October 15th News

There's really only one story today it seems. Below are the main variations on the Acropolis Museum move story which have come to light so far today.

New stories as of 5:55 AM:

Greek Museum Move Raises Debate Over Elgin Marbles
The List
A massive operation is underway to remove some 4,500 antiquities from the Acropolis in Greece to a purpose-built museum 400 yards below...
http://www.list.co.uk/article/5206-greek-museum-move-raises-debate-over-elgin-marbles/

In Pictures: Sculptures Moved From Acropolis
BBC News
The Greek authorities have begun using cranes to winch thousands of ancient sculptures housed in a museum on the Acropolis to a new museum below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7044576.stm

After 2,500 Years, Parthenon Treasures Move To New Home
Guardian Unlimited
A collective gasp filled the air early yesterday as a blue crate containing a 2.5-tonne slab of marble universally viewed as one of the most important works of antiquity, was hoisted by a giant crane from the Acropolis...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2191429,00.html

Greek Authorities Move Parthenon To The New Acropolis Museum
eFluxMedia
About 2,400 years after Pericles built the Parthenon to honor the cultural and political achievements of the Athenians, the Greek authorities began operations moving the well-known sculptures from the Acropolis to a new museum located below the Athens landmark...
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Greek_Authorities_Move_Parthenon_to_the_New_Acropolis_Museum_09609.html

Cranes Move Acropolis Sculptures
BBC News
Greece has begun moving the ancient sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens to a new home - a museum at the foot of the hilltop citadel...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7044407.stm

Historic Move Leaves Place For Elgin Marbles
The Scotsman
FOR 25 centuries they have stood atop the Acropolis in Greece, treasured among the most exquisite artefacts of the ancient world. The priceless marble carvings and sculptures have withstood wars and earthquakes, looters, pollution and storms...
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1643912007

Greek Authorities Begin Moving Acropolis Statues To New Home
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — Three giant cranes began the painstaking task Sunday of transferring hundreds of iconic statues and friezes from the Acropolis to an ultra-modern museum located below the ancient Athens landmark...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iGvI0GWqG0-T_c2lYHTqwXjAT1Kw

1st Of Acropolis Sculptures Successfully Transferred By Crane To New Museum At Foot Of Ancient Greek Citadel
SignOnSanDiego.com
ATHENS, Greece – The first of the Acropolis' ancient sculptures was gingerly plucked from the top of the Parthenon temple and successfully transferred Sunday to a new museum at the foot of the hilltop citadel...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20071014-0518-greece-acropolismuseum.html

Factbox: Facts About Acropolis Move
Reuters
Greece on Sunday began moving Classical Age treasures by crane from the Athens Acropolis to a new museum at the bottom of the hill...
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1453876120071014

Greece Hoists Parthenon Sculptures To New Home
Reuters Canada
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Sunday began moving the ancient sculptures from the temples of the Athens Acropolis to a new museum, designed specifically to prod the British Museum into returning its own prized collection of Parthenon marbles...
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-10-14T154926Z_01_L1453046_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-GREECE-ACROPOLIS-COL.XML&archived=False

Medieval Church Moved 50 Miles
UKTV
A Medieval church in Wales has been moved stone by stone to a museum...
http://uktv.co.uk/history/news/aid/594817

Depot With Venetian Silver Coins Excavated
MPT Online
A depot with 2,383 Venetian silver 14th century coins, all put in a ceramic dish, is the latest excavation of archaeologists at Plaosnik in Ohrid...
http://www.mrt.com.mk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3839&Itemid=3

September 1st News

It's a long week-end so there are fewer newspapers reporting, and so, less news.

New stories as of 11:21 AM:

Pristine Pre-Roman Tomb Discovered In Italy
National Geographic News
A 2,200-year-old tomb has been discovered completely intact in central Italy, revealing the remains and ornate possessions of some 30 Etruscans, members of the ancient civilization that ruled the region before the rise of Rome.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070831-italy-tomb.html

Two Marble Sculptures To Return To Sicily
The New York Times
MILAN — A modest archaeological museum in Aidone, Sicily, is heralding the return of two sixth-century B.C. marble sculptures that have haunting smiles and a somewhat mysterious past. The artifacts are believed to have been looted from Morgantina, an ancient Greek settlement whose ruins lie next to Aidone...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/arts/design/01rest.html?ref=arts

Ancient Cities Discovered In Middle-East
The Age
EXCAVATIONS at a 6000-year-old archaeological mound in north-eastern Syria called Tell Brak are providing an alternative explanation for how the first cities may have grown...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/ancient-cities-uncovered-in-middle-east/2007/09/01/1188067433371.html

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