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The news this morning is all new news, some of which is extremely interesting. There's quite a bit of work with replicas, ranging from the Viking replica the 'Sea Stallion' which is back in the news, to the forthcoming sailing of the replica Phoenician ship.
New stories as of 8:41 AM:
Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee
Science Daily
Ruins of a Roman temple from the second century CE have recently been unearthed in the Zippori National Park. Above the temple are foundations of a church from the Byzantine period...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811072503.htm
Iron Age British Warrior With Roman Links Unearthed In England
Fresh News
Archaeologists have unearthed the grave of an ancient British warrior with Roman links in southern England...
http://www.freshnews.in/iron-age-british-warrior-with-roman-links-unearthed-in-england-47707
Archaeologists Dig In St Cross
Hampshire Chronicle
ENTHUSIASTIC excavators have been digging for clues near one of Winchester's most historic buildings...
http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2422581.0.archaeologists_dig_in_st_cross.php
Archaeologists Find 2,000 Year-Old Coins At Jerusalem Site
eNews 2.0
Archaeologists on an Israeli-German dig south of Jerusalem have uncovered a cache of 15 silver coins dating back 2,000 years and lying in a pot hidden in a pigeon hole...
http://www.enews20.com/news_Archaeologists_find_2000_year_old_coins_at_Jerusalem_site_10345.html
Roman Temple Ruins Found In Israel
Inquirer.net
JERUSALEM—Archaeologists have found the ruins of a pagan temple dating back to Roman times in the Galilee region of northern Israel, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem said on Monday...
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080811-154017/Roman-temple-ruins-found-in-Israel
Iron Age Warrior With Roman Links Found In U.K.
National Geographic News
The grave of an ancient British warrior with tantalizing Roman connections has been unearthed in southern England, archaeologists say...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080808-british-warrior.html
Around Africa In A Phoenician Boat
BBC News
On Arwad Island off the coast of Syria, a group of 20 sailors-to-be are preparing for a voyage their captain believes has not been undertaken for two and a half millennia...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7550162.stm
Viking Longship Returns To Home Port After Epic Sail
Irish Times
THE VIKING replica longship Sea Stallion returns to home waters in Roskilde today, after a 2,800 nautical-mile round trip between Denmark and Ireland...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0809/1218206296723.html
Romanian Experts Uncover Biggest Dacian Find Ever
Southeast European Times
Romanian archaeologists discovered an ancient cemetery, which experts consider the largest necropolis ever found in the Dacian area...
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2008/08/04/roundup-st-03
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
August 2nd News
There's a wide range of stories today, most of which are entirely new, and a few which have more information about earlier stories, such as the Antikythera Mechanism.
New stories as of 8:37 AM:
Two Piers Belonging To 1st Century A.D. Unearthed In Ancient Turkish City
TopNews.in
Istanbul, August 2 : Archaeologists have unearthed two piers belonged to the first century A. D. in the ancient city of Aphrodisias in Turkey...
http://www.topnews.in/two-piers-belonging-1st-century-d-unearthed-ancient-turkish-city-256175
500 BC Greek Ship Found
Zee News
Athens, Aug 02: A 21-meters long ancient Greek ship, which archaeologists believe sank in a storm some 800 metres off the Gela coast in Greece while transporting goods from the Greek colony in Gela back to Greece in around 500 BC, has been pulled out of the seabed, where it lay for nearly 2500 years...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=459649&sid=ftp
Ancient Calculator Recorded Games
The Press Association
A 2,100-year-old mechanical calculator which was designed by the Greeks to carry out complex mathematical sums was also used to record the dates of the Olympic Games, researchers revealed...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jjR5zgNvWEQkV64py2892tU7ecKA
Ancient Greeks Used Computer To Set Date For Olympics
Chatter Shmatter
According to researchers an old mechanical brass calculator which was used by the ancient Greeks to predict solar and lunar eclipses may also have been used to set the dates for the Olympics...
http://www.chattershmatter.com/2008/08/01/ancient-greeks-used-computer-to-set-date-for-olympics/
UK Museum Gets Medieval Tool
azcentral.com
LONDON - A rare astronomy tool that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it...
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/arts/articles/2008/08/01/20080801tool.html
Ancient Palace Found In Dig On Hill
The Press And Journal
Archaeologists have uncovered ancient traces, from tiny bead ornaments to massive walls, of a forgotten prince’s palace on the slopes of Bennachie in Aberdeenshire...
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/769194?UserKey=0
Scientists Find First Indication For Embalming In Roman Greece
Newspost Online
A team of scientists has found the first indication for embalming in Roman Greek times...
http://www.newspostonline.com/sci-tech/scientists-find-first-indication-for-embalming-in-roman-greece-20080802557
Seal Of Biblical Royal Official Found In Jerusalem
Inquirer.net
JERUSALEM—Israeli archaeologists in Jerusalem said on Friday they found the imprint of a seal that belonged to a 6th century BC official in the court of the last king of Judah who was mentioned in the Old Testament...
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080801-152098/Seal-of-biblical-royal-official-found-in-Jerusalem
Archaeologists Find Old Testament Seal
The Australian
ISRAELI archeologists in Jerusalem have found the imprint of a seal that belonged to an 6th century BC official in the court of the last king of Judah who was mentioned in the Old Testament...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24115029-12335,00.html
Cremated Bones Dating From 3,500 BC To 2,000 BC Unearthed In Ireland
Smashits.com
London, July 31 (ANI): Archaeologists has unearthed cremated bones thought to date from around 3,500BC to 2,000BC during a dig near Lough Fea in Ireland...
http://news.smashits.com/277930/Cremated-bones-dating-from-3-500-BC-to-2-000-BC-unearthed-in-Ireland.htm
Sailing Into Eternity
Al-Ahram Weekly
Visitors to the Giza Plateau will be able to view Khufu's second solar boat through a tiny camera 4,500 years after it was buried to ferry the king to eternity. Nevine El-Aref takes a look...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/908/he1.htm
New stories as of 8:37 AM:
Two Piers Belonging To 1st Century A.D. Unearthed In Ancient Turkish City
TopNews.in
Istanbul, August 2 : Archaeologists have unearthed two piers belonged to the first century A. D. in the ancient city of Aphrodisias in Turkey...
http://www.topnews.in/two-piers-belonging-1st-century-d-unearthed-ancient-turkish-city-256175
500 BC Greek Ship Found
Zee News
Athens, Aug 02: A 21-meters long ancient Greek ship, which archaeologists believe sank in a storm some 800 metres off the Gela coast in Greece while transporting goods from the Greek colony in Gela back to Greece in around 500 BC, has been pulled out of the seabed, where it lay for nearly 2500 years...
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=459649&sid=ftp
Ancient Calculator Recorded Games
The Press Association
A 2,100-year-old mechanical calculator which was designed by the Greeks to carry out complex mathematical sums was also used to record the dates of the Olympic Games, researchers revealed...
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jjR5zgNvWEQkV64py2892tU7ecKA
Ancient Greeks Used Computer To Set Date For Olympics
Chatter Shmatter
According to researchers an old mechanical brass calculator which was used by the ancient Greeks to predict solar and lunar eclipses may also have been used to set the dates for the Olympics...
http://www.chattershmatter.com/2008/08/01/ancient-greeks-used-computer-to-set-date-for-olympics/
UK Museum Gets Medieval Tool
azcentral.com
LONDON - A rare astronomy tool that helped medieval scientists tell time will remain in Britain after the British Museum scrambled to come up with the money to buy it...
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/arts/articles/2008/08/01/20080801tool.html
Ancient Palace Found In Dig On Hill
The Press And Journal
Archaeologists have uncovered ancient traces, from tiny bead ornaments to massive walls, of a forgotten prince’s palace on the slopes of Bennachie in Aberdeenshire...
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/769194?UserKey=0
Scientists Find First Indication For Embalming In Roman Greece
Newspost Online
A team of scientists has found the first indication for embalming in Roman Greek times...
http://www.newspostonline.com/sci-tech/scientists-find-first-indication-for-embalming-in-roman-greece-20080802557
Seal Of Biblical Royal Official Found In Jerusalem
Inquirer.net
JERUSALEM—Israeli archaeologists in Jerusalem said on Friday they found the imprint of a seal that belonged to a 6th century BC official in the court of the last king of Judah who was mentioned in the Old Testament...
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080801-152098/Seal-of-biblical-royal-official-found-in-Jerusalem
Archaeologists Find Old Testament Seal
The Australian
ISRAELI archeologists in Jerusalem have found the imprint of a seal that belonged to an 6th century BC official in the court of the last king of Judah who was mentioned in the Old Testament...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24115029-12335,00.html
Cremated Bones Dating From 3,500 BC To 2,000 BC Unearthed In Ireland
Smashits.com
London, July 31 (ANI): Archaeologists has unearthed cremated bones thought to date from around 3,500BC to 2,000BC during a dig near Lough Fea in Ireland...
http://news.smashits.com/277930/Cremated-bones-dating-from-3-500-BC-to-2-000-BC-unearthed-in-Ireland.htm
Sailing Into Eternity
Al-Ahram Weekly
Visitors to the Giza Plateau will be able to view Khufu's second solar boat through a tiny camera 4,500 years after it was buried to ferry the king to eternity. Nevine El-Aref takes a look...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/908/he1.htm
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, May 6, 2008
May 6th News
Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of this blog.
New stories as of 10:42 AM:
Knights Templar Tomb Discovered In France: Lakehead's Paleo DNA Assists In Identification
StreetInsider.com
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - A hidden tomb in the mountains of the Languedoc region of southwest France has the archaeological community buzzing, and Lakehead University's Paleo DNA Laboratory has played a role in creating that buzz...
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Knights+Templar+Tomb+Discovered+in+France:+Lakeheads+Paleo+DNA+Assists+in+Identification/3607586.html
Pieces Of Viking Sword Discovered
BBC News
Fragments of a Viking sword have been discovered by two metal detector enthusiasts on the Isle of Man...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/7386230.stm
Irish Viking Trade Center Unearthed
BBC News
One of the Vikings' most important trading centres has been discovered in Ireland...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7385237.stm
Work To Stabilise Silbury Hill Completed
Gazette & Herald
An extensive project to stabilise Silbury Hill has reached completion, following vital works to repack voids and an historic tunnel running through to its centre which had threatened the structure of the Neolithic mound...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2248968.0.work_to_stabilise_silbury_hill_completed.php
Carpet Of Stone: Medieval Mosaic Pavement Revealed
The Guardian
The wraps have come off one of Westminster Abbey's least known treasures, a medieval marble pavement foretelling the end of the world, while conservation experts consider how to preserve the ancient stones for the next 740 years...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.art
Vikings: From Ram-Raiders To Fishmongers
The Guardian
Archaeologists and scientists have revealed that 1,000 years ago cod was traded extraordinary distances across Europe, from the Norwegian Arctic to England and the Baltic...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.heritage
New stories as of 10:42 AM:
Knights Templar Tomb Discovered In France: Lakehead's Paleo DNA Assists In Identification
StreetInsider.com
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - A hidden tomb in the mountains of the Languedoc region of southwest France has the archaeological community buzzing, and Lakehead University's Paleo DNA Laboratory has played a role in creating that buzz...
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Knights+Templar+Tomb+Discovered+in+France:+Lakeheads+Paleo+DNA+Assists+in+Identification/3607586.html
Pieces Of Viking Sword Discovered
BBC News
Fragments of a Viking sword have been discovered by two metal detector enthusiasts on the Isle of Man...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/7386230.stm
Irish Viking Trade Center Unearthed
BBC News
One of the Vikings' most important trading centres has been discovered in Ireland...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7385237.stm
Work To Stabilise Silbury Hill Completed
Gazette & Herald
An extensive project to stabilise Silbury Hill has reached completion, following vital works to repack voids and an historic tunnel running through to its centre which had threatened the structure of the Neolithic mound...
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.2248968.0.work_to_stabilise_silbury_hill_completed.php
Carpet Of Stone: Medieval Mosaic Pavement Revealed
The Guardian
The wraps have come off one of Westminster Abbey's least known treasures, a medieval marble pavement foretelling the end of the world, while conservation experts consider how to preserve the ancient stones for the next 740 years...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.art
Vikings: From Ram-Raiders To Fishmongers
The Guardian
Archaeologists and scientists have revealed that 1,000 years ago cod was traded extraordinary distances across Europe, from the Norwegian Arctic to England and the Baltic...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/05/archaeology.heritage
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
January 15th News
There's a lot of news this morning, with the big story being the discovery of the identity of the Mona Lisa.
New stories as of 10:48 AM:
Manuscript Reveals True Identity Of Mona Lisa
Spiegel Online
The Mona Lisa's true identity has been revealed at last. Experts at Heidelberg University library say a manuscript they unearthed reveals that she was Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,528664,00.html
Three Spectacular Vases Lent By Italy To Metropolitan Museum For Four Years
Taxi Design Network
As a result of the agreement negotiated by Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Ministero per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali, the Republic of Italy is lending the Metropolitan Museum three outstanding ancient Greek vases for a period of four years...
http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=14804&monthview=0&month=1&year=2008
On a completely unrelated note, I'm cringing at the colour scheme of this site. Half the page is on a bright yellow background.
Experts Identify The Woman In Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa Painting
Cleveland Leader
The identity of the woman featured in Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" portrait, which has long been a mystery, may have finally been solved. German academics believe that they now know for certain just who the woman is...
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/4346
Ancient Wine Artefact Returns To Rome
Decanter.com
Hundreds of museum goers said a last-day farewell Sunday to the most famous wine artefact in the vast Metropolitan Museum of Art - and perhaps America...
http://www.decanter.com/news/174012.html
German Experts Crack Mona Lisa Smile
Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait...
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1179689520080114
Scribbles Identify Mona Lisa Painting Model
AHN
Heidelberg, Germany (AHN) - Marginal notes on a book at the Heidelberg University library were the keys that identified the Italian model who sat for Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting. She was Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009723288
Dunwich Secrets To Be Revealed
EDP24
It was consigned to its watery grave hundreds of years ago, but now state-of-the-art underwater cameras could reveal a lost city off the north Suffolk coast for the first time...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED15%20Jan%202008%2017%3A36%3A34%3A263
Tudor 'Correspondent' Text Online
BBC News
A 16th Century Welsh chronicle charting the history of England and Wales between 1066 and 1552 is now online...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7189408.stm
Rathmolyon Residents In Bid To Halt Local Quarry Expansion
The Meath Chronicle
RATHMOLYON residents have stepped up their campaign against the proposed expansion of a quarry at Trammon following the discovery of two medieval graveyards during archaeology works...
http://www.meathchronicle.ie/story.asp?stID=1879
Wessex Archaeology Releases It's First Online Excavation Video
24 Hour Museum
Wessex Archaeology has released its first online video showing the remarkable excavation of a rare Roman coffin...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART53188.html
The video is embedded at the top of the article.
Ancient Tomb Art Found In Path Of Irish Highway
Kazinform
NEW YORK. January 15. KAZINFORM. Tomb engravings dating back 6,000 years are among the latest discoveries unearthed on the route of a controversial highway under construction in Ireland...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=159276
Also published at:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080114-tara-ireland.html
Archaeological Collection Discovered After Relic Hunter's Death
Radio Praha
An unusual collection of over 3,000 archaeological items was discovered two years ago in a Prague apartment whose owner died in a fire. Archaeologists who have examined the collection say it contains some unique artefacts – with very little scientific value because vital information about their origin is missing...
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/99630
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Northern Echo
ARCHAEOLOGISTS always want to know the provenance of any discovery - where it was found, its relation to other objects found on the site and so on. That is why they decry mere treasure seekers, knowing that an article loses half its significance if divorced from its context...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/features/leader/display.var.1965824.0.lindisfarne_gospels.php
New stories as of 10:48 AM:
Manuscript Reveals True Identity Of Mona Lisa
Spiegel Online
The Mona Lisa's true identity has been revealed at last. Experts at Heidelberg University library say a manuscript they unearthed reveals that she was Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,528664,00.html
Three Spectacular Vases Lent By Italy To Metropolitan Museum For Four Years
Taxi Design Network
As a result of the agreement negotiated by Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Ministero per I Beni Culturali e Ambientali, the Republic of Italy is lending the Metropolitan Museum three outstanding ancient Greek vases for a period of four years...
http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=14804&monthview=0&month=1&year=2008
On a completely unrelated note, I'm cringing at the colour scheme of this site. Half the page is on a bright yellow background.
Experts Identify The Woman In Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa Painting
Cleveland Leader
The identity of the woman featured in Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" portrait, which has long been a mystery, may have finally been solved. German academics believe that they now know for certain just who the woman is...
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/4346
Ancient Wine Artefact Returns To Rome
Decanter.com
Hundreds of museum goers said a last-day farewell Sunday to the most famous wine artefact in the vast Metropolitan Museum of Art - and perhaps America...
http://www.decanter.com/news/174012.html
German Experts Crack Mona Lisa Smile
Reuters
BERLIN (Reuters) - German academics believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery behind the identity of the "Mona Lisa" in Leonardo da Vinci's famous portrait...
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1179689520080114
Scribbles Identify Mona Lisa Painting Model
AHN
Heidelberg, Germany (AHN) - Marginal notes on a book at the Heidelberg University library were the keys that identified the Italian model who sat for Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting. She was Lisa Gherardini, wife of Florentine merchant Francesco del Giocondo...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009723288
Dunwich Secrets To Be Revealed
EDP24
It was consigned to its watery grave hundreds of years ago, but now state-of-the-art underwater cameras could reveal a lost city off the north Suffolk coast for the first time...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED15%20Jan%202008%2017%3A36%3A34%3A263
Tudor 'Correspondent' Text Online
BBC News
A 16th Century Welsh chronicle charting the history of England and Wales between 1066 and 1552 is now online...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7189408.stm
Rathmolyon Residents In Bid To Halt Local Quarry Expansion
The Meath Chronicle
RATHMOLYON residents have stepped up their campaign against the proposed expansion of a quarry at Trammon following the discovery of two medieval graveyards during archaeology works...
http://www.meathchronicle.ie/story.asp?stID=1879
Wessex Archaeology Releases It's First Online Excavation Video
24 Hour Museum
Wessex Archaeology has released its first online video showing the remarkable excavation of a rare Roman coffin...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART53188.html
The video is embedded at the top of the article.
Ancient Tomb Art Found In Path Of Irish Highway
Kazinform
NEW YORK. January 15. KAZINFORM. Tomb engravings dating back 6,000 years are among the latest discoveries unearthed on the route of a controversial highway under construction in Ireland...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=159276
Also published at:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080114-tara-ireland.html
Archaeological Collection Discovered After Relic Hunter's Death
Radio Praha
An unusual collection of over 3,000 archaeological items was discovered two years ago in a Prague apartment whose owner died in a fire. Archaeologists who have examined the collection say it contains some unique artefacts – with very little scientific value because vital information about their origin is missing...
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/99630
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Northern Echo
ARCHAEOLOGISTS always want to know the provenance of any discovery - where it was found, its relation to other objects found on the site and so on. That is why they decry mere treasure seekers, knowing that an article loses half its significance if divorced from its context...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/features/leader/display.var.1965824.0.lindisfarne_gospels.php
Monday, January 14, 2008
January 14th News
There are a few interesting articles today, and it seems like all of the finds are new ones, no continuations of earlier stories today.
New stories as of 4:17 PM:
Medieval artefact rescued by amateur historian
Independent.ie
A "hugely important'' medieval artefact was within minutes of being accidentally dumped before it was retrieved from builders' rubble.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/medieval-artefact-rescued-by-amateur-historian-1265557.html
New stories as of 6:41 AM:
They Came, They Saw... And They Asked For New Underpants
Daily Mail
An archaeologist's life is often a pretty grim one, or so Robin Birley thought as he rooted through a pile of Roman sewage on a windswept fort in the wilds of Northumberland...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508044&in_page_id=1770
Robin Birley is the archaeologist who discovered the Roman writings at Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall. That discovery is talked about in this article, as well as the forthcoming exhibit on Hadrian.
Underwater City Could Be Revealed
BBC News
Britain's own underwater "Atlantis" could be revealed for the first time with high-tech underwater cameras...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7187239.stm
Archaeologists Find 2000 Year Old Golden Ring
Norway Post
In the county of Vestfold, archaeoligists have found a solid gold ring which they believe is around 2000 years old...
http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=115816
Search For Castle's Secret Tunnels
icWales
A NETWORK of secret tunnels could be uncovered under a Welsh town today as archaeologists start to excavate the site of a former castle and prison...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/01/14/search-for-castle-s-secret-tunnels-91466-20347017/
New stories as of 4:17 PM:
Medieval artefact rescued by amateur historian
Independent.ie
A "hugely important'' medieval artefact was within minutes of being accidentally dumped before it was retrieved from builders' rubble.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/medieval-artefact-rescued-by-amateur-historian-1265557.html
New stories as of 6:41 AM:
They Came, They Saw... And They Asked For New Underpants
Daily Mail
An archaeologist's life is often a pretty grim one, or so Robin Birley thought as he rooted through a pile of Roman sewage on a windswept fort in the wilds of Northumberland...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=508044&in_page_id=1770
Robin Birley is the archaeologist who discovered the Roman writings at Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall. That discovery is talked about in this article, as well as the forthcoming exhibit on Hadrian.
Underwater City Could Be Revealed
BBC News
Britain's own underwater "Atlantis" could be revealed for the first time with high-tech underwater cameras...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7187239.stm
Archaeologists Find 2000 Year Old Golden Ring
Norway Post
In the county of Vestfold, archaeoligists have found a solid gold ring which they believe is around 2000 years old...
http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=115816
Search For Castle's Secret Tunnels
icWales
A NETWORK of secret tunnels could be uncovered under a Welsh town today as archaeologists start to excavate the site of a former castle and prison...
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/01/14/search-for-castle-s-secret-tunnels-91466-20347017/
Thursday, January 3, 2008
January 3rd News
Now that the holidays are over, I'm returning to a more or less regular daily posting here.
New stories as of 8:32 AM:
Satellites Build A Picture Of The Past
Cosmos
Gone are the days of a fearless Indiana Jones battling through the jungle in search of ancient treasures. Today's archaeologists are using high-tech tools, from NASA satellites to Google Earth, do the hard work for them...
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1764
Race To Save Lascaux Cave Art, Prehistoric 'Sistine Chapel'
Wired
It was discovered by a dog called Robot, and has survived 17,000 years of climate change and human history. But the world's most famous cave art at Lascaux, France - dubbed prehistory's "Sistine Chapel" - could end up on a World Heritage in Danger list...
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/01/race-to-save-la.html
France Racing To Save Lascaux Cave Paintings From Fungus
CBC.ca
The French government is taking emergency action to rescue the celebrated cave paintings of the Lascaux caverns from a fungus...
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/01/02/lascaux-caves.html
Ancient Civilization Found
CFP
Reported at the end of last year, but missed pretty much everywhere, Russian archaeologists working in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of, what must have been at its time, a thriving metropolis. Estimated to be from 2,500 years ago, they were found at the bottom of Lake Issyk Kul, in the Kyrgyz mountains...
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1194
Four Years Work - But There's A Silver Lining...
Leicester Mercury
Archaeologists have begun a four-year restoration of a piece of history that could unravel Leicestershire's Roman past...
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132935&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132702&contentPK=19431090&folderPk=77465&pNodeId=132393
Irish Split On Road Near Sacred Site
Marketplace
The Hill of Tara, northwest of Dublin, has a great deal of archaeological and religious significance. Now, the Irish government wants to build a four-lane highway near it. Stephen Beard reports many are protesting...
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/02/road_near_hill_of_tara
The story contains an audio version as well as the text of the audio.
Can Ice Age Art Survive Man's Attempt To Save It?
Times Online
The survival of the most important cave paintings in the world is in doubt because of a severe fungal infection that spread after an air-circulation system was installed to protect them, archaeologists say...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3118897.ece
New stories as of 8:32 AM:
Satellites Build A Picture Of The Past
Cosmos
Gone are the days of a fearless Indiana Jones battling through the jungle in search of ancient treasures. Today's archaeologists are using high-tech tools, from NASA satellites to Google Earth, do the hard work for them...
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1764
Race To Save Lascaux Cave Art, Prehistoric 'Sistine Chapel'
Wired
It was discovered by a dog called Robot, and has survived 17,000 years of climate change and human history. But the world's most famous cave art at Lascaux, France - dubbed prehistory's "Sistine Chapel" - could end up on a World Heritage in Danger list...
http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/01/race-to-save-la.html
France Racing To Save Lascaux Cave Paintings From Fungus
CBC.ca
The French government is taking emergency action to rescue the celebrated cave paintings of the Lascaux caverns from a fungus...
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/01/02/lascaux-caves.html
Ancient Civilization Found
CFP
Reported at the end of last year, but missed pretty much everywhere, Russian archaeologists working in Kyrgyzstan have discovered the remains of, what must have been at its time, a thriving metropolis. Estimated to be from 2,500 years ago, they were found at the bottom of Lake Issyk Kul, in the Kyrgyz mountains...
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1194
Four Years Work - But There's A Silver Lining...
Leicester Mercury
Archaeologists have begun a four-year restoration of a piece of history that could unravel Leicestershire's Roman past...
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132935&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132702&contentPK=19431090&folderPk=77465&pNodeId=132393
Irish Split On Road Near Sacred Site
Marketplace
The Hill of Tara, northwest of Dublin, has a great deal of archaeological and religious significance. Now, the Irish government wants to build a four-lane highway near it. Stephen Beard reports many are protesting...
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/01/02/road_near_hill_of_tara
The story contains an audio version as well as the text of the audio.
Can Ice Age Art Survive Man's Attempt To Save It?
Times Online
The survival of the most important cave paintings in the world is in doubt because of a severe fungal infection that spread after an air-circulation system was installed to protect them, archaeologists say...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3118897.ece
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
September 19th News
Today seems to be another slow day, at least this early in the morning.
New stories as of 6:41 AM:
Professor John Crook
The Telegraph
Professor John Crook, who died on September 7 aged 85, was Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge University, an expert on Roman law and legal practice, and a quintessential old-fashioned bachelor don...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/19/db1901.xml
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient City In Turkey's South-West Aegean Province
Daily India
Ankara, Sept 19: Archaeologists are unearthing the ancient city of Tabea in the Aegean province of Denizli in south-west Turkey...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/175335.php/Archaeologists-unearth-ancient-city-in-Turkeys-south-west-Aegean-province
Skeletons Found On Rathdowney Building Site
Laois Nationalist
THE skeletal remains of a mother and baby, believed to be 1,500 years old, were unearthed during excavation work for a new house near Rathdowney last week...
http://www.laois-nationalist.ie/news/story.asp?j=26723&cat=news
Bronze Age Building Uncovered Near Gaza
Jerusalem Post
A building from the Late Bronze Age apparently constructed for Egyptian authorities before the Israelite settlement in the Land of Israel has been uncovered in an excavation on the edge of the Negev desert near the Gaza Strip, Ben-Gurion University announced Monday...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411422291&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
New stories as of 6:41 AM:
Professor John Crook
The Telegraph
Professor John Crook, who died on September 7 aged 85, was Professor of Ancient History at Cambridge University, an expert on Roman law and legal practice, and a quintessential old-fashioned bachelor don...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/19/db1901.xml
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient City In Turkey's South-West Aegean Province
Daily India
Ankara, Sept 19: Archaeologists are unearthing the ancient city of Tabea in the Aegean province of Denizli in south-west Turkey...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/175335.php/Archaeologists-unearth-ancient-city-in-Turkeys-south-west-Aegean-province
Skeletons Found On Rathdowney Building Site
Laois Nationalist
THE skeletal remains of a mother and baby, believed to be 1,500 years old, were unearthed during excavation work for a new house near Rathdowney last week...
http://www.laois-nationalist.ie/news/story.asp?j=26723&cat=news
Bronze Age Building Uncovered Near Gaza
Jerusalem Post
A building from the Late Bronze Age apparently constructed for Egyptian authorities before the Israelite settlement in the Land of Israel has been uncovered in an excavation on the edge of the Negev desert near the Gaza Strip, Ben-Gurion University announced Monday...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411422291&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Sunday, September 2, 2007
September 2nd News
As usual, a slow Sunday. However, the story on the Gauls is particularly interesting.
New stories as of 12:28 PM:
Italy Takes Its Statues Back Home
Press TV
Two Italian statues, which have been stolen and kept in the United States for many years, will be returned to their original place...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=21493§ionid=351020606
Ireland's Oldest Hillfort Dating Back To 1200 BC Discovered
Daily India
Dublin, Sept 2: Archaeologists from the University College Cork, Ireland, have discovered a hilltop fort dating back to 1200 BC, near Innishannon, which they say could be the first capital of Cork...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/170581.php/Irelands-oldest-hillfort-dating-back-to-1200-BC-discovered
Revealedix: The Gaul Of Asterix Was No Joke
The Daily Telegraph
Fighting with his bare fists, and massively outnumbered, France's cockiest Gaul, Asterix, led a brave rebellion against the Roman occupier...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/02/wgaul102.xml
New stories as of 12:28 PM:
Italy Takes Its Statues Back Home
Press TV
Two Italian statues, which have been stolen and kept in the United States for many years, will be returned to their original place...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=21493§ionid=351020606
Ireland's Oldest Hillfort Dating Back To 1200 BC Discovered
Daily India
Dublin, Sept 2: Archaeologists from the University College Cork, Ireland, have discovered a hilltop fort dating back to 1200 BC, near Innishannon, which they say could be the first capital of Cork...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/170581.php/Irelands-oldest-hillfort-dating-back-to-1200-BC-discovered
Revealedix: The Gaul Of Asterix Was No Joke
The Daily Telegraph
Fighting with his bare fists, and massively outnumbered, France's cockiest Gaul, Asterix, led a brave rebellion against the Roman occupier...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/02/wgaul102.xml
Thursday, August 30, 2007
August 30th News
Running a little late today, but here's the history related news links for today. There's quite a range of stories too.
New stories as of 1:21 PM:
Thousands Of Bulgarian Artefacts Smuggled Abroad - Daily Telegraph
Sofia Echo
Bulgarian law states that all artefacts found in Bulgaria belong to the state, but thousands of smugglers are illegally exporting archaeological finds abroad...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/thousands-of-bulgarian-artefacts-smuggled-abroad-daily-telegraph/id_24631/catid_69
Roman Baths Dangerously Left To Ruin
Malta Star
The flimsy gate guarding the ancient Roman Baths at the picturesque valley leading to Ghajn Tuffieha is about to collapse, just like the roofs of the rooms protecting the priceless mosaics inside them...
http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=14651
Wigan Was Made In The Iron Age
Wigan Observer
They came looking for evidence of Roman Wigan - but archaeologists believe they may have dug even deeper into the town's ancient past by unearthing artefacts from the Iron Age...
http://www.wigantoday.net/wigan-news/Wigan-was-made-in-the.3162804.jp
The Legacy of Alexander The Great
PR-GB
Alexander the Great. The name alone inspires images of a man with a massive army at his back, his face laden with both the burden and the right to sweep the world and bring it under his rule. During his time, and for centuries afterwards, Alexander the Great, son of the infamous Phillip of Macedon, was hailed as one of the great, if not the greatest military commanders of all time...
http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13670&Itemid=9
Sending Out An SOS
Isolated on a high hillock in the middle of Lake Nasser, the monumental complex of Qasr Ibrim displays a collection of archaeological remnants of Egypt's various historical epochs that once witnessed a unique civilisation...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/860/hr1.htm
Burial Clue To Early Urban Strife
BBC News
Archaeologists working in Syria have unearthed the remains of dozens of youths thought to have been killed in a fierce confrontation 6,000 years ago...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6971289.stm
Mesopotamian City Grew Regardless Of Kingly Rule
New Scientist
Contrary to the assumption that ancient cities always grew outwards from a central point, the urban site of Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria appears to have emerged as several nearby settlements melded together, according to researchers' analysis of archaeological evidence...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12562-mesopotamian-city-grew-regardless-of-kingly-rule.html
UCC Archaeologists Uncover Hilltop Fort From 1200 BC Near Innishannon
The Southern Star
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from University College Cork have uncovered the oldest hilltop fort in Ireland on a ridge near Innishannon overlooking huge tracts of County Cork and believe that it was the first capital of Cork...
http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=287
New Evidence: Urbanization Did Not Originate With Centralized Political Power
Science Daily
Science Daily — Ancient cities arose not by decree from a centralized political power, as was previously widely believed, but as the outgrowth of decisions made by smaller groups or individuals, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070830150109.htm
Whack To Head, Not Arrow, Killed Iceman
Discovery News
Aug. 30, 2007 — A final blow to the head, not an arrow wound, killed Ötzi, the 5,000-year-old Iceman found in the Italian Alps, says a new study on the world's oldest and best-preserved mummy...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/30/iceman_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070830094500
New stories as of 1:21 PM:
Thousands Of Bulgarian Artefacts Smuggled Abroad - Daily Telegraph
Sofia Echo
Bulgarian law states that all artefacts found in Bulgaria belong to the state, but thousands of smugglers are illegally exporting archaeological finds abroad...
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/thousands-of-bulgarian-artefacts-smuggled-abroad-daily-telegraph/id_24631/catid_69
Roman Baths Dangerously Left To Ruin
Malta Star
The flimsy gate guarding the ancient Roman Baths at the picturesque valley leading to Ghajn Tuffieha is about to collapse, just like the roofs of the rooms protecting the priceless mosaics inside them...
http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=14651
Wigan Was Made In The Iron Age
Wigan Observer
They came looking for evidence of Roman Wigan - but archaeologists believe they may have dug even deeper into the town's ancient past by unearthing artefacts from the Iron Age...
http://www.wigantoday.net/wigan-news/Wigan-was-made-in-the.3162804.jp
The Legacy of Alexander The Great
PR-GB
Alexander the Great. The name alone inspires images of a man with a massive army at his back, his face laden with both the burden and the right to sweep the world and bring it under his rule. During his time, and for centuries afterwards, Alexander the Great, son of the infamous Phillip of Macedon, was hailed as one of the great, if not the greatest military commanders of all time...
http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13670&Itemid=9
Sending Out An SOS
Isolated on a high hillock in the middle of Lake Nasser, the monumental complex of Qasr Ibrim displays a collection of archaeological remnants of Egypt's various historical epochs that once witnessed a unique civilisation...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/860/hr1.htm
Burial Clue To Early Urban Strife
BBC News
Archaeologists working in Syria have unearthed the remains of dozens of youths thought to have been killed in a fierce confrontation 6,000 years ago...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6971289.stm
Mesopotamian City Grew Regardless Of Kingly Rule
New Scientist
Contrary to the assumption that ancient cities always grew outwards from a central point, the urban site of Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria appears to have emerged as several nearby settlements melded together, according to researchers' analysis of archaeological evidence...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12562-mesopotamian-city-grew-regardless-of-kingly-rule.html
UCC Archaeologists Uncover Hilltop Fort From 1200 BC Near Innishannon
The Southern Star
ARCHAEOLOGISTS from University College Cork have uncovered the oldest hilltop fort in Ireland on a ridge near Innishannon overlooking huge tracts of County Cork and believe that it was the first capital of Cork...
http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=287
New Evidence: Urbanization Did Not Originate With Centralized Political Power
Science Daily
Science Daily — Ancient cities arose not by decree from a centralized political power, as was previously widely believed, but as the outgrowth of decisions made by smaller groups or individuals, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070830150109.htm
Whack To Head, Not Arrow, Killed Iceman
Discovery News
Aug. 30, 2007 — A final blow to the head, not an arrow wound, killed Ötzi, the 5,000-year-old Iceman found in the Italian Alps, says a new study on the world's oldest and best-preserved mummy...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/30/iceman_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070830094500
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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
Saturday, August 18, 2007
August 18th News
I was beginning to wonder if there would be any news today. It's a VERY slow Saturday this morning.
New stories as of 11:23 AM:
Flying Longboat Docks At Viking Exhibition
Independent.ie
THE Viking ship has landed. After a major logistical operation involving some of the biggest cranes in the country, the replica ship which arrived in Ireland from Denmark earlier this week is pictured above by Martin Nolan being hoisted into its new home early yesterday morning...
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/flying-longboat-docks-at-viking-exhibition-1061701.html
New stories as of 11:23 AM:
Flying Longboat Docks At Viking Exhibition
Independent.ie
THE Viking ship has landed. After a major logistical operation involving some of the biggest cranes in the country, the replica ship which arrived in Ireland from Denmark earlier this week is pictured above by Martin Nolan being hoisted into its new home early yesterday morning...
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/flying-longboat-docks-at-viking-exhibition-1061701.html
Monday, August 13, 2007
August 13th News
There should be some new stories for a new week today. Interestingly, all the news I've found today comes from Great Britain.
New stories as of 11:41 AM:
Lead Poisoning On Mendip
Weston & Somerset Mercury
POLLUTION is much in the news today, and is especially linked with industrial processes of modern times...It caused problems in lead mining on Mendip centuries ago...
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/RoundAbout/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=RoundAbout&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=zRoundAbout&itemid=WeED13%20Aug%202007%2011%3A44%3A22%3A080
Village Bids For a Museum To Keep Safe It's Heritage
Weston & Somerset Mercury
HISTORY fans in Cheddar are pushing for a museum to be set up in the village to prevent the area's rich heritage from being lost...
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED13%20Aug%202007%2009%3A40%3A27%3A840
Bronze Age Brew Proves A Vintage Ale
Telegraph.co.uk
Bronze Age man was a bit of a boozer, according to a team of archaeologists who claim to have uncovered evidence of the world's largest prehistoric brewing industry...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/08/13/scibeer113.xml
Castle Dig Unearths Lost Tower
Scotsman
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed the remains of a medieval tower at Edinburgh Castle thought to have been lost forever...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1274532007
Celtic And Anglo Saxon Coinage
PR-GB
The Belgae introduced coins to Britain in the second century BC, but they were used for religious offerings, tribute payments, or even hoarded as evidence of wealth, rather than for trade. The Celtic economy was largely conducted by barter, and Caesar noted that iron ingots substituted for money in Britain...
http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8539&Itemid=9
Archaeologists Unearth 5,000 Year-Old Settlement
The Daily Mail
Archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic settlement dating back nearly 5,000 years....Experts believe the unusual buildings recovered at Ness of Brodgar in Orkney could be as historically significant as the islands' famous Skara Brae village...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=475051&in_page_id=1965
Also published at:
http://www.24dash.com/communities/25980.htm
Voyage Unravels One of Viking Era's Enduring Mysteries
Daily India
London, Aug 13: Archaeologists and historians will solve one of the greatest riddles of the Viking Age when they complete a 1200 mile voyage from Scandinavia to Ireland aboard a giant Viking warship, an exact replica of one built nearly 1000 years ago...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/165175.php/Voyage-unravels-one-of-Viking-eras-enduring-mysteries
Dig Unearths Neolithic Settlement
BBC News
The remains of a massive Neolithic settlement dating back more than 5,000 years have been discovered in Orkney...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6943696.stm
New stories as of 11:41 AM:
Lead Poisoning On Mendip
Weston & Somerset Mercury
POLLUTION is much in the news today, and is especially linked with industrial processes of modern times...It caused problems in lead mining on Mendip centuries ago...
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/RoundAbout/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=RoundAbout&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=zRoundAbout&itemid=WeED13%20Aug%202007%2011%3A44%3A22%3A080
Village Bids For a Museum To Keep Safe It's Heritage
Weston & Somerset Mercury
HISTORY fans in Cheddar are pushing for a museum to be set up in the village to prevent the area's rich heritage from being lost...
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED13%20Aug%202007%2009%3A40%3A27%3A840
Bronze Age Brew Proves A Vintage Ale
Telegraph.co.uk
Bronze Age man was a bit of a boozer, according to a team of archaeologists who claim to have uncovered evidence of the world's largest prehistoric brewing industry...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/08/13/scibeer113.xml
Castle Dig Unearths Lost Tower
Scotsman
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed the remains of a medieval tower at Edinburgh Castle thought to have been lost forever...
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1274532007
Celtic And Anglo Saxon Coinage
PR-GB
The Belgae introduced coins to Britain in the second century BC, but they were used for religious offerings, tribute payments, or even hoarded as evidence of wealth, rather than for trade. The Celtic economy was largely conducted by barter, and Caesar noted that iron ingots substituted for money in Britain...
http://pr-gb.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8539&Itemid=9
Archaeologists Unearth 5,000 Year-Old Settlement
The Daily Mail
Archaeologists have discovered a Neolithic settlement dating back nearly 5,000 years....Experts believe the unusual buildings recovered at Ness of Brodgar in Orkney could be as historically significant as the islands' famous Skara Brae village...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=475051&in_page_id=1965
Also published at:
http://www.24dash.com/communities/25980.htm
Voyage Unravels One of Viking Era's Enduring Mysteries
Daily India
London, Aug 13: Archaeologists and historians will solve one of the greatest riddles of the Viking Age when they complete a 1200 mile voyage from Scandinavia to Ireland aboard a giant Viking warship, an exact replica of one built nearly 1000 years ago...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/165175.php/Voyage-unravels-one-of-Viking-eras-enduring-mysteries
Dig Unearths Neolithic Settlement
BBC News
The remains of a massive Neolithic settlement dating back more than 5,000 years have been discovered in Orkney...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6943696.stm
Saturday, August 11, 2007
August 11th News
The possible Irish brewery seems to be the big story today. However, it's not the only story so far today.
New stories as of 10:01 PM:
Viking Replica Ship To Arrive In Ireland
The Post
After six weeks at sea, 65 crew members will row the Sea Stallion Viking ship up the Liffey this week...
http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=25832-qqqx=1.asp
Modern Vikings Replica In Epic Journey
The Independent
An extraordinary voyage by a team of archaeologists and historians has begun to solve some of the greatest riddles of the Viking age. On Tuesday, a giant Viking warship, an exact replica of one built nearly 1,000 years ago, will complete a 1,200-mile trip from Scandinavia to Ireland...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2856867.ece
New stories as of 11:36 AM:
Sending Them Home
The Economist
THE Getty Museum in Los Angeles agreed to return 40 of its treasures to Italy earlier this month, resolving a dispute that had rumbled on for several years. The Italian government argued that all the items had been stolen or looted in the first place...
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9637669
Borders Fixed For 2 Ancient Sites In Ioannina
Athens News Agency
Greece's culture ministry this week announced decisions delineating the boundaries of two noted archaeological sites in Ioannina prefecture, in the northwest Epirus province, and specifically, for the Passarona and Tekmonos (Τκω) sites...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=5596820&maindocimg=4372138&service=100
Archaeologists Battle Against All Odds To Save Allianoi
Turkish Daily News
Days ahead of the flooding due to the creation of the Yortanlı dam, archeologists battle to gain the right to excavate before the ancient thermal city of Allianoi is lost forever...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=80597
How Bronze Age Man Enjoyed His Pint
BBC News
Bronze Age Irishmen were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6941951.stm
Bodies Found During Park Restoration
Evening Star24
PEOPLE relaxing on the front lawn of Ipswich's Christchurch Park today may be in for a shock - for just 30 centimetres below them lie the remains of up to 100 bodies...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED10%20Aug%202007%2013%3A54%3A03%3A707
Bodies Found In Ipswich Park
Evening Star24
PICNICKERS using Ipswich's favourite park could be forgiven for choking on their sandwiches today after it emerged the skeletons of up to 100 people are lying just centimetres below them...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED10%20Aug%202007%2014%3A08%3A13%3A563
Bronze Age Brewery
Channel 4 News
Bronze Age Irish men were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, according to two archaeologists...
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/general/water_cooler_moments/bronze+age+brewery/668657
New stories as of 10:01 PM:
Viking Replica Ship To Arrive In Ireland
The Post
After six weeks at sea, 65 crew members will row the Sea Stallion Viking ship up the Liffey this week...
http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=25832-qqqx=1.asp
Modern Vikings Replica In Epic Journey
The Independent
An extraordinary voyage by a team of archaeologists and historians has begun to solve some of the greatest riddles of the Viking age. On Tuesday, a giant Viking warship, an exact replica of one built nearly 1,000 years ago, will complete a 1,200-mile trip from Scandinavia to Ireland...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2856867.ece
New stories as of 11:36 AM:
Sending Them Home
The Economist
THE Getty Museum in Los Angeles agreed to return 40 of its treasures to Italy earlier this month, resolving a dispute that had rumbled on for several years. The Italian government argued that all the items had been stolen or looted in the first place...
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9637669
Borders Fixed For 2 Ancient Sites In Ioannina
Athens News Agency
Greece's culture ministry this week announced decisions delineating the boundaries of two noted archaeological sites in Ioannina prefecture, in the northwest Epirus province, and specifically, for the Passarona and Tekmonos (Τκω) sites...
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=5596820&maindocimg=4372138&service=100
Archaeologists Battle Against All Odds To Save Allianoi
Turkish Daily News
Days ahead of the flooding due to the creation of the Yortanlı dam, archeologists battle to gain the right to excavate before the ancient thermal city of Allianoi is lost forever...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=80597
How Bronze Age Man Enjoyed His Pint
BBC News
Bronze Age Irishmen were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6941951.stm
Bodies Found During Park Restoration
Evening Star24
PEOPLE relaxing on the front lawn of Ipswich's Christchurch Park today may be in for a shock - for just 30 centimetres below them lie the remains of up to 100 bodies...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED10%20Aug%202007%2013%3A54%3A03%3A707
Bodies Found In Ipswich Park
Evening Star24
PICNICKERS using Ipswich's favourite park could be forgiven for choking on their sandwiches today after it emerged the skeletons of up to 100 people are lying just centimetres below them...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED10%20Aug%202007%2014%3A08%3A13%3A563
Bronze Age Brewery
Channel 4 News
Bronze Age Irish men were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, according to two archaeologists...
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/general/water_cooler_moments/bronze+age+brewery/668657
Friday, August 10, 2007
August 10th News
There's a wide range of stories so far today. Some from previous days, and some new ones as well.
New stories as of 2:43 PM:
Monument May Have Been Brewery
Tyrone Times
Bronze Age Irish men were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed...
http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/latest-irish-news?articleid=3103767
Pompeii Exhibit Bound For Museum Of Art In October
NBC13.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The largest collection of artifacts from the ancient city of Pompeii and environs ever to leave Italy will be shown at the Birmingham Museum of Art October 14, 2007 to January 27, 2008...
http://www.nbc13.com/gulfcoastwest/vtm/features.apx.-content-articles-VTM-2007-08-10-0020.html
Huge Quake Lurks Off Lebanese Coast
Discovery News
Aug. 9, 2007 — The source of one of history's most catastrophic events, the tsunami-generating 551 A.D. Beirut-Tripoli earthquake, lies dangerously just four miles off Lebanon's coast, according to a new underwater survey by an international team of geophysicists...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/09/bigquake_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070809093030
New stories as of 11:22 AM:
Discovery Of Middle Asia Cities Recasts Ancient History
LiveScience
New discoveries at dig sites in Middle Asia are rocking the archeological world and redefining the origins of modern civilization...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070809_origins_civilization.html
Huge Hadrian Statue Found In Turkish Archaeological Dig
CBC.ca
Pieces of a giant, detailed statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian have been unearthed at an archeological dig in the ancient city of Sagalassos, in south-central Turkey...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/08/10/hadrian-statue.html
Archaeologists Recreate Ancient Irish Beer
IndiPRWire
Billy Quinn and Declan Moore, two archaeologists with Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services (Moore Group) in Galway, believe that an extensive brewing tradition existed in Ireland as far back as 2500 BC. In an article to be published in Archaeology Ireland next month, they detail their experiments and research into the enigmatic site that is the fulacht fiadh...
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/environmental-services/200708104056.htm
Remains of 8000 Year Old Stone Age Settlement Found Under English Channel
Daily India
Washington, Aug 10: Archaeologists have found the remains of a busy Stone Age settlement dating back 8000 years on the floor of the English Channel...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/164554.php/Remains-of-8000-year-old-Stone-Age-settlement-found-under-English-Channel
Underwater Stone Age Village Found Near Isle Of Wight
China View
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Erosion on the seabed of the English Channel near the Isle of Wight is uncovering the remains of a thriving Stone Age village from the time when Britain and Europe were still connected by a land bridge, a team of archaeologists reports...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/10/content_6508647.htm
Ancient Monument May Have Been Bronze Age Brewery
Evening Echo
Two Galway archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments around Ireland may have been used for brewing ale...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=187335360&p=y8733594x&n=187335969
Excavating An Emperor
BBC Focus
Only the head, foot and leg of the statue of Hadrian have been unearthed so far, but the excavators can already see that the effigy is exquisitely carved and stood 4-5m tall. The monument is dated to the early part of Hadrian’s reign – roughly AD117 – and was found under the ruins of a bath house at the archaeological site of Sagalassos in south-western Turkey...
http://www.focusmag.co.uk/newsread.asp?ID=32946
English Were Dedicated Followers Of French Fashion 1,400 Years Ago
Times Online
The British, it seems, have assiduously followed European fashion trends for years. It now turns out that it may have been for centuries...
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article2231406.ece
Mummy Birds Recovered From Egypt Factory
National Geographic News
Egyptian antiquities authorities have obtained eight mummified birds that had been displayed in a textile factory for nearly a century...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070809-mummy-birds.html
New stories as of 2:43 PM:
Monument May Have Been Brewery
Tyrone Times
Bronze Age Irish men were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed...
http://www.tyronetimes.co.uk/latest-irish-news?articleid=3103767
Pompeii Exhibit Bound For Museum Of Art In October
NBC13.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The largest collection of artifacts from the ancient city of Pompeii and environs ever to leave Italy will be shown at the Birmingham Museum of Art October 14, 2007 to January 27, 2008...
http://www.nbc13.com/gulfcoastwest/vtm/features.apx.-content-articles-VTM-2007-08-10-0020.html
Huge Quake Lurks Off Lebanese Coast
Discovery News
Aug. 9, 2007 — The source of one of history's most catastrophic events, the tsunami-generating 551 A.D. Beirut-Tripoli earthquake, lies dangerously just four miles off Lebanon's coast, according to a new underwater survey by an international team of geophysicists...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/08/09/bigquake_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070809093030
New stories as of 11:22 AM:
Discovery Of Middle Asia Cities Recasts Ancient History
LiveScience
New discoveries at dig sites in Middle Asia are rocking the archeological world and redefining the origins of modern civilization...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070809_origins_civilization.html
Huge Hadrian Statue Found In Turkish Archaeological Dig
CBC.ca
Pieces of a giant, detailed statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian have been unearthed at an archeological dig in the ancient city of Sagalassos, in south-central Turkey...
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/08/10/hadrian-statue.html
Archaeologists Recreate Ancient Irish Beer
IndiPRWire
Billy Quinn and Declan Moore, two archaeologists with Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services (Moore Group) in Galway, believe that an extensive brewing tradition existed in Ireland as far back as 2500 BC. In an article to be published in Archaeology Ireland next month, they detail their experiments and research into the enigmatic site that is the fulacht fiadh...
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/environmental-services/200708104056.htm
Remains of 8000 Year Old Stone Age Settlement Found Under English Channel
Daily India
Washington, Aug 10: Archaeologists have found the remains of a busy Stone Age settlement dating back 8000 years on the floor of the English Channel...
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/164554.php/Remains-of-8000-year-old-Stone-Age-settlement-found-under-English-Channel
Underwater Stone Age Village Found Near Isle Of Wight
China View
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Erosion on the seabed of the English Channel near the Isle of Wight is uncovering the remains of a thriving Stone Age village from the time when Britain and Europe were still connected by a land bridge, a team of archaeologists reports...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/10/content_6508647.htm
Ancient Monument May Have Been Bronze Age Brewery
Evening Echo
Two Galway archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments around Ireland may have been used for brewing ale...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=187335360&p=y8733594x&n=187335969
Excavating An Emperor
BBC Focus
Only the head, foot and leg of the statue of Hadrian have been unearthed so far, but the excavators can already see that the effigy is exquisitely carved and stood 4-5m tall. The monument is dated to the early part of Hadrian’s reign – roughly AD117 – and was found under the ruins of a bath house at the archaeological site of Sagalassos in south-western Turkey...
http://www.focusmag.co.uk/newsread.asp?ID=32946
English Were Dedicated Followers Of French Fashion 1,400 Years Ago
Times Online
The British, it seems, have assiduously followed European fashion trends for years. It now turns out that it may have been for centuries...
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article2231406.ece
Mummy Birds Recovered From Egypt Factory
National Geographic News
Egyptian antiquities authorities have obtained eight mummified birds that had been displayed in a textile factory for nearly a century...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070809-mummy-birds.html
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Monday, July 30, 2007
July 30th News
It's a new week starting, and there are some new stories to go with it.
New stories as of 3:11 PM:
Archaeologist Uncover Possible Medieval Mosque In Sicily
Physorg
Earlier this summer, while standing in an archaeological pit adjacent to an ancient hilltop castle in west-central Sicily, Northern Illinois University graduate student Bill Balco could literally reach out and touch the centuries—even the millennia...
http://www.physorg.com/news105029488.html
New stories as of 11:52 AM:
Medieval Mosque Discovered In Sicily
Monsters and Critics
DEKALB, IL, United States (UPI) -- U.S. archaeologists working at a dig in Sicily have uncovered what is believed to be the ruins of a 9th or 10th century medieval mosque...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1336672.php/Medieval_mosque_discovered_in_Sicily
Also published in:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/88289.html
EU Officials Urge Halt To Tara Motorway Work
Evening Echo
EU officials have called on the Government to halt work on part of the M3 motorway after concern was expressed about the impact on newly discovered ruins at the Hill of Tara, it emerged today...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=226829328&p=zz683xx34&n=226830088
Viking Graves Discovered
The Post Chronicle
An estimated 120 graves and a large hall are among the new evidence archaeologists recently discovered of Norway's Viking past...
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21294934.shtml
Also located at:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/88166.html
Egypt's Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered, Experts Announce
Kazinform
NEW YORK. July 30. KAZINFORM. The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced on Sunday...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=153959
Up Close With Saxon Ancestors
EDP24
More tantalising glimpses of a 1200-year-old civilisation have emerged from the chalky soil of a Norfolk wheat field...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED30%20Jul%202007%2010%3A32%3A54%3A897
New stories as of 3:11 PM:
Archaeologist Uncover Possible Medieval Mosque In Sicily
Physorg
Earlier this summer, while standing in an archaeological pit adjacent to an ancient hilltop castle in west-central Sicily, Northern Illinois University graduate student Bill Balco could literally reach out and touch the centuries—even the millennia...
http://www.physorg.com/news105029488.html
New stories as of 11:52 AM:
Medieval Mosque Discovered In Sicily
Monsters and Critics
DEKALB, IL, United States (UPI) -- U.S. archaeologists working at a dig in Sicily have uncovered what is believed to be the ruins of a 9th or 10th century medieval mosque...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1336672.php/Medieval_mosque_discovered_in_Sicily
Also published in:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/88289.html
EU Officials Urge Halt To Tara Motorway Work
Evening Echo
EU officials have called on the Government to halt work on part of the M3 motorway after concern was expressed about the impact on newly discovered ruins at the Hill of Tara, it emerged today...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=226829328&p=zz683xx34&n=226830088
Viking Graves Discovered
The Post Chronicle
An estimated 120 graves and a large hall are among the new evidence archaeologists recently discovered of Norway's Viking past...
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21294934.shtml
Also located at:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/88166.html
Egypt's Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered, Experts Announce
Kazinform
NEW YORK. July 30. KAZINFORM. The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced on Sunday...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=153959
Up Close With Saxon Ancestors
EDP24
More tantalising glimpses of a 1200-year-old civilisation have emerged from the chalky soil of a Norfolk wheat field...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED30%20Jul%202007%2010%3A32%3A54%3A897
Thursday, July 26, 2007
July 26th News
Art, Sports, Nature, and a previously unknown city. There's lots to choose from today.
New stories as of 5:50 PM:
Researchers Find Evidence of Hidden City
Fox News
CAIRO, Egypt — Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalize his name amid his quest to conquer the world _ but his was apparently not the first city on the famed site on Egypt's Mediterranean coast...
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul26/0,4670,EgyptBeforeAlexander,00.html
Is Fake Big Toe From Ancient Egypt World's First Known Prosthetic?
940 Montreal
TORONTO (CP) - A British researcher is taking steps to prove whether an artificial big toe found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy is actually the world's earliest known functional prosthetic body part...
http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=23&id=726112
New stories as of 10:44 AM:
Athens Show Sheds Light On Sculptor Praxiteles
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - He dared to bare Aphrodite, becoming one of antiquity's most popular sculptors and influencing art through the centuries but precious little of Praxiteles' work has survived...
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL2621441820070726
Photo In The News: "World's Longest Tusks" Among Greek Mastodon Find
National Geographic News
July 26, 2007—This is one ancient animal that brings a whole new meaning to being long in the tooth...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070726-mastodon-tusks.html
Geologists Uncover Evidence Of City Hidden Beneath Alexandria
International Herald Tribune
CAIRO, Egypt: Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalize his name on his way to conquer the world, but his may not have been the first city on the famed site on Egypt's Mediterranean coast...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/26/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Alex-Before-Alexander.php
KPI Granted Exclusive Access To Newly Discovered Sunken Roman Forts In Irish Sea Off England
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KPI, a unit of Lightworks Producing Group (LPG), a multi-faceted television production company and part of vertically integrated Lightworks Enterprises, Inc., today announced that it has been granted exclusive television access to document the newly discovered sunken forts of Meols.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-26-2007/0004633291&EDATE=
Egyptians Played Ancient Version Of Bowling 2000 Years Back
Daily India
Washington, July 26: Egyptians played an ancient version of bowling between the second and third century AD, recent excavations some 56 miles south of capital Cairo by a team of Italian archaeologists has revealed....
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/160427.php/Egyptians-played-ancient-version-of-bowling-2000-years-back
Evidence Found Of City Beneath Alexandria
Mathaba News Agency
Scientists have found hidden underwater traces of a city that existed at Alexandria seven centuries before Alexander the Great swept through Egypt during his quest to conquer the known world...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=558788
Ancient Egyptians Played Ball Games
ShortNews.com
The ancient Egyptians once played a ball game that seemed to be a mixture of bowling, billiards and bowls, according to Italian archaeologists. The team found a room where the game used to be played at a dig site south of Cairo.
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=63813
Tenth Century Burial Ground Uncovered At Construction Site
Kyiv Post
A burial ground dating back to the 10th century was found on the construction site of a new office center alongside the Dnipro River in Kyiv’s Podil district. City officials backed the construction company’s right to continue building at the location, while the developer has pledged Hr 300,000 ($60,000) to help investigate the site thought to be an early Christian cemetery near the Poshtova Ploshcha metro station...
http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/27009/
New stories as of 5:50 PM:
Researchers Find Evidence of Hidden City
Fox News
CAIRO, Egypt — Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalize his name amid his quest to conquer the world _ but his was apparently not the first city on the famed site on Egypt's Mediterranean coast...
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul26/0,4670,EgyptBeforeAlexander,00.html
Is Fake Big Toe From Ancient Egypt World's First Known Prosthetic?
940 Montreal
TORONTO (CP) - A British researcher is taking steps to prove whether an artificial big toe found attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy is actually the world's earliest known functional prosthetic body part...
http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php?cat=23&id=726112
New stories as of 10:44 AM:
Athens Show Sheds Light On Sculptor Praxiteles
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - He dared to bare Aphrodite, becoming one of antiquity's most popular sculptors and influencing art through the centuries but precious little of Praxiteles' work has survived...
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL2621441820070726
Photo In The News: "World's Longest Tusks" Among Greek Mastodon Find
National Geographic News
July 26, 2007—This is one ancient animal that brings a whole new meaning to being long in the tooth...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070726-mastodon-tusks.html
Geologists Uncover Evidence Of City Hidden Beneath Alexandria
International Herald Tribune
CAIRO, Egypt: Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalize his name on his way to conquer the world, but his may not have been the first city on the famed site on Egypt's Mediterranean coast...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/26/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Alex-Before-Alexander.php
KPI Granted Exclusive Access To Newly Discovered Sunken Roman Forts In Irish Sea Off England
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KPI, a unit of Lightworks Producing Group (LPG), a multi-faceted television production company and part of vertically integrated Lightworks Enterprises, Inc., today announced that it has been granted exclusive television access to document the newly discovered sunken forts of Meols.
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-26-2007/0004633291&EDATE=
Egyptians Played Ancient Version Of Bowling 2000 Years Back
Daily India
Washington, July 26: Egyptians played an ancient version of bowling between the second and third century AD, recent excavations some 56 miles south of capital Cairo by a team of Italian archaeologists has revealed....
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/160427.php/Egyptians-played-ancient-version-of-bowling-2000-years-back
Evidence Found Of City Beneath Alexandria
Mathaba News Agency
Scientists have found hidden underwater traces of a city that existed at Alexandria seven centuries before Alexander the Great swept through Egypt during his quest to conquer the known world...
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=558788
Ancient Egyptians Played Ball Games
ShortNews.com
The ancient Egyptians once played a ball game that seemed to be a mixture of bowling, billiards and bowls, according to Italian archaeologists. The team found a room where the game used to be played at a dig site south of Cairo.
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=63813
Tenth Century Burial Ground Uncovered At Construction Site
Kyiv Post
A burial ground dating back to the 10th century was found on the construction site of a new office center alongside the Dnipro River in Kyiv’s Podil district. City officials backed the construction company’s right to continue building at the location, while the developer has pledged Hr 300,000 ($60,000) to help investigate the site thought to be an early Christian cemetery near the Poshtova Ploshcha metro station...
http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/27009/
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