the discovery of the Roman necropolis to more details on the Cyprus shipwreck.

New stories as of 8:53 AM:

Roman Site A Window Into Ancient Working-Class Life
San Francisco Chronicle
First-century burial grounds near Rome's main airport are yielding a rare look into how ancient longshoremen and other manual workers did backbreaking jobs, archaeologists said Monday...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/09/DDQ91165FV.DTL
Also published at:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKvgUclxefB2iLkkRP6K-nzmlSKQD916SSR80

Roman-Era Necropolis For The Poor Found Intact
The US Daily
ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a nearly 2,000-year-old, intact necropolis on the outskirts of Rome that gives a rare insight into the lives of poor laborers in the Roman era...
http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=416728&type=Science
Also published at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSHER95435020080609

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Roman-Era Tombs
redOrbit
The recent discovery of a 2,000-year-old necropolis on the outskirts of Rome is giving researchers a glimpse of the lifestyles of poor workers during the Roman era...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1423939/archaeologists_discover_ancient_romanera_tombs/

Ancient Necropolis Found In Rome
Press TV
Italian archeologists have found a 2,000-year-old necropolis near Rome, which provides information about the lives of Roman slaves...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=59449&sectionid=3510212

Mystery Solved? Stonehenge A Burial Site
ThomasNet
The mystery of why Stonehenge was built has kept people guessing for centuries. New radiocarbon dating indicates one certainty: the monument stood as giant tombstones to the dead for centuries...
http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2008/06/why-was-stonehenge-built-radiocarbon-dates-determine-elite-burial-site.html

Jordan Archaeologists Unearth 'World's First Church'
AFP
AMMAN (AFP) — Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed what they claim is the world's first church, dating back almost 2,000 years, The Jordan Times reported on Tuesday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5giTliyK-fmjEFehwpUOYtvV_INBQ

2350-Year-Old Ancient Ship May Have Carried Most Expensive Greek Red Wine
Thaindian News
London, June 10 (ANI): Archaeologists working on a 2,350 year-old ancient shipwreck in Cyprus, have determined that the ship was carrying the renowned red wine of Chios, which is perhaps the most expensive Greek wine of the Classical period...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/2350-year-old-ancient-ship-may-have-carried-most-expensive-greek-red-wine_10058596.html

World's First Christian Church Found In Jordan
RussiaToday
Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be the first Christian church ever built. It’s located in a cave underneath the Saint Georgeous Church in Rihab in northern Jordan – where it’s thought early Christians fled to escape persecution in Jerusalem...
http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/26023

Ancient Cave Found Under Church
MSNBC
AMMAN, Jordan - Archaeologists in Jordan said Monday they have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches that may have once been an even more ancient site of Christian worship...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25061134/
Also published at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364486,00.html

Ancient Ship Was Carrying The Finest Wine
Cyprus Mail
ARCHAEOLOGISTS working on recovering amphorae from the 2,350-year-old Mazotos shipwreck have completed their work for the moment and will resume in October, expedition leader Dr Stella Demesticha said yesterday...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=39639&cat_id=1

'Cursus' Is Older Than Stonehenge: Archaeologists Step Closer To Solving Ancient Monument Riddle
ScienceDaily
A team led by University of Manchester archaeologist Professor Julian Thomas has dated the Greater Stonehenge Cursus at about 3,500 years BC – 500 years older than the circle itself...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080610095001.htm

June 7th News

There's a lot of news to browse through today. On the other hand, many of the stories are variations on the same story, such as the number of stories on the Cyprus shipwreck discovery.

New stories as of 9:14 AM:

Wine-Carrying Vases Salvaged From A 2,350 Year-Old Shipwreck Of Cyprus' South Coast
International Herald Tribune
NICOSIA, Cyprus: Marine archaeologists have salvaged ancient wine vases piled on the hull of a 2,350-year-old cargo ship lying on the seabed off Cyprus' southern shore, the Mediterranean island's Antiquities Department said Saturday...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/07/europe/EU-GEN-Cyprus-Ancient-Shipwreck.php

Ancient Ship Was Carrying The Finest Wine
Cyprus Mail
ARCHAEOLOGISTS working on recovering amphorae from the 2,350-year-old Mazotos shipwreck have completed their work for the moment and will resume in October, expedition leader Dr Stella Demesticha said yesterday...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=39639&cat_id=1

The 2,000-Year-Old 'Supertanker'
The Scotsman
TWO years ago, a Cypriot diver was stunned by a chance find: hundreds of ancient ceramic wine jars, rising from a featureless expanse of flat, desert-like seabed off Cyprus's southern coast...
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/The-2000yearold-39supertanker39.4162421.jp

Cypriot Diver Chances Upon Supertanker Of The Ancient World
Times Online
Nicosia Two years ago a Cypriot diver chanced upon hundreds of ancient ceramic wine jars rising from the seabed off the southern coast of Cyprus. Together they formed the shape of a ship, still buried in the sand. It appears that what the diver discovered was a supertanker of its time. It is the biggest and probably oldest wreck found in the island’s waters...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4084002.ece

Ancient Greek Gravesite Uncovered During Subway Construction
TransWorldNews
Officials in Greece reported Friday that an ancient gravesite containing a wealth of gold jewelry was uncovered during subway construction work in the city of Thessaloniki...
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=49779&cat=11

Ancient Greek Grave Found During Subway Work
Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say subway construction work in the northern city of Thessaloniki has unearthed an ancient grave with a wealth of golden jewelry...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXsNLIuRTKsvjjFNQlcTTWSsxkXgD914PSC80

Artifacts Found In Egypt Date Back To Queen Cleopatras Era
Thaindian News
Cairo, June 7 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has stumbled upon several Ptolemaic artifacts in Egypt, which date back to the reign of the famous Queen Cleopatra...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/artifacts-found-in-egypt-date-back-to-queen-cleopatras-era_10057518.html

Vases Salvaged From Ancient Wreck
The Press Association
Marine archaeologists have salvaged ancient wine vases piled on the hull of a 2,350-year-old cargo ship lying on the seabed off Cyprus' southern shore, the island's Antiquities Department said...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHW2d58eBb9p4uO3dHEqqgZJbQsw

London's Covent Garden District At Least 100 Years Older Than Thought
The Cheers
Washington, June 7 : London's Covent Garden district is at least 100 years older than previously thought, according to an analysis of skeletons and objects found in the region's oldest Anglo Saxon cemetery, which was recently discovered.
http://www.thecheers.org/news/Science/news_26697_Londons-Covent-Garden-district-at-least-100-years-older-than-thought.html

Church From Underwater City Found
BBC News
A medieval church which tumbled from an eroding cliff into the sea has been rediscovered by marine archaeologists...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7441759.stm

Archaeologists Find Cleopatra Artifacts
Malaysia Sun
A team of archaeologists has stumbled upon several Ptolemaic artifacts in Egypt, which date back to the reign of the famous Queen Cleopatra...
http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/368230/cs/1/

Seahenge Museum's Official Opening
EDP24
Ten years after he first set eyes on it, one of Britain's foremost archaeologists was visibly moved when he saw Seahenge in its new home yesterday...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED06%20Jun%202008%2016%3A32%3A15%3A230

Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Identified At Last
redOrbit
Egypt’s top archaeologist reported Thursday the identification of a severely eroded pyramid south of the capital city of Cairo. The pyramid has been attributed to the Fifth Dynasty Pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled Egypt in the 24th century BC...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1420682/ancient_egyptian_pyramid_identified_at_last/

Gold Wreaths Unearthed By Metro
Athens News Agency
Four gold wreaths decorated with olive leaves, gold earrings and other Hellenistic-era artifacts have been discovered in one of the 700 tombs of an ancient graveyard unearthed during construction work for the Thessaloniki metro in the Sintrivani district, archaeologists announced on Friday...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=6509777&maindocimg=6508632&service=96

Egypt Mummies Moved For DNA Tests; Pharaoh Among Them?
National Geographic News
Three mummies have been moved from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to begin extensive studies of their origins, Egyptian authorities recently announced...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080606-egypt-mummies.html

Suffolk Atlantis To Reveal Its Murky Secrets
Telegraph.co.uk
Dunwich, on the Suffolk coast, was a thriving metropolis before a series of storms and sea surges consigned the city to the North Sea five centuries ago...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2079542/Suffolk-Atlantis-to-reveal-its-murky-secrets.html

Earliest Londoners Arrived Earlier, Had Wealth
Discovery News
June 6, 2008 -- London's Covent Garden district, formerly the Anglo Saxon city of Lundenwic, is at least 100 years older than previously thought, based on analysis of skeletons and objects found in the region's oldest Anglo Saxon cemetery, which was recently discovered...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/06/london-settlement.html

May 30th News

There are a lot of Stonehenge stories again today. Also to be found among the day's news are stories on the Cyprus ship wreck, Chichester's Roman Baths, Chester's Roman Wall, a medieval cemetery, another story on the Viking DNA, Pharaonic ruins, and damage to Greek sites among other stories.

New stories as of 6:04 PM:

Stonehenge Used As Burial Site For Centuries, Study Finds
www.pbs.org
Britain's mysterious Stonehenge site served as a burial ground for more than 500 years, probably for a family of ancient rulers, a group of archeologists announced this week...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/jan-june08/stonehenge_05-30.html

Stonehenge May Be A Royal Burial Ground
France 24
According to British scientists, Stonehenge may have been a burial ground for an ancient British royal family, as new data suggest the famous prehistoric landmark was used as a cemetery from its inception just after 3000 BC...
http://www.france24.com/en/20080530-science-stonehenge-archaeology-united-kingdom-cemetery-royalty-dynasty&navi=SCIENCES

Stonehenge A 'Domain Of The Dead'
Salisbury Journal
STONEHENGE was used as a burial ground for 500 years from when it was first built, according to new research...
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/journalnewsindex/display.var.2309312.0.stonehenge_a_domain_of_the_dead.php

Cleopatra Bust Among Treasures Found In Egypt Temple
National Geographic News
An alabaster bust of Cleopatra and a mask that might have belonged to her lover Marc Antony are part of a slew of treasures found north of Alexandria, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities announced on Monday...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080530-antony-cleopatra.html

Egypt Planning DNA Test For 3,500-Year-Old Mummy
Yahoo! News
CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine if it is King Thutmose I, one of the most important pharaohs, the country's chief archaeologist said Thursday...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080529/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_mummy_dna;_ylt=AgDYsI_Wu2gguFaNGJkhrESs0NUE

New stories as of 8:46 AM:

Cyprus Researches Millenia-Old Wine Jars In Wreck
Reuters
NICOSIA (Reuters Life!) - Archaeologists have started research into what they believe may be the oldest known ancient shipwreck off Cyprus which sank with hundreds of jars of wine on board 2,350 years ago...
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL3090532320080530

Shipwreck's Treasures See Light Of Day
Cyprus Mail
PROFESSIONAL and amateur divers yesterday began the process of hauling up ancient urns buried onboard the Mazotos shipwreck...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=39503&cat_id=1

Loud Music, High-Heels Damaging Ancient Sites In Greece
The Earth Times
Athens - Archaelogists have warned that stage productions, loud music, high-heels and chewing gun are inflicting irreparable damage on ancient sites across Greece, media reports said Friday...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/209019,loud-music-high-heels-damaging-ancient-sites-in-greece.html

Stonehenge Was A Royal Burial Site, Researchers Say
Los Angeles Times
Radiocarbon dating of cremated bodies excavated from Britain's Stonehenge appears to have solved part of the ancient mystery surrounding the 5,000-year-old site: It was a burial ground for what may have been the country's first royal dynasty...
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-sci-stonehenge30-2008may30,1,7531037.story

Impossible! Scientists Retrieve Ancient Viking DNA
China View
BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhuanet) -- A team of scientists may have done what was once thought impossible by retrieving strands of ancient, authentic 1,000-year-old DNA from 10 Viking skeletons...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/30/content_8283244.htm

Roman Baths In Chichester Surface After 17 Years
Chichester Today
Chichester's Roman baths have been uncovered for the first time in 17 years...
http://www.chichester.co.uk/chichester/Roman-baths-in-Chichester-surface.4127675.jp

Pharaonic Army HQ Found In Sinai
Afrol News
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the relics of an ancient Egyptian city named Tharu, dating back to the New Kingdom era (1570-1070 BC) north on the Sinai Peninsula. The ruins are believed to include a fortress that was used as army headquarters for Pharaoh Ramsis II and his successors...
http://www.afrol.com/articles/29147

Study Calls Stonehenge Cemetery
Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON - The mysterious circular stone monument at Stonehenge was a "domain of the dead," researchers said yesterday, a burial ground downriver from a separate circle of wooden pillars that marked the "domain of the living."..
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.stonehenge30may30,0,2580274.story

Dates For Stonehenge Burials Signify Long-Term Use As Cemetery
Gazette & Herald
New radiocarbon dates of human cremation burials at Stonehenge indicate that the monument was used as a cemetery from its inception just after 3000 B.C...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2308002.0.dates_for_stonehenge_burials_signify_longterm_use_as_cemetery.php

Stonehenge Used As 'Royal Burial Site'
News.com.au
ENGLAND'S Stonehenge was used as a burial site from its inception 5000 years ago and remained so for more than 500 years, says a study that may shed some light on the ancient monument...
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23785194-23109,00.html

Human Remains Explain Stonehenge Mystery
NewScientist
Theories have ranged from moon temple, to observatory, and even a UFO landing site. Stonehenge is one of the enduring landmarks of prehistoric times, but the mystery of why it was built has eluded people for centuries...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14012-human-remains-explain-stonehenge-mystery.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news7_head_dn14012

Archaeology Will Delay Walls Repair
Chester Chronicle
HISTORY detectives hope to learn more about Chester’s Roman Walls following the collapse of a 30-metre section...
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2008/05/30/archaeology-will-delay-walls-repair-59067-20993635/

Mystery Unraveled: Stonehenge - Prehistoric Royal Burial Site
eFluxMedia
Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument that has kept archaeologists and historians on a constant quest to unravel the mysteries surrounding it, served as a burial site approximately 5,000 years ago, a new radiocarbon study shows...
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Mystery_Unraveled_Stonehenge_Prehistoric_Royal_Burial_Site_18274.html

Stonehenge Breakthrough
The Star
SCIENTISTS from South Yorkshire uncovered vital evidence that could help solve one of the oldest British mysteries: why Stonehenge was built...
http://www.thestar.co.uk/doncaster/Stonehenge-breakthrough.4136146.jp

Grim Discovery Under Streets Of Reepham
EDP24
A glimpse of medieval life - and death - in the heart of Norfolk has been revealed after more than 60 skeletons were found under a town centre street...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED29%20May%202008%2020%3A28%3A39%3A813

Stonehenge, Marker For Dead Royalty?
Star Tribune
The circle of stones that has fascinated tourists for decades was a burial ground for nation's first line of kings, researchers say...
http://www.startribune.com/world/19375469.html?location_refer=Travel

Research: Stonehenge Was Burial site For Centuries
China View
BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Prehistoric megaliths Stonehenge was from the beginning a monument to the dead, British media reported on Friday...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/30/content_8282432.htm

Stonehenge Was Burial Ground For Elite Family, Scientists Say
Bloomberg
May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Research shows Stonehenge was probably a burial ground for an elite family who were laid to rest there for longer than previously estimated...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=alaCjb8z18k0&refer=muse

Stonehenge Could Have Been Resting Place For Royalty
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (May 30, 2008) — Archaeologists at the University of Sheffield have revealed new radiocarbon dates of human cremation burials at Stonehenge, which indicate that the monument was used as a cemetery from its inception just after 3000 B.C. until well after the large stones went up around 2500 B.C...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080529195341.htm

Mystery Solved? Stonehenge A Religious Complex
6abc.com
May 29, 2008 -- Even after 4,500 years, Stonehenge is bathed in mystery. Was it a temple? An observatory? Something else?
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/technology&id=6173136

Stonehenge May Have Been 'The Domain Of The Dead' For Royals
Times Online
Stonehenge may have been a burial ground for an ancient royal family, British archaeologists said yesterday...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4029449.ece

Stonehenge 'A Long-Term Cemetery'
BBC News
Stonehenge served as a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed, new research suggests...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7426195.stm

Bodies Reveal Stonehenge's Royal Secret
Sydney Morning Herald
RADIOCARBON dating of cremated bodies excavated from Stonehenge in Britain have solved part of the mystery of the 5000-year-old site: it was a burial ground for what might have been the country's first royal dynasty.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bodies-reveal-stonehenges-royal-secret/2008/05/30/1211654312152.html

Stonehenge Used As Burial Site For Hundreds Of Years
AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — England's Stonehenge was used as a burial site from its inception 5,000 years ago and remained so for more than 500 years, says a study that may shed some light on the ancient monument...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jUO3TIhS633b5jL6pyqLx8TuNvkg

Grave Matters As Stonehenge Secrets Revealed
Yorkshire Post
DISCOVERING the history of Stonehenge has long been a task to vex even the most committed archaeologist...
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Grave-matters-as-Stonehenge-secrets.4136107.jp

February 26th News

Well, there's been quite a bit of news today. While I have chosen to focus on Classical and Medieval times in Europe, the big stories lately all seem to have been coming from Central America. Here's the morning's news in Classical and Medieval news:

New stories as of 9:20 AM:

False Doors For The Dead Among New Egypt Tomb Finds
National Geographic News
Three false doors that served as portals for communicating with the dead are among ancient burial remains recently unearthed in a vast Egyptian necropolis, an archaeological team announced...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080225-egypt-tomb.html

Pyramids Of Giza: One Grand Plan
Discovery News
Two of the pyramids of Giza , the last surviving wonder of the ancient world, were conceived as a single project--a sort of grandiose stage show to represent the final and most important part of a pharaoh's journey to the afterlife, an Italian study has concluded...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/25/pyramids-giza.html

Ash Altar Of Zeus Used For Worship
Zeenews.com
Washington, Feb 26: New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship God Zeus...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=426729&sid=FTP

Tempelsman Sculptures Return To Italy
New York Times
After a long battle two rare sixth-century B.C. marble sculptures that once belonged to the New York businessman Maurice Tempelsman go on view Tuesday at Italy’s presidential palace. For nearly 30 years rumors circulated that tomb robbers had dug up the statues on a hillside in the ancient Greek settlement of Morgantina in Sicily...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/arts/26arts-TEMPELSMANSC_BRF.html?ref=arts

Archaeologists Unearth False Doors For The Dead In Egypt
Thaindian News
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed three false doors that served as portals for communicating with the dead among other ancient burial remains in a vast Egyptian graveyard...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/archaeologists-unearth-false-doors-for-the-dead-in-egypt_10021323.html

The Magerius Mosaic
Current Archaeology
How a Roman amphitheatre really worked...
http://www.archaeology.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=27

Ancient Toy Or Whistle Found
The Cyprus Weekly
A SMALL masterpiece of coroplastic Early Bronze Age Cyprus (3500- 2000 BC), believed to be a water whistle or a toy, was found during the excavations at Pyrgos/Mavrorachi, in Limassol and restored by an Italian archaeological mission led by Maria Rosaria Belgiorno...
http://www.cyprusweekly.com.cy/default.aspx?LocalNewsID=437

January 26th News

Lots of older stories today, but also a good number of new ones. I think the BBC story on Amarna is particularly interesting.

New stories as of 11:06 AM:

Worship at Zeus's "Birthplace" Predates The Greek God
National Geographic News
Excavations at Zeus's mountaintop "birthplace" suggest the site's ash altar was in use at least 5,000 years ago—a thousand years before the earliest known versions of the myth of the Greek god...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080125-zeus-altar.html

Ancient Mummies, Among Other Relics Unearthed In Egypt
Thaindian News
Cairo, Jan 26 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed ancient relics like Graeco-Roman mummies, painted wooden sarcophagi, jewellery and papyri in the Deir Al-Banat cemetery in Fayoum, Egypt...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ancient-mummies-among-other-relics-unearthed-in-egypt_10014804.html

Mystery 'Mound' To Be Saved From The Sea
The Shetland News
ARCHAEOLOGISTS plan to save a fine example of a Bronze Age burnt mound from disappearing into the sea in a unique £70,000 removal operation on Shetland this coming summer...
http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/news_01_2008/Mystery%20mound%20to%20be%20saved%20from%20the%20sea.htm

Hoard Of Bronze Axe Heads Found
Zee News
London, Jan 26: Britain’s largest hoard of Bronze Age axe heads was accidentally discovered by a coach driver at a Dorset farm in UK...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=420571&sid=FTP

Grim Secrets Of Pharaoh's City
BBC News
Evidence of the brutal lives endured by some ancient Egyptians to build the monuments of the Pharaohs has been uncovered by archaeologists...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7209472.stm

Cyprus Divers To Dig Out Ancient Ship
Yahoo News
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300-year-old ship thought to have been ferrying wine when it sank off the coast of Cyprus, researchers said Thursday...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_sc/cyprus_ancient_shipwreck_3;_ylt=AqwxlI5asrPy5y3UAZoQJmJFeQoB

Footless, If Not Quite Fancy Free
Al Ahram
Graeco-Roman mummies, painted wooden sarcophagi, jewellery and papyri have been unearthed in Deir Al-Banat necropolis in Fayoum, reports Nevine El-Aref...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/881/eg6.htm

January 25th News

It's an interesting mix of old and new today. There's new stories about old stories and some entirely new stories as well.

New stories as of 6:46 AM:

Ash Altar Of Greek God Zeus Was Used For Worship 1,000 Years Earlier Than Believed (Re- Issue)
Thaindian News
Washington, Jan 25 (ANI): New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship the god Zeus...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ash-altar-of-greek-god-zeus-was-used-for-worship-1000-years-earlier-than-believed-re-issue_10014638.html

Cyprus Divers To Dig Out Ancient Ship
Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300-year-old ship thought to have been ferrying wine when it sank off the coast of Cyprus, researchers said Thursday...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hTD0lAkdG4FdBr1AMUKps-HeA-UQD8UCFFC00
Also Published at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325206,00.html

Italy Wins Back Some Smuggled Classical Art Treasures
The Economist
IT IS a treasure hunt with a difference: conducted not with metal detectors, but by negotiation. Italy is at last reaping the benefits of a two-year campaign to regain smuggled antiquities. Five American museums have been cajoled into returning works that they claim to have acquired in good faith...
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10566754

Archaeologists Reconstruct Life In the Bronze Age Through The Site Of La Motilla
Physorg,com
Researchers of the Group of Recent Prehistory Studies (GEPRAN) of the University of Granada, from the department of Prehistory and Archaeology, have taken an important step to determine how life was in the Iberian Peninsula in the Bronze Age...
http://www.physorg.com/news120393952.html

New Discoveries At the Ash Altar Of Zeus - Mount Lykaion
Physorg.com
The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 feet above sea level, atop the altar provides a breathtaking, panoramic vista of Arcadia...
http://www.physorg.com/news120401525.html

Worship Site Predates Zeus
LiveScience
Ancient pottery found at an altar used by ancient Greeks to worship Zeus was actually in use at least a millennium earlier, new archeological data suggest...
http://www.livescience.com/history/080123-zeus-altar.html

Earliest Shoe-Wearers Revealed By Toe Bones
Discovery News
Jan. 25, 2008 -- People started wearing shoes around 40,000 years ago, according to a study on recently excavated small toe bones that belonged to an individual from China who apparently loved shoes...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/01/25/shoe-wearing-toe.html

December 20th News

Not too busy a day as of this morning, but there's an interesting range of stories.

New stories as of 8:00 AM:

Italy To Show Off Repatriated Artifacts In New Exhibit
CBC.ca
Italian cultural officials say they're offering art and history lovers an early "Christmas present" this week with the opening of a new exhibition showcasing priceless artifacts recently repatriated to Italy...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/12/19/rome-lootedart-exhibit.html

Second Temple Palace Remains Uncovered
Jerusalem Post
Israeli archeologists have uncovered a monumental Second Temple structure opposite the Temple Mount that was likely Queen Helena's palace, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1196847260218&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
This one's a bit late really for Early History News (December 5th), but it popped up anyway, and today seems to be a bit slow.

Skeletons Give Clue To Origins Of Priory
icSurreyOnline
THE remains of a chapel and graves dating back 600 years, including parts of four skeletons, have been unearthed in Priory Park...
http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/reigate/tm_headline=skeletons-give-clue-to-origins-of-priory&method=full&objectid=20270421&siteid=50101-name_page.html

Archaeologists Find Mysterious Neolithic Structure In Orkney Dig
24 Hour Museum
The sands of time have been rapidly eroding at the Orkney Bronze Age site, the Links of Noltland. Before everything is lost to the sea around the island of Westray, Historic Scotland have been carrying out a thorough excavation to learn everything they can...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART52775.html

Record-Breaking Haul From Gaul Discovered At Farm In Brittany
Belfast Telegraph
Asterix and Obelix, had they existed, might have paid for their mead and other magic potions with gold-silver-copper coins stamped with elaborate images of men and horses...
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article3266841.ece

Study Of Shipwreck Reveals Valuable Data
Financial Mirror
A study of a shipwreck, off Cyprus’ southern coast, is expected to provide valuable information about the nautical and economic history of the Eastern Mediterranean as it is one of very few shipwrecks of the Classical period, found in the Eastern Mediterranean in such a good state of preservation, according to the Department of Antiquities...
http://www.financialmirror.com/more_news.php?id=9368&nt=Politics

October 16th News

There's a range of stories today, spanning from more on the new Acropolis Museum and the Templar documents, to some new discoveries.

New stories as of 10:47 AM:

Vatican Archive Yields Templar Secrets
BBC News
The Knights Templar, a military order of the Roman Catholic Church, are back in the news again, almost 700 years after they were suppressed by papal edict...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7044741.stm

Ancient Necropolis Unearthed In Busy District In Bulgaria's Coastal Varna
Sofia News Agency
Builders, working on a construction site near the market place of the Bulgarian coastal town of Varna, unearthed a second century necropolis containing two sarcophagi...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=86380

Three Ancient Sarcophaguses Found In The Centre Of Varna
News.bg
Tree stone sarcophaguses were found during excavation works in the region of the cooperation market in the centre of Varna city...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1786222044

Should London Finally Lose The Parthenon Marbles?
Guardian Unlimited
A specially designed museum in Athens has reawakened the debate over the Acropolis sculptures. But will this be its final phase?
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2007/10/should_london_finally_lose_the.html

Acropolis Statues Lifted Into New Home
UKTV
Experts are moving 2,500-year-old sculptures from the Acropolis to a museum at the bottom of the ancient citadel...
http://uktv.co.uk/history/news/aid/594849

Should We Give The Parthenon Marbles Back?
The Guardian Unlimited
If only we'd listened to Byron, what a lot of trouble over the Elgin/Parthenon marbles would have been saved. "Dull is the eye that will not weep to see/Thy walls defaced, thy mouldering shrines removed/By British hands ..." he wrote in Childe Harold...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/heritage/story/0,,2192129,00.html

Cyprus' Dwarf Hippos Were The Last In Europe
Cyprus Mail
CYPRUS was home to Europe's last ancient dwarf hippopotami, according to the latest findings from a site in Ayia Napa during an excavation...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=35342&cat_id=1

British Templars Call On Pope To Apologise
Times Online
A British order of Templars that claims direct descent from the original Knights Templar is calling on the Pope to apologise after a newly-discovered but ancient Vatican document shows that the knights were absolved of crimes laid against them seven centuries ago...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2671684.ece

Archaeologists Find Mysterious Carved Stone
Huliq
Experts are studying a carved stone recently uncovered on Whitby Abbey Headland in North Yorkshire to see if it represents the first Bronze Age artifact from the site...
http://www.huliq.com/38175/archaeologists-find-mysterious-carved-stone

October 6th News

Compared to the last few days, there's quite a bit today. I find the article about Archimedes to be particularly interesting.

New stories as of 11:15 AM:

Cyprus Stings Smugglers
The Times
Nicosia - A police sting netted five people accused of trying to peddle antiquities possibly dating back millenia to a foreign buyer for tens of thousands of euros...
http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=580654

A Prayer For Archimedes
Science News Online
For seventy years, a prayer book moldered in the closet of a family in France, passed down from one generation to the next. Its mildewed parchment pages were stiff and contorted, tarnished by burn marks and waxy smudges. Behind the text of the prayers, faint Greek letters marched in lines up the page, with an occasional diagram disappearing into the spine...
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20071006/mathtrek.asp
I'm sure I've seen something about this on Nova in the past few years. Or is this an entirely new book?

Greeks Go For All The Marbles In Effort To Get Back Artifacts
Washington Post
ATHENS -- On Saturday, huge cranes will begin lifting ancient statues, carvings and architectural fragments off the Acropolis, down to a new museum built at the base of the most famous citadel in the world. For the vast majority of these stone remnants of the great age of Athens, it will be the first time they have ever left this rocky summit...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100500162.html

Cypriot Police Seize Ancient Artifacts, Arrest 6 Suspected Smugglers
International Herald Tribune
NICOSIA, Cyprus: Cypriot police seized ancient gold and other artifacts dating up to 3,000 years back and arrested six suspected smugglers in a sting operation Friday, authorities said...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/05/europe/EU-GEN-Cyprus-Illegal-Antiquities.php

Stolen Priceless Maps Seized By Police In Australia
Expatica
MADRID -AFP - Police in Australia have recovered two maps of the world by the ancient Greek astronomer and geographer Ptolemy which were stolen from Spain's national library, Spanish media reported Friday...
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=44652

Secrets Of The Fort Unveiled
North-West Evening Mail
THE secrets of Ambleside’s Roman fort are being laid bare...
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=550883

Earliest Scots Braved Ice Age Conditions
Discovery News
Oct. 5, 2007 — During the last ice age, Scotland was likely a desolate place covered by glaciers, but new evidence suggests intrepid settlers braved the elements by establishing a community there as early as 13,000 years ago...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/10/05/firstscots_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20071005111500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000

Archaeologists To Survey The Nile In Search of Sunken Antiquities
Daily India
Cairo, Oct 6: An Egyptian archaeological team will track down the locations of the Nile river's ancient sunken treasures...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/180154.php/Archaeologists-to-survey-the-Nile-in-search-of-sunken-antiquities

Mysterious Rune Stone Identified In Norway
EarthTimes
STAVANGER, Norway, Oct. 5 Archaeologists in Norway have identified a mysterious rune stone found buried under a church floor as part of a larger tombstone, a report said...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/119637.html

September 14th News

Is this morning's news giving you ideas for your Sunday dinner?

New stories as of 6:43 AM:

Hedgehog Was Roast Beef Of Ancient Times
IC Wales
ROAST hedgehog was once as popular a dish in Britain as roast beef is now, research by Welsh academics suggests today...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=hedgehog-was-roast-beef-of-ancient-times&method=full&objectid=19787910&siteid=50082-name_page.html

Roast Hedgehog And Nettle Pud - A Slap-Up Feast For Ancient Britons
Guardian Unlimited
Everyone loves hedgehogs, with their snuffly little noses and punky hairdos. But research into Britain's oldest recipes suggests our ancestors loved them in a rather different way - roasted...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2168860,00.html

Waiter! I Want The Hedgehog For Dinner
Sky News
Roast hedgehog, nettle pudding and smokey stew, which can be traced back more than 8,000 years, are among the oldest British recipes, researchers have revealed...
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1284072,00.html

Secrets Of The Ancient Masterchefs: How To Roast A Hedgehog (& Other Ancient Recipes)
The Independent
A meal of hedgehog or stinging nettle sounds little more than a recipe for the world's worst mouth ulcer. According to new research, however, these were the appetising ingredients of choice for some of our ancient forebears...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2961286.ece

Akrotiri Roof Headed For Repair
Kathimerini
Repair work on the shelter roof over the Akrotiri archaeological site on the island of Santorini is expected to start in three months, two years after the site was shut down due to a fatal accident...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100009_14/09/2007_87804

Old Coins Found In Paphos
Cyprus Mail
ITALIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a stash of 113 ancient coins in Kato Paphos and handed them over to the Antiquities Department...
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=34665&cat_id=1

Female Vikings Exhumed: 1,173 Years Old
About.com
On Tuesday, Norwegian archaeologists opened a coffin containing two females from the Viking era. Scientific tests show that they had been buried almost 1,200 years ago on board the Viking ship Oseberg (now in the Oslo Museum.)...
http://goscandinavia.about.com/b/a/000208.htm

Britain's Oldest Recipes
GMTV
Nettle pudding, smokey stew and roasted hedgehogs, which can be traced back more than 8,000 years, are among the oldest British recipes...
http://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=26929