April 30th News

It's been a while, but I should be able to search out the news articles regularly again now. Thank you for your patience.

New stories as of 8:25 AM:

Intensive Archaeological Excavations At Skupi Site
MINA Breaking News
Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski visited Tuesday the Skupi site, where systematic research of the former ancient Roman city kicked off a month ago with financial support provided by the Government.
http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/1190/2/

Ancient Burial Site Found At Kent's HQ
Your Canterbury News
A HOUSING development on the site of Kent Cricket Club’s St Lawrence Ground headquarters has unearthed body parts from a medieval leper cemetery...
http://www.yourcanterbury.co.uk/kent-news/Ancient-burial-site-found-at-Kent_s-HQ-newsinkent12435.aspx?news=local

Roman Ruins Reveal City's Historic Secrets
This Is Gloucestershire
A Roman mass grave discovered in Gloucester has been hailed as one of the rarest finds ever in Britain. Analysis released today of the grave which contained some 91 people - skeletons of men, women and children dumped in what looks like a hurried fashion - reveals that they could have been victims of a mass outbreak of a disease...
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231754&home=yes&more_nodeId1=231776&contentPK=20507372

Plague Killed Roman Grave Dead
BBC News
A study into a mass Roman grave excavated in Gloucester appears to show the dead had been killed by smallpox...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7374836.stm

Gloucester's Roman Mass Grave Skeletons Were Plague Victims
24 Hour Museum
A mass Roman grave, discovered in Gloucester in 2005, may have contained the victims of an acute disease of epidemic proportions, possibly plague.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART56936.html

Archaeologists To Take Rest Salty Men Out Of Iran's Cherabad Mine
ISNA
TEHRAN, April. 30 (ISNA)-Cultural heritage and tourism institution chief of Zanjan, Iran's central city, declared cooperation between Iranian and foreign archaeologists will pave the way for the institution to find a way to take rest of salty men out of Chehrabad mine located in this province...
http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1123188&Lang=E

Nine-Year-Old Boy Finds Buried Treasure
The Local
Nine-year-old Alexander Granhof and his grandfather Jens have made what is believed to be the largest ever find in southern Sweden of silver coins from the Middle Ages...
http://www.thelocal.se/11410/20080428/

November 14th News

I was unavoidably away for the last couple of days. Let's see what news there is today though. With three days to catch up, there should be plenty.

New stories as of 6:47 AM:

Contents of 2400-Year-Old Ship Wreck Revealed
Zee News
Washington, Nov 14: Scientists have revealed the contents of an ancient shipwreck dating back to the era of the Roman Republic and Athenian empire using genetic analysis...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=407224&sid=FTP

Greek Philosopher Aristotle's Ancient Wrestling School, A Victim Of Official Apathy
Top News
Athens, Nov 13: A wrestling school said to have been a part of Greek philosopher Aristotle's famous Lyceum, has fallen victim to the ravages of time and official apathy...
http://www.topnews.in/greek-philosopher-aristotles-ancient-wrestling-school-victim-official-apathy-25877

Unique Ancient Ring Found In Iran
The Times Of India
TEHRAN: Archaeologists have discovered a unique ring belonging to the Median era (Bronze Age) in western Iran...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Unique_ancient_ring_found_in_Iran/articleshow/2536181.cms

Biblical Queen Jezebel's Official Seal Confirmed
Thaindian News
For four decades the signet has been on display at the museum as item IDAM 65-321, without accurate historical context...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/biblical-queen-jezebels-official-seal-confirmed_100757.html

Ruins Of Late-Roman-Era Fortress Found In Bulgaria
Top News
Sofia, Nov 14: Archaeologists have found ruins of a late-Roman-era fortress during an excavation in Svalenik village, nowadays Northern Bulgaria...
http://www.topnews.in/ruins-late-roman-era-fortress-found-bulgaria-26104

Tides Turn Up Child's Bronze Age Remains
Journal Live
HIGH tides and winds that have battered the Northumberland coast served up a burial mystery for archaeologists yesterday...
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2007/11/14/tides-turn-up-child-s-bronze-age-remains-61634-20103665/

October 9th News

I took yesterday off, and am back, refreshed today. There's a range of interesting new stories as well.

New stories as of 9:58 AM:

FBI Recover Priceless Map Stolen From National Library
Expatica
MADRID - The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has located an ancient world map stolen from Spain's National Library along with other extremely valuable documents in August, the daily El Pais reported Tuesday...
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=44766

Catapults Invented Before Theory Explained Them
Live Science
Ancient Greek craftsmen didn't need fancy math to cobble together the first catapult, a new study of ancient texts suggests. Archimedes' laws and theories just helped make the weapon better...
http://www.livescience.com/history/071009-first-catapult.html

Greek Museum Hopes For Return Of Elgin Marbles
Evening Echo
A state-of-the art museum that Greeks hope will persuade Britain to return the Elgin Marbles will start the operation to transfer priceless artefacts from the Acropolis this weekend...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=15242468&p=y5z4z5y4&n=15242556

Rome Celebrates Its Stage History
BBC News
The first exhibition devoted entirely to Roman theatre has opened in the ruins of the Colosseum in Rome...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7033626.stm

Time Team Joins The Dig
Hereford Times
A television crew is helping to uncover the secrets of an iron age hill fort...
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/latest/display.var.1745129.0.time_team_joins_the_dig.php

Ancient Tomb Of Young Lovers Excavated In Turkey
The Hindu
ANKARA, (Xinhua): Turkish archaeologists discovered a tomb of a young couple locked in an embrace during their work in Turkey' southeastern Turkey, local Today's Zaman reported on Monday...
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200710090356.htm

'Europe's Oldest City' Is Found
The Independent
Archaeologists in Spain's southern port of Cadiz believe they have found remains which prove that it is Europe's oldest inhabited city – Phoenician Gadir, or Gades in Roman times...
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article3041063.ece

Archaeologists Uncover Wall Painting Believed To Be From 11th Century BC, In North Syria
International Herald Tribune
DAMASCUS, Syria: Archeologists discovered a wall painting believed to be from the 11th century B.C. in northern Syria, the country's official news agency, SANA, reported Monday...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/08/africa/ME-GEN-Syrian-Painting-Discovered.php

Parthian Fort Found In Western Iran
Press TV
Archaeologists have recently discovered a Parthian fort while excavating the post-Sassanid Kalan Dam, in the Iranian city of Malayer...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=26317&sectionid=351020105

Unearthing Rome's King
Times Online
Italian archeologists have uncovered the ruins of a 2,700 year old sanctuary which they say provides the first physical evidence of Rome at the time of Numa Pompilius, Rome’s legendary second king, in the 8th century BC...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article2617180.ece

Syrian Archaeologists Uncover 11th-Century BC Painting
Digital Journal
A painting believed to date from the 11th century BC has been uncovered by archaeologists in northern Syria, the country's official news agency SANA reported Monday...
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/238519/Syrian_archaeologists_uncover_11th_century_BC_painting