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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
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
July 8th News
There's a lot of different news today. The problems in Pompeii are still getting a lot of air time (well deserved too). The other big story is the list of sites newly added to the UNESCO list.
New stories as of 11: 35 AM:
Scotland's Antonine Wall Is Given World Heritage Site Status
24 Hour Museum
A little-known piece of Roman Britain has been given the recognition it deserves following the July 7 UNESCO announcement of additions to its World Heritage Site list...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART59146.html
Pompeii In State Of Emergency
News24
Rome - The Italian government declared a state of emergency at the Pompeii archaeological site on Friday to try to rescue one of the world's most important cultural treasures from decades of neglect...
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2353716,00.html
Etruscan Tomb Unearthed In Perugia
ANSA.it
(ANSA) - Perugia, July 8 - 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
Wall Gains World Heritage Status
BBC News
An ancient fortified wall which formed the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire has been made a World Heritage Site by Unesco...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7494680.stm
Antonine Wall Wins New Status
The Press Association
An ancient fortified wall which formed the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire has been named a World Heritage Site by Unesco...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpa52iNqsliUV7pEXIGT4ZHTv6ZQ
Messianic Message Stirs Debate
MSNBC
Scriptural scholars are abuzz over a stone tablet that is said to bear previously unknown prophecies about a Jewish messiah who would rise from the dead in three days. But there are far more questions than answers about the tablet, which some have suggested could represent "a new Dead Sea Scroll in stone."...
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/07/1184950.aspx
Restore The Parthenon Marbles
OpEdNews
With pleasure I was informed that the British-based Greek enterpreneur Sir Stelios Hadji-Ioannou is willing to participate actively in the campaign for the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles. The case of Marbles reunification's effort is, less or more, known...
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Restore-the-Parthenon-Marb-by-Nicolas-Mottas-080707-127.html
Dead Sea Tablet 'Casts Doubt On Death And Resurrection Of Jesus'
Times Online
One of Christianity’s most central tenets, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, has been called into question by a radical new interpretation of a mysterious tablet found on the banks of the Dead Sea...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4295804.ece
Roman Remains Found At Rutland Water
Leicester Mercury
Iron Age and Roman remains have been discovered next to Rutland Water...
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132384&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232710&home=yes&more_nodeId1=132393&contentPK=21039122
Archaeologists Find Ancient Cemetery In Egypt
AHN
Cairo, Egypt (AHN) - A team of Egyptian archaeologists have discovered ancient wooden coffins believed to be a royal burial ground near the necropolis of Abydos in southern Egypt...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011528893
Ancient River Camps Are Oldest Proof Of Humans In Paris
National Geographic News
Hunter-gatherers who made temporary camps along the Seine about 9,500 years ago were among the earliest "residents" of what is now Paris, archaeologists say...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080707-paris-humans.html
New stories as of 11: 35 AM:
Scotland's Antonine Wall Is Given World Heritage Site Status
24 Hour Museum
A little-known piece of Roman Britain has been given the recognition it deserves following the July 7 UNESCO announcement of additions to its World Heritage Site list...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART59146.html
Pompeii In State Of Emergency
News24
Rome - The Italian government declared a state of emergency at the Pompeii archaeological site on Friday to try to rescue one of the world's most important cultural treasures from decades of neglect...
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2353716,00.html
Etruscan Tomb Unearthed In Perugia
ANSA.it
(ANSA) - Perugia, July 8 - 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
Wall Gains World Heritage Status
BBC News
An ancient fortified wall which formed the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire has been made a World Heritage Site by Unesco...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7494680.stm
Antonine Wall Wins New Status
The Press Association
An ancient fortified wall which formed the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire has been named a World Heritage Site by Unesco...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpa52iNqsliUV7pEXIGT4ZHTv6ZQ
Messianic Message Stirs Debate
MSNBC
Scriptural scholars are abuzz over a stone tablet that is said to bear previously unknown prophecies about a Jewish messiah who would rise from the dead in three days. But there are far more questions than answers about the tablet, which some have suggested could represent "a new Dead Sea Scroll in stone."...
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/07/1184950.aspx
Restore The Parthenon Marbles
OpEdNews
With pleasure I was informed that the British-based Greek enterpreneur Sir Stelios Hadji-Ioannou is willing to participate actively in the campaign for the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles. The case of Marbles reunification's effort is, less or more, known...
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Restore-the-Parthenon-Marb-by-Nicolas-Mottas-080707-127.html
Dead Sea Tablet 'Casts Doubt On Death And Resurrection Of Jesus'
Times Online
One of Christianity’s most central tenets, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, has been called into question by a radical new interpretation of a mysterious tablet found on the banks of the Dead Sea...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4295804.ece
Roman Remains Found At Rutland Water
Leicester Mercury
Iron Age and Roman remains have been discovered next to Rutland Water...
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132384&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232710&home=yes&more_nodeId1=132393&contentPK=21039122
Archaeologists Find Ancient Cemetery In Egypt
AHN
Cairo, Egypt (AHN) - A team of Egyptian archaeologists have discovered ancient wooden coffins believed to be a royal burial ground near the necropolis of Abydos in southern Egypt...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011528893
Ancient River Camps Are Oldest Proof Of Humans In Paris
National Geographic News
Hunter-gatherers who made temporary camps along the Seine about 9,500 years ago were among the earliest "residents" of what is now Paris, archaeologists say...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080707-paris-humans.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
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
December 18th News
To be honest, this is the Christmas season, which in combination with work and the weather leaves me with little time. I will guarantee regular posting will begin again in January. Until then, I'll try to gather the news regularly, but may not succeed.
And, of course this is the time when the news is coming in, thick and fast.
New stories as of 8:01 AM:
Italian Antiquities 'Going Home'
Spiegel Online
Italy has been waging a campaign to reclaim its antiquities from museums around the world. On Friday it will celebrate the return of almost 70 masterpieces from the Roman, Greek and Etruscan eras with an exhibition in Rome...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,524061,00.html
Italy: New Exhibit Showcases Stolen Treasures
AKI
Rome,18 Dec. (AKI) - Dozens of ancient treasures, believed to have been looted from archaelogical excavations, have been returned to Italy, where they are on display for the first time...
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=1.0.1682985489
Recovered Antiquities Go On Display In Italy
Artinfo
ROME—Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities will go on display Friday in an exhibition of illegally trafficked ancient masterpieces that Italy has recovered, the AP reports...
http://www.artinfo.com/articles/story/26404/recovered-antiquities-go-on-display-in-italy
Italy Exhibits Its Recovered Masterpieces
Los Angeles Times
ROME -- Italian authorities Monday triumphantly unveiled an exhibition of dozens of ancient artworks returned by American museums in recent months, the symbolic conclusion of their decade-long campaign to repatriate objects looted from Italian soil...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-getty18dec18,0,7195492.story?coll=la-home-center
'Nostoi: Recovered Masterpieces'
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/12/17/arts/20071218_TREASURE_SLIDESHOW_index.html
A slide shown of eleven images of the recovered art objects. Descriptions of each image are included.
Stolen Treasures To Be Star Draw
Times Online
ROME An Etruscan antefix with Sileno and Menade dancing, is among 68 stolen or illegally exported treasures that Italy is to put on display after they were returned by American museums...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3066469.ece
Looted Art Displayed In Rome
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Dozens of treasures from the Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations will go on display Friday in an exhibition featuring many of the ancient masterpieces recovered in Italy's campaign against illegal trafficking in antiquities.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5is_bcmuTOwPCXlYk6aWb_ugCT9RgD8TJE4D01
Looted Antiquities Return To Italy From Getty, Other US Collections
AFP
ROME (AFP) — Dozens of antiquities returned to Italy under hard-won accords with US museums, notably the Getty, were unveiled here Monday in what Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli called a new "season of cooperation."...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDmDJuzySwFI614dIah46BD5igRA
British Museum Snubs New Greek Call For Elgin Marbles
AFP
LONDON (AFP) — The British Museum snubbed a new call for the return of the so-called Elgin Marbles to Athens Monday, saying its position over the disputed artefacts remains unchanged...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jd_4xMxZl6wT2ZwRIvzYRLB2zf1A
New Acropolis Site 'Ripe' For Marbles Return: Greek PM
Khaleej Times
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis said during a visit to the new Acropolis Museum construction site Monday that conditions are ‘ripe’ for Britain to return the Elgin, or Parthenon Marbles...
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/December/theworld_December583.xml§ion=theworld&col=
New Details Of Ancient Roman Town Uncovered
MSNBC
New details of a buried ancient Roman town in England are being revealed for the first time using the latest technology...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22298156/
Ancient Racetrack At Risk From New Homes
EADT 24
ONE of the most important archaeological finds in Britain's oldest recorded town could still be encroached on by a housing development - despite receiving special recognition by the country's leading conservation organisation...
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED16%20Dec%202007%2021%3A52%3A50%3A080
Mesoptamia Was A Vital Link On Roman-Indian Trade Routes
Times Online
More than 60 years ago Sir Mortimer Wheeler proved that Roman pottery had made it all the way from Italy to India: the characteristic bright red of Samian ware, bearing the stamp of the Vibieni of Arezzo, showed up in his trenches at the ancient port of Arikamedu, on the southeastern coast near Pondicherry...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3053057.ece
After Legal Odyssey, Homecoming Show For Looted Antiquities
The New York Times
ROME — In Greek, the word nostos means homecoming; the plural is nostoi. Hence the title of an exhibition that Italy has organized to trumpet the return of dozens of ancient artifacts that until recently adorned showcases in American museums and private galleries...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/arts/design/18trea.html?hp
Remains Of Medieval Bishops Identified
UKTV
The bones of six Scottish bishops from the Middle Ages have been idenfied using the latest techniques...
http://uktv.co.uk/history/news/aid/597422
The Nile Once Flowed Near Ancient Egyptian Temple At Karnak: Experts
Daily India
Washington, Dec: A series of discoveries at the foot of Egypt's famous Temple of Amun at Karnak have led archaeologists to believe that the river Nile once flowed near the temple. ..
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/200711.php/The-Nile-once-flowed-near-ancient-Egyptian-temple-at-Karnak:-experts
Surprise Find At Egypt Temple "Change Everything"
National Geographic News
A series of surprising discoveries has been made at the foot of Egypt's famous Temple of Amun at Karnak, archaeologists say...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071217-egypt-temple.html
And, of course this is the time when the news is coming in, thick and fast.
New stories as of 8:01 AM:
Italian Antiquities 'Going Home'
Spiegel Online
Italy has been waging a campaign to reclaim its antiquities from museums around the world. On Friday it will celebrate the return of almost 70 masterpieces from the Roman, Greek and Etruscan eras with an exhibition in Rome...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,524061,00.html
Italy: New Exhibit Showcases Stolen Treasures
AKI
Rome,18 Dec. (AKI) - Dozens of ancient treasures, believed to have been looted from archaelogical excavations, have been returned to Italy, where they are on display for the first time...
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=1.0.1682985489
Recovered Antiquities Go On Display In Italy
Artinfo
ROME—Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities will go on display Friday in an exhibition of illegally trafficked ancient masterpieces that Italy has recovered, the AP reports...
http://www.artinfo.com/articles/story/26404/recovered-antiquities-go-on-display-in-italy
Italy Exhibits Its Recovered Masterpieces
Los Angeles Times
ROME -- Italian authorities Monday triumphantly unveiled an exhibition of dozens of ancient artworks returned by American museums in recent months, the symbolic conclusion of their decade-long campaign to repatriate objects looted from Italian soil...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-getty18dec18,0,7195492.story?coll=la-home-center
'Nostoi: Recovered Masterpieces'
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/12/17/arts/20071218_TREASURE_SLIDESHOW_index.html
A slide shown of eleven images of the recovered art objects. Descriptions of each image are included.
Stolen Treasures To Be Star Draw
Times Online
ROME An Etruscan antefix with Sileno and Menade dancing, is among 68 stolen or illegally exported treasures that Italy is to put on display after they were returned by American museums...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3066469.ece
Looted Art Displayed In Rome
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Dozens of treasures from the Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations will go on display Friday in an exhibition featuring many of the ancient masterpieces recovered in Italy's campaign against illegal trafficking in antiquities.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5is_bcmuTOwPCXlYk6aWb_ugCT9RgD8TJE4D01
Looted Antiquities Return To Italy From Getty, Other US Collections
AFP
ROME (AFP) — Dozens of antiquities returned to Italy under hard-won accords with US museums, notably the Getty, were unveiled here Monday in what Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli called a new "season of cooperation."...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDmDJuzySwFI614dIah46BD5igRA
British Museum Snubs New Greek Call For Elgin Marbles
AFP
LONDON (AFP) — The British Museum snubbed a new call for the return of the so-called Elgin Marbles to Athens Monday, saying its position over the disputed artefacts remains unchanged...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jd_4xMxZl6wT2ZwRIvzYRLB2zf1A
New Acropolis Site 'Ripe' For Marbles Return: Greek PM
Khaleej Times
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Costas Caramanlis said during a visit to the new Acropolis Museum construction site Monday that conditions are ‘ripe’ for Britain to return the Elgin, or Parthenon Marbles...
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/December/theworld_December583.xml§ion=theworld&col=
New Details Of Ancient Roman Town Uncovered
MSNBC
New details of a buried ancient Roman town in England are being revealed for the first time using the latest technology...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22298156/
Ancient Racetrack At Risk From New Homes
EADT 24
ONE of the most important archaeological finds in Britain's oldest recorded town could still be encroached on by a housing development - despite receiving special recognition by the country's leading conservation organisation...
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED16%20Dec%202007%2021%3A52%3A50%3A080
Mesoptamia Was A Vital Link On Roman-Indian Trade Routes
Times Online
More than 60 years ago Sir Mortimer Wheeler proved that Roman pottery had made it all the way from Italy to India: the characteristic bright red of Samian ware, bearing the stamp of the Vibieni of Arezzo, showed up in his trenches at the ancient port of Arikamedu, on the southeastern coast near Pondicherry...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3053057.ece
After Legal Odyssey, Homecoming Show For Looted Antiquities
The New York Times
ROME — In Greek, the word nostos means homecoming; the plural is nostoi. Hence the title of an exhibition that Italy has organized to trumpet the return of dozens of ancient artifacts that until recently adorned showcases in American museums and private galleries...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/arts/design/18trea.html?hp
Remains Of Medieval Bishops Identified
UKTV
The bones of six Scottish bishops from the Middle Ages have been idenfied using the latest techniques...
http://uktv.co.uk/history/news/aid/597422
The Nile Once Flowed Near Ancient Egyptian Temple At Karnak: Experts
Daily India
Washington, Dec: A series of discoveries at the foot of Egypt's famous Temple of Amun at Karnak have led archaeologists to believe that the river Nile once flowed near the temple. ..
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/200711.php/The-Nile-once-flowed-near-ancient-Egyptian-temple-at-Karnak:-experts
Surprise Find At Egypt Temple "Change Everything"
National Geographic News
A series of surprising discoveries has been made at the foot of Egypt's famous Temple of Amun at Karnak, archaeologists say...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071217-egypt-temple.html
Thursday, November 1, 2007
November 1 News
It's a new month so let's see what the stories are. Some are going to carry over from last month, such as the Princeton Museum agreement, but there are a number of new stories as well.
New stories as of 11:01 AM:
Princeton University Art Museum And Italy Sign Agreement Over Antiquities
Media Newswire
(Media-Newswire.com) - The Princeton University Art Museum and Italian cultural authorities on Oct. 30 signed an agreement that resolves the ownership of 15 works of art in the museum's collection. The signing took place in Rome...
http://media-newswire.com/release_1056887.html
Etruscan Treasures To Return Home: Italy Signs Deal With Princeton University For Looted Art Pieces
Tandem - Online Magazine
This past Tuesday Italy signed a deal with Princeton University for the return of looted artifacts — its latest coup in a battle against antiquities smuggling...
http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=7817
Rosy Discoloration By Another Name
Spectroscopy Now
Italian researchers have used Raman spectroscopy and genetic fingerprinting to determine whether the red pigments produced by the bacterium Rubrobacter radiotolerans, so-called bacterioruberin carotenoids, are the same pigments responsible for colour changes in ancient frescoes in ancient paintings from the Crypt of the Original Sin, in Matera, Italy...
http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=17397&type=Feature&chId=6&page=1
Prehistoric Treasures Lost Forever
The Media Line
The scene was straight out of an archaeologist's nightmare. Along the Jordan River, archaeological remains lay in heaps with no chance of ever being dated. The story behind hundreds of stone tools and animal bones was lost, along with whatever mystery slumbered beneath the soil...
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=19435
Building Of Iraqi Police Barracks Threatens World Heritage Site
The Guardian
The construction of a large police barracks close to the Great Mosque of Samarra and its famed spiral minaret is imperilling another of Iraq's precious historical sites, Unesco and senior archaeologists have warned...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2202869,00.html
World Heritage Site Threatened In Iraq
Artinfo
SAMARRA, Iraq—The construction of a training center and barracks for police is threatening the Great Mosque of Samarra, a precious Iraqi historical site added to Unesco’s list of endangered world heritage sites this summer, reports the Guardian...
http://www.artinfo.com/articles/story/25980/world_heritage_site_threatened_in_iraq
Samarra Mosque At Risk From New Police Barracks
The Art Newspaper
LONDON. Barracks which will eventually house over 1,500 Iraqi policemen are under construction at Samarra, close to one of Iraq’s most famous monuments, the Great Mosque of Caliph Al-Mutawakkil with its celebrated 52-metre-high spiral minaret...
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=6352
What's Cooking In Medieval Italy?
Spectroscopy Now
The church of Sant'Antimo in the small town of Piombino in western Tuscany has had a chequered life. Built in the 13th Century, it served the local community for several hundred years until it was converted into a hospital in the 19th Century. Later, in 1994, it was abandoned before plans were submitted to convert the building into residential and commercial space. However, when restoration work began in 2003, it yielded up a surprise, with the discovery of a stash of ceramic vessels buried in a vault of the apse...
http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=17456&type=Feature&chId=4&page=1
2,000 Year Old Jewelry At Scatness
The Shetland News
A LARGE piece of bronze jewellery found in the wall of a collapsed Iron Age house provides further evidence of the importance of the ancient Scatness settlement in Shetland, it was claimed last night (Wednesday)...
http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/news_11_2007/2,000%20year%20old%20jewellery%20at%20Scatness.htm
New stories as of 11:01 AM:
Princeton University Art Museum And Italy Sign Agreement Over Antiquities
Media Newswire
(Media-Newswire.com) - The Princeton University Art Museum and Italian cultural authorities on Oct. 30 signed an agreement that resolves the ownership of 15 works of art in the museum's collection. The signing took place in Rome...
http://media-newswire.com/release_1056887.html
Etruscan Treasures To Return Home: Italy Signs Deal With Princeton University For Looted Art Pieces
Tandem - Online Magazine
This past Tuesday Italy signed a deal with Princeton University for the return of looted artifacts — its latest coup in a battle against antiquities smuggling...
http://www.corrieretandem.com/viewstory.php?storyid=7817
Rosy Discoloration By Another Name
Spectroscopy Now
Italian researchers have used Raman spectroscopy and genetic fingerprinting to determine whether the red pigments produced by the bacterium Rubrobacter radiotolerans, so-called bacterioruberin carotenoids, are the same pigments responsible for colour changes in ancient frescoes in ancient paintings from the Crypt of the Original Sin, in Matera, Italy...
http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=17397&type=Feature&chId=6&page=1
Prehistoric Treasures Lost Forever
The Media Line
The scene was straight out of an archaeologist's nightmare. Along the Jordan River, archaeological remains lay in heaps with no chance of ever being dated. The story behind hundreds of stone tools and animal bones was lost, along with whatever mystery slumbered beneath the soil...
http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=19435
Building Of Iraqi Police Barracks Threatens World Heritage Site
The Guardian
The construction of a large police barracks close to the Great Mosque of Samarra and its famed spiral minaret is imperilling another of Iraq's precious historical sites, Unesco and senior archaeologists have warned...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2202869,00.html
World Heritage Site Threatened In Iraq
Artinfo
SAMARRA, Iraq—The construction of a training center and barracks for police is threatening the Great Mosque of Samarra, a precious Iraqi historical site added to Unesco’s list of endangered world heritage sites this summer, reports the Guardian...
http://www.artinfo.com/articles/story/25980/world_heritage_site_threatened_in_iraq
Samarra Mosque At Risk From New Police Barracks
The Art Newspaper
LONDON. Barracks which will eventually house over 1,500 Iraqi policemen are under construction at Samarra, close to one of Iraq’s most famous monuments, the Great Mosque of Caliph Al-Mutawakkil with its celebrated 52-metre-high spiral minaret...
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=6352
What's Cooking In Medieval Italy?
Spectroscopy Now
The church of Sant'Antimo in the small town of Piombino in western Tuscany has had a chequered life. Built in the 13th Century, it served the local community for several hundred years until it was converted into a hospital in the 19th Century. Later, in 1994, it was abandoned before plans were submitted to convert the building into residential and commercial space. However, when restoration work began in 2003, it yielded up a surprise, with the discovery of a stash of ceramic vessels buried in a vault of the apse...
http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda?id=17456&type=Feature&chId=4&page=1
2,000 Year Old Jewelry At Scatness
The Shetland News
A LARGE piece of bronze jewellery found in the wall of a collapsed Iron Age house provides further evidence of the importance of the ancient Scatness settlement in Shetland, it was claimed last night (Wednesday)...
http://www.shetland-news.co.uk/news_11_2007/2,000%20year%20old%20jewellery%20at%20Scatness.htm
Thursday, October 4, 2007
October 4th News
The archaeological season is winding down. It should be interesting to see what kind of stories come up through the fall and winter months.
New stories as of 11:38 AM:
Ancient World Treasure Unearthed
BBC News
After seven hot summers of digging, an Italian archaeological team believe they have discovered one of the most important sites of the ancient world...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7028330.stm
This is one to keep an eye out for next year.
Rome Reborn: An Ancient Virtual City
Times Online
In the fourth century AD, Rome was a sprawling megacity feeling secure about its prominence as the undisputed capital of the world. The recently constructed Aurelian Walls enclosed the city in a fortified embrace, strong enough to fend off any pesky barbarian invaders, the city fathers assured...
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2583317.ece
Getty Sends 1st Of Disputed Works Back To Italy
CBC.ca
California's J. Paul Getty Museum has repatriated the first of 40 disputed artifacts and antiquities to Italy...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/10/03/getty-italy-return.html
Ancient Stone Age Egyptian Carvings Were Made By Shepherds
Daily India
Warsaw, Oct 4: Ancient carvings in the Dakhla Oasis in Egypt were made by shepherds, who lived about 5000-8000 years back, a recent study by Polish archaeologists has revealed...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/179569.php/Ancient-Stone-Age-Egyptian-carvings-were-made-by-shepherds
Spear Is Star Of Show
This Is Wiltshire
WHEN the curators of a museum offered people the chance to bring in intriguing objects they had found in the countryside to be identified by experts they did not expect such a treasure trove to turn up.
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1734250.0.spear_is_star_of_the_show.php
Archaeologists Stumble On Sensational Find
B92
Prokuplje -- Serbian archaeologists found evidence of the what could be the oldest metal workshop in all of Europe...
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=04&nav_category=126&nav_id=44301
New stories as of 11:38 AM:
Ancient World Treasure Unearthed
BBC News
After seven hot summers of digging, an Italian archaeological team believe they have discovered one of the most important sites of the ancient world...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7028330.stm
This is one to keep an eye out for next year.
Rome Reborn: An Ancient Virtual City
Times Online
In the fourth century AD, Rome was a sprawling megacity feeling secure about its prominence as the undisputed capital of the world. The recently constructed Aurelian Walls enclosed the city in a fortified embrace, strong enough to fend off any pesky barbarian invaders, the city fathers assured...
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2583317.ece
Getty Sends 1st Of Disputed Works Back To Italy
CBC.ca
California's J. Paul Getty Museum has repatriated the first of 40 disputed artifacts and antiquities to Italy...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/10/03/getty-italy-return.html
Ancient Stone Age Egyptian Carvings Were Made By Shepherds
Daily India
Warsaw, Oct 4: Ancient carvings in the Dakhla Oasis in Egypt were made by shepherds, who lived about 5000-8000 years back, a recent study by Polish archaeologists has revealed...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/179569.php/Ancient-Stone-Age-Egyptian-carvings-were-made-by-shepherds
Spear Is Star Of Show
This Is Wiltshire
WHEN the curators of a museum offered people the chance to bring in intriguing objects they had found in the countryside to be identified by experts they did not expect such a treasure trove to turn up.
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1734250.0.spear_is_star_of_the_show.php
Archaeologists Stumble On Sensational Find
B92
Prokuplje -- Serbian archaeologists found evidence of the what could be the oldest metal workshop in all of Europe...
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=10&dd=04&nav_category=126&nav_id=44301
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
September 11th News
Yes I'm running late today, and I'm sorry. The tunnel in Jerusalem is still a major story, it appears.
New stories as of 4:29 PM:
Archeologists Find Ancient Tunnel Under Jerusalem
TruthNews
While excavating on Sunday below First Century Jerusalem’s main road, Israeli archeologists unintentionally discovered an ancient drainage tunnel in the City of David that was used as a Jewish escape route during Rome’s destruction of Jerusalem 2000 years ago...
http://www.truthnews.net/world/2006100362.htm
Metal Detectors Strike Gold
Newbury Today
ANCIENT gold coins were among the finds uncovered by metal detecting enthusiasts who descended on the Englefield estate on Sunday (September 9).
Over 280 people armed with metal detectors arrived to sweep fields on the estate in the hope of finding rare historical treasures...
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=5141
Jerusalem Secret Passage Found
Press TV
Archaeologists have found an underground drainage channel, which they believe was used by Jews to escape from the Romans in 70 AD...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=22698§ionid=3510212
Pre-Roman Etruscan Era Tomb Discovered In Central Italy
ZeeNews.com
Washington, Sept 06: Archaeologists have discovered a 2200-year-old tomb containing the remains and ornate possessions of some 30 Etruscans, in Central Italy...
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=393236&sid=FTP&sname=
Medieval Women 'Had Girl Power'
BBC News
A new study by an academic says that "girl power" was alive and kicking around 600 years ago...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/6987874.stm
Bodies Of 2 Viking Women Get New Look
Earthtimes
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 11 The remains of two Norse-era women are at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway, for detailed examination...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/105894.html
Viking Women Exhumed For Examination
IOL
Oslo - Norwegian archaeologists on Tuesday opened a coffin containing the bodies of two women buried together 1 200 years ago on board a Viking ship and began to try and identify the pair...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20070911185138611C768015
Viking Remains Found Intact
Aftenpolten
Archaeologists carefully extracted the human remains of two Viking women from an ancient burial mound this week, in an effort to keep them from disintegrating. Their fears proved to be unfounded...
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1988891.ece
Scrutiny Of Rotherwas Ribbon Decision Welcomed
24Dash
Herefordshire Council has welcomed further debate on whether the cabinet decision on the Rotherwas Ribbon archaeological find was based on advice from English Heritage and all financial considerations were taken into account...
http://www.24dash.com/health/27353.htm
Viking Burial Mound Yields Bodies
Discovery News
Sept. 11, 2007 — Archaeologists opened a Viking burial mound on Monday, seeking to learn more about two women — possibly a queen and a princess — laid to rest there 1,173 years ago...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/11/viking_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070911110030
New stories as of 4:29 PM:
Archeologists Find Ancient Tunnel Under Jerusalem
TruthNews
While excavating on Sunday below First Century Jerusalem’s main road, Israeli archeologists unintentionally discovered an ancient drainage tunnel in the City of David that was used as a Jewish escape route during Rome’s destruction of Jerusalem 2000 years ago...
http://www.truthnews.net/world/2006100362.htm
Metal Detectors Strike Gold
Newbury Today
ANCIENT gold coins were among the finds uncovered by metal detecting enthusiasts who descended on the Englefield estate on Sunday (September 9).
Over 280 people armed with metal detectors arrived to sweep fields on the estate in the hope of finding rare historical treasures...
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=5141
Jerusalem Secret Passage Found
Press TV
Archaeologists have found an underground drainage channel, which they believe was used by Jews to escape from the Romans in 70 AD...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=22698§ionid=3510212
Pre-Roman Etruscan Era Tomb Discovered In Central Italy
ZeeNews.com
Washington, Sept 06: Archaeologists have discovered a 2200-year-old tomb containing the remains and ornate possessions of some 30 Etruscans, in Central Italy...
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=393236&sid=FTP&sname=
Medieval Women 'Had Girl Power'
BBC News
A new study by an academic says that "girl power" was alive and kicking around 600 years ago...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/6987874.stm
Bodies Of 2 Viking Women Get New Look
Earthtimes
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/105894.html
Viking Women Exhumed For Examination
IOL
Oslo - Norwegian archaeologists on Tuesday opened a coffin containing the bodies of two women buried together 1 200 years ago on board a Viking ship and began to try and identify the pair...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20070911185138611C768015
Viking Remains Found Intact
Aftenpolten
Archaeologists carefully extracted the human remains of two Viking women from an ancient burial mound this week, in an effort to keep them from disintegrating. Their fears proved to be unfounded...
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1988891.ece
Scrutiny Of Rotherwas Ribbon Decision Welcomed
24Dash
Herefordshire Council has welcomed further debate on whether the cabinet decision on the Rotherwas Ribbon archaeological find was based on advice from English Heritage and all financial considerations were taken into account...
http://www.24dash.com/health/27353.htm
Viking Burial Mound Yields Bodies
Discovery News
Sept. 11, 2007 — Archaeologists opened a Viking burial mound on Monday, seeking to learn more about two women — possibly a queen and a princess — laid to rest there 1,173 years ago...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/11/viking_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070911110030
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Saturday, September 1, 2007
September 1st News
It's a long week-end so there are fewer newspapers reporting, and so, less news.
New stories as of 11:21 AM:
Pristine Pre-Roman Tomb Discovered In Italy
National Geographic News
A 2,200-year-old tomb has been discovered completely intact in central Italy, revealing the remains and ornate possessions of some 30 Etruscans, members of the ancient civilization that ruled the region before the rise of Rome.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070831-italy-tomb.html
Two Marble Sculptures To Return To Sicily
The New York Times
MILAN — A modest archaeological museum in Aidone, Sicily, is heralding the return of two sixth-century B.C. marble sculptures that have haunting smiles and a somewhat mysterious past. The artifacts are believed to have been looted from Morgantina, an ancient Greek settlement whose ruins lie next to Aidone...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/arts/design/01rest.html?ref=arts
Ancient Cities Discovered In Middle-East
The Age
EXCAVATIONS at a 6000-year-old archaeological mound in north-eastern Syria called Tell Brak are providing an alternative explanation for how the first cities may have grown...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ancient-cities-uncovered-in-middle-east/2007/09/01/1188067433371.html
New stories as of 11:21 AM:
Pristine Pre-Roman Tomb Discovered In Italy
National Geographic News
A 2,200-year-old tomb has been discovered completely intact in central Italy, revealing the remains and ornate possessions of some 30 Etruscans, members of the ancient civilization that ruled the region before the rise of Rome.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070831-italy-tomb.html
Two Marble Sculptures To Return To Sicily
The New York Times
MILAN — A modest archaeological museum in Aidone, Sicily, is heralding the return of two sixth-century B.C. marble sculptures that have haunting smiles and a somewhat mysterious past. The artifacts are believed to have been looted from Morgantina, an ancient Greek settlement whose ruins lie next to Aidone...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/arts/design/01rest.html?ref=arts
Ancient Cities Discovered In Middle-East
The Age
EXCAVATIONS at a 6000-year-old archaeological mound in north-eastern Syria called Tell Brak are providing an alternative explanation for how the first cities may have grown...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ancient-cities-uncovered-in-middle-east/2007/09/01/1188067433371.html
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
August 21st News
People are still chewing over yesterdays finds.
New stories as of 1:04 PM:
Medieval Program Receives Funding
The Daily Tar Heel
UNC's medieval and modern studies program has received a $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York to hire new professors, fund research and host conferences and lectures...
http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/08/21/University/Medieval.Program.Receives.Funding-2932989.shtml
Ancient Chewing Gum Found In Finland
Press TV
An archaeology student from the University of Derby has found a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum during an excavation in western Finland...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=20216§ionid=3510212
British Student Finds Neolithic Chewing Gum In Finland
Mathaba News Agency
HELSINKI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- British archaeology student Sarah Pickin has found a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum in western Finland, local media reported Monday...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=561572
British Student Finds Neolithic Chewing Gum In Northern Finland
Helsingin Sanomat
What is believed to be a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been found in Finland by a British archaeology student, Sarah Pickin, the BBC reported on Monday...
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/British+student+finds+Neolithic+chewing+gum+in+Northern+Finland/1135229681112
Tuscan Hills Are Alive With Amateur Archaeologists
The New York Times
CASENOVOLE, Italy, Aug. 16 — The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archaeology student who found and identified it about a decade ago, was not very worried that anyone else would stumble upon it...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/arts/design/21tomb.html?ref=arts
Stone Age Chewing Gum Found In Finland
Fox News
HELSINKI, Finland — Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps dates back thousands of years...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293933,00.html
Scientists Find Ancient Gum In Finland
Sci-Tech Today
A piece of Neolithic gum was found among artifacts, like dishes and jewelry, in a Stone Age village at the Kierikki Stone Age Center. "It's somewhere between 5,500 and 6,000 years old," said Sami Viljamaa, an archaeologist who led the dig near Oulu, some 380 miles north of the Finland capital, Helsinki...
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11100B0MB6IR
Tara Ruins Must Be Preserved - Report
Ireland.com
Newly discovered 2000-year-old ruins at the Hill of Tara must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, a US academic today said...
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0821/breaking46.htm
Egypt Footprint 'Could Be Oldest'
BBC News
Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered what might be the oldest human footprint ever found...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6956902.stm
New stories as of 1:04 PM:
Medieval Program Receives Funding
The Daily Tar Heel
UNC's medieval and modern studies program has received a $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York to hire new professors, fund research and host conferences and lectures...
http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/08/21/University/Medieval.Program.Receives.Funding-2932989.shtml
Ancient Chewing Gum Found In Finland
Press TV
An archaeology student from the University of Derby has found a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum during an excavation in western Finland...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=20216§ionid=3510212
British Student Finds Neolithic Chewing Gum In Finland
Mathaba News Agency
HELSINKI, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- British archaeology student Sarah Pickin has found a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum in western Finland, local media reported Monday...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=561572
British Student Finds Neolithic Chewing Gum In Northern Finland
Helsingin Sanomat
What is believed to be a 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been found in Finland by a British archaeology student, Sarah Pickin, the BBC reported on Monday...
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/British+student+finds+Neolithic+chewing+gum+in+Northern+Finland/1135229681112
Tuscan Hills Are Alive With Amateur Archaeologists
The New York Times
CASENOVOLE, Italy, Aug. 16 — The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archaeology student who found and identified it about a decade ago, was not very worried that anyone else would stumble upon it...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/arts/design/21tomb.html?ref=arts
Stone Age Chewing Gum Found In Finland
Fox News
HELSINKI, Finland — Finns, who introduced a birch-tree sweetener for gum, have found that the habit of chewing sticky lumps dates back thousands of years...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293933,00.html
Scientists Find Ancient Gum In Finland
Sci-Tech Today
A piece of Neolithic gum was found among artifacts, like dishes and jewelry, in a Stone Age village at the Kierikki Stone Age Center. "It's somewhere between 5,500 and 6,000 years old," said Sami Viljamaa, an archaeologist who led the dig near Oulu, some 380 miles north of the Finland capital, Helsinki...
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11100B0MB6IR
Tara Ruins Must Be Preserved - Report
Ireland.com
Newly discovered 2000-year-old ruins at the Hill of Tara must be fully preserved because of their unique size and character, a US academic today said...
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0821/breaking46.htm
Egypt Footprint 'Could Be Oldest'
BBC News
Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered what might be the oldest human footprint ever found...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6956902.stm
Friday, August 17, 2007
August 17th News
It's a slow day today, or at least it seems that way.
New stories as of 1:46 PM:
Ancient Calpe Surfaces
Round Town News
This summer dozens of students from all over Europe visited the Marina Alta town to toil in the sunshine as volunteer labour for the residential experts. Work took place on the slopes of the famous Penon de Ifach landmark -where remains of a 4th Century church has been discovered along with artefacts of a community dating back to 700 BC - and surrounding site of the Queen's Baths...
http://www.roundtownnews.co.uk/content/view/12224/34/
Volunteer Archaeologists Unearth An Ancient Tomb In Italy
International Herald Tribune
CASENOVOLE, Italy: The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archeology student who had identified it about a decade ago, was not very worried that anyone else would stumble upon it...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/17/europe/tuscany.php
Artefact May Have Been Smuggled Abroad
United Press International
ROME, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The search for an ancient third statue is picking up 35 years after the Riace bronzes were rescued from their watery resting place, Italian authorities said...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/08/17/artifact_may_have_been_smuggled_abroad/5737/
Ancient Tablet Vouches For Biblical King
Discovery News
Aug. 16, 2007 — Non-biblical evidence for individuals named in the Bible is rare, particularly for people who were not royals. But an ancient Babylonian tablet provides further proof that a king and his servant — both named in the Book of Jeremiah — existed in the 6th century B.C...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/16/tablet_his.html?category=history&guid=20070816151500
New stories as of 1:46 PM:
Ancient Calpe Surfaces
Round Town News
This summer dozens of students from all over Europe visited the Marina Alta town to toil in the sunshine as volunteer labour for the residential experts. Work took place on the slopes of the famous Penon de Ifach landmark -where remains of a 4th Century church has been discovered along with artefacts of a community dating back to 700 BC - and surrounding site of the Queen's Baths...
http://www.roundtownnews.co.uk/content/view/12224/34/
Volunteer Archaeologists Unearth An Ancient Tomb In Italy
International Herald Tribune
CASENOVOLE, Italy: The Etruscan tomb was hidden in such a remote corner of Tuscany that Andrea Marcocci, the archeology student who had identified it about a decade ago, was not very worried that anyone else would stumble upon it...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/17/europe/tuscany.php
Artefact May Have Been Smuggled Abroad
United Press International
ROME, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The search for an ancient third statue is picking up 35 years after the Riace bronzes were rescued from their watery resting place, Italian authorities said...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/08/17/artifact_may_have_been_smuggled_abroad/5737/
Ancient Tablet Vouches For Biblical King
Discovery News
Aug. 16, 2007 — Non-biblical evidence for individuals named in the Bible is rare, particularly for people who were not royals. But an ancient Babylonian tablet provides further proof that a king and his servant — both named in the Book of Jeremiah — existed in the 6th century B.C...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/16/tablet_his.html?category=history&guid=20070816151500
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
August 15th News
Lots of news today.
News stories as of 10:42 AM:
Two Thousand Year Old Etruscan Tomb Discovered
Bits Of News
Yesterday in Tuscany archaeologists discovered a perfectly preserved Etruscan tomb dating to some time between the first and third centuries B.C.E, or nearing the end of the Etruscan period. According to Reuters, finding an intact tomb of this sort is extremely rare.
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5971/
Escot Artifacts Are "Treasure"
Midweek Herald24
IT'S treasure!" That was the decision of a coroner's court last week as it assessed ancient artefacts found in the grounds of Escot House...
http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/midweekherald/news/story.aspx?brand=MDWOnline&category=news&tBrand=devon24&tCategory=newsmdw&itemid=DEED15%20Aug%202007%2015%3A50%3A33%3A510
Milleniums-Old Footprint Found In Israel
RIA Novosti
TEL AVIV, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - Israeli archaeologists have discovered a footprint possibly made by the sandal of a Roman legionnaire in the ruins of the ancient town of Sussita, in northern Israel, the Haaretz newspaper said Wednesday...
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070815/71657974.html
Rare Intact Tomb Found In Italy
Science Daily
GROSSETO, Italy, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb containing the remains of at least 16 people has been found intact in Italy's Tuscany region...
Also published at:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/93708.html
Photo Essay: The Dead Sea Scrolls
About.com
This week's photo essay is on the Dead Sea Scrolls, some 900 fragmented and complete documents recovered in the mid-twentieth century from eleven caves located near the small site of Qumran off the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel...
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/258018.htm
Viking Ship Ends Voyage In Dublin
BBC News
A replica Viking ship has pulled into Dublin nearly 1,000 years after the original sank off Denmark's coast...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6947453.stm
Medieval Jewelry Unearthed In Bulgarian Fortress
Sofia News Agency
A team of Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon a golden adornment in the grave of a woman, who lived in the Middle Ages, on Wednesday, Darik News reported...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84233
New Archaeological Treasures Found In Bulgaria
Sofia Echo
Archeological expedition found a rich medieval tomb in the Kaliakra fortress, on the Kaliakra cape at the Black Sea coast on August 14 2007...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/new-archeological-treasures-found-in-bulgaria/id_24397/catid_70
News stories as of 10:42 AM:
Two Thousand Year Old Etruscan Tomb Discovered
Bits Of News
Yesterday in Tuscany archaeologists discovered a perfectly preserved Etruscan tomb dating to some time between the first and third centuries B.C.E, or nearing the end of the Etruscan period. According to Reuters, finding an intact tomb of this sort is extremely rare.
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5971/
Escot Artifacts Are "Treasure"
Midweek Herald24
IT'S treasure!" That was the decision of a coroner's court last week as it assessed ancient artefacts found in the grounds of Escot House...
http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/midweekherald/news/story.aspx?brand=MDWOnline&category=news&tBrand=devon24&tCategory=newsmdw&itemid=DEED15%20Aug%202007%2015%3A50%3A33%3A510
Milleniums-Old Footprint Found In Israel
RIA Novosti
TEL AVIV, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - Israeli archaeologists have discovered a footprint possibly made by the sandal of a Roman legionnaire in the ruins of the ancient town of Sussita, in northern Israel, the Haaretz newspaper said Wednesday...
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070815/71657974.html
Rare Intact Tomb Found In Italy
Science Daily
GROSSETO, Italy, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb containing the remains of at least 16 people has been found intact in Italy's Tuscany region...
Also published at:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/93708.html
Photo Essay: The Dead Sea Scrolls
About.com
This week's photo essay is on the Dead Sea Scrolls, some 900 fragmented and complete documents recovered in the mid-twentieth century from eleven caves located near the small site of Qumran off the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel...
http://archaeology.about.com/b/a/258018.htm
Viking Ship Ends Voyage In Dublin
BBC News
A replica Viking ship has pulled into Dublin nearly 1,000 years after the original sank off Denmark's coast...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6947453.stm
Medieval Jewelry Unearthed In Bulgarian Fortress
Sofia News Agency
A team of Bulgarian archaeologists stumbled upon a golden adornment in the grave of a woman, who lived in the Middle Ages, on Wednesday, Darik News reported...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84233
New Archaeological Treasures Found In Bulgaria
Sofia Echo
Archeological expedition found a rich medieval tomb in the Kaliakra fortress, on the Kaliakra cape at the Black Sea coast on August 14 2007...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/new-archeological-treasures-found-in-bulgaria/id_24397/catid_70
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
August 14th News
The Etruscan tomb discovery yesterday seems to be the big story of the day today.
News stories as of 12:41 PM:
Ballard Chases History Again In The Black Sea
It's a painfully slow process, watching a robotic arm brush, inch-by-inch, the sediment off a 900-year-old shipwreck 400 feet underwater in the Black Sea...
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=0c06d4e6-5b58-44c7-a220-79492461fdb4
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Tuscan Tomb
ABC News
Archaeologists have discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasure trove of artefacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/14/2004536.htm
Intact 2,000-Year Old Etruscan Tomb Discovered
Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Archaelogists have discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasure trove of artifacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people...
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL1374906320070813
Also published at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/sc_nm/italy_etruscans_dc;_ylt=Ai8sHqWxqdaH8GvdVLtNmLKs0NUE
Intact Etruscan Tomb Found In Tuscany
About.com
An intact Etruscan tomb, over 2000 years old, has been uncovered in southern Tuscany...
http://goitaly.about.com/b/a/257870.htm
1200-Year-Old Graves Found
Gazette & Herald
The resting places of some of Aldbourne's oldest inhabitants have been discovered during an archaeological dig on the former Crowcastle site on the edge of the village...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1617148.0.1_200yearold_graves_found.php
Yet Another Tomb Unearthed In Bulgaria's Sozopol
Sofia News Agency
A team of Bulgarian archaeologists unearthed Tuesday an ancient stone tomb, dated back to the 4th century BC, Darik News reported...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84199
News stories as of 12:41 PM:
Ballard Chases History Again In The Black Sea
It's a painfully slow process, watching a robotic arm brush, inch-by-inch, the sediment off a 900-year-old shipwreck 400 feet underwater in the Black Sea...
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=0c06d4e6-5b58-44c7-a220-79492461fdb4
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Tuscan Tomb
ABC News
Archaeologists have discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasure trove of artefacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/14/2004536.htm
Intact 2,000-Year Old Etruscan Tomb Discovered
Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Archaelogists have discovered a more than 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb perfectly preserved in the hills of Tuscany with a treasure trove of artifacts inside, including urns that hold the remains of about 30 people...
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL1374906320070813
Also published at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/sc_nm/italy_etruscans_dc;_ylt=Ai8sHqWxqdaH8GvdVLtNmLKs0NUE
Intact Etruscan Tomb Found In Tuscany
About.com
An intact Etruscan tomb, over 2000 years old, has been uncovered in southern Tuscany...
http://goitaly.about.com/b/a/257870.htm
1200-Year-Old Graves Found
Gazette & Herald
The resting places of some of Aldbourne's oldest inhabitants have been discovered during an archaeological dig on the former Crowcastle site on the edge of the village...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1617148.0.1_200yearold_graves_found.php
Yet Another Tomb Unearthed In Bulgaria's Sozopol
Sofia News Agency
A team of Bulgarian archaeologists unearthed Tuesday an ancient stone tomb, dated back to the 4th century BC, Darik News reported...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=84199
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