June 30th News

The news today covers all the time-periods for this list: prehistory, classical and medieval.

New stories as of 8:47 AM:

Egypt Retrieves A 2500-Year-Old Stone Relief From Bonhams Auction House In London
PR-Inside
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt said Monday 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.pr-inside.com/egypt-retrieves-a-2-500-year-old-stone-r674800.htm
Also published at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/30/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Antiquities.php

Thracian Tomb Unearthed In Bulgaria
Southeast European Times
Bulgarian archaeologists discover an ancient Thracian tomb in Bulgaria. Also in the news: Greek companies use graphological analysis to hire new employees, and Macedonia inaugurates a solar energy testing lab...
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2008/06/30/roundup-st-03

Archaeologists Piece Together Prehistoric Mann
Isle Of Man Today
AS aircraft soar into the sky, a team of archaeologists are busy piecing together the lives of prehistoric Mann...
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Archaeologists-piece-together-prehistoric-Mann.4235659.jp
The article has a link to both a photo slide-show and a video of the archaeological dig.

Vikings Believed That Their Dead Played Board Games On Their Way...
Top News
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http://www.topnews.in/vikings-believed-their-dead-played-board-games-their-way-afterlife-250118
I can't get the link to work, but hopefully that's only because the site is too busy.

Cemex Find Neolithic House In Quarry
Builders Merchants Journal
Building materials group Cemex, owners of the Rugby Cement brand, have found a 5000 year old house and other prehistoric items in a quarry in Berkshire...
http://www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net/news/news.asp?id=5312&title=Cemex+find+Neolithic+house+in+quarry

Histories: Viking Longships Brought Rape, Pillage And Cod
New Scientist
Just over a thousand years ago, a Viking chieftain named Ohthere paid a visit to England and the court of King Alfred. An intrepid mariner, Ohthere told the king about his homeland in Arctic Norway, and described long sea voyages around what are now Norway and Denmark...
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826622.400-histories-viking-longships-brought-rape-pillage-and-cod.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_mg19826622.400

Syria Unearths 2,300-Year-Old Pharonic Engraving
Yahoo! News
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian archaeologists have unearthed a hieroglyph close to Damascus which dates back to the pharaonic period around 1,300 years BC, the official SANA news agency reported on Saturday...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080628/lf_afp/syriaarchaeology_080628171204;_ylt=ApllVQvWjNxCpX3SHGqmZ.pFeQoB

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/

October 10th News

Back to the semi-irregular early start. And and interesting midday update.

New stories as of 1:03 PM:

Report: Ancient Roman graveyard found in suburban Copenhagen
International Herald Tribune
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Archaeologists have discovered a Roman cemetery from about 300 A.D. in suburban Copenhagen with about 30 graves, a newspaper reported Wednesday...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/10/europe/EU-GEN-Denmark-Roman-Graveyard.php

Ancient Roman Coins Found in Portugal
Associated Press
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Archaeologists excavating a site in northeastern Portugal discovered 4,500 ancient Roman coins tucked away inside a wall...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gzRSlQD-bM9LpsiadUaYAt05EhKgD8S6FKN81
Also published at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/10/europe/EU-GEN-Portugal-Roman-Coins.php

Anti-Flood Work Halted Due To Roman Find
Kathimerini
Authorities in Laconia, in the southern Peloponnese, yesterday expressed concern after state archaeologists ordered workers cleaning the bed of a local river to suspend their activities as the ruins of an ancient Roman home may be on the site...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100018_10/10/2007_88765

New stories as of 6:25 AM:

Trial And Error Led To Machine That Changed History
Xinhuan News
BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Trial and error or hit and miss? Either way you look at it, catapults were invented by ancient Greek craftsmen and put into practice long before the advent of mathematical models that revolutionized ancient technologies, a study of ancient texts suggests...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/10/content_6858355.htm

Treasures Moving To New Acropolis Museum
Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — One of Greece's most modern buildings is about to become home to some of the country's most treasured antiquities...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i67NIiqRczu4bMznU5Q5-OuHEZXAD8S5T5680

Manuscript Discovery Brings Medieval Music To Life
Exduco.net
Medieval history comes to life at Harvard University on Oct. 18, when students and guest musicians collaborate in the North American premiere of an 800-year-old chant repertory from Harvard’s Houghton Library...
http://www.exduco.net/news.php?id=2417

Vandalism Hurts Norwegian Rock Carvings
Science Daily
OSLO, Norway, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Norwegian archaeologists believe the vandals who damaged ancient rock carvings are actually people with misguided ideas on making them more visible...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20071009-18230200-bc-norway-petroglyphs.xml

October 6th News

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

New stories as of 11:15 AM:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 29th News

I know, I've missed the last couple of days posts. However, it's term time again, so it might happen some more.

Let's see what I missed over the last couple of days.

New stories as of 12:05 PM:

Polish Atomic Physicists Study Egyptian Frescoes
Science & Scholarship In Poland
Thousands of years ago, Egyptians knew many complicated methods of producing dyes. They used them to create many magnificent frescoes, which cover the walls of temples, royal palaces and tombs...
http://en.naukawpolsce.pl/palio/html.run?_Instance=cms_naukapl.pap.pl&_PageID=1&s=szablon.depesza&dz=archeology&dep=66435&data=&lang=EN&_CheckSum=-2028132824

Greece to Create Alexander The Great Museum
AFP
ATHENS (AFP) — Greece will dedicate a museum to Alexander the Great in the northern town of Pella, his birthplace and the seat of the Macedonian kingdom that ruled an empire from Europe to India, an official said Friday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5heCDujybwOy4h1Rivjs-GRFTTE9A

Archaeologists Discover 2000 Year Old Source Of Jewish Temple Stones
Israel Insider
Israeli archaeologists said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the giant stones he used in the renovation of the biblical Second Temple compound -- solving a mystery that has troubled scholars for centuries and offering insight into the construction process of the holiest site in Judaism...
http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Travel/12135.htm

Louvre's Largest Travelling Exhibit Brings Roman Art To The Midwest
The Canadian Press
INDIANAPOLIS - The largest travelling exhibit ever mounted by the Louvre - a dazzling collection of Roman statuary, treasures and everyday objects - begins with a marble lineup of the scheming royals whose lives of intrigue were captured in the acclaimed 1970s TV miniseries "I, Claudius."...
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jm6CYv9UxzU_bhG6y0lf9zwy9FRg

Viking Era Cabin Discovered In Norway's West Fjords
New Kerala
London, Sept.29 : Norwegian archaeologists have reportedly discovered a Viking era cabin on the island Hrútey in Mjóifjördur Fjord in Ísafjardardjúp, also known as the West Fjords...
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=6734

1000-Year-Old Portable Altar Discovered In Sweden
New Kerala
Stockholm, Sept 28 : Archaeologists have uncovered a 1,000-year-old portable altar at an excavation site in Varnhem in western Sweden...
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=6427

Ancient Pharaoh Temple Discovered Inside Egypt Mosque
National Geographic News
Parts of a temple dating to the reign of pharaoh Ramses II have been discovered inside a mosque in Luxor, Egypt, officials report (see map)...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070927-egypt-temple.html

September 14th News

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

New stories as of 6:43 AM:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 11th News

Yes I'm running late today, and I'm sorry. The tunnel in Jerusalem is still a major story, it appears.

New stories as of 4:29 PM:

Archeologists Find Ancient Tunnel Under Jerusalem
TruthNews
While excavating on Sunday below First Century Jerusalem’s main road, Israeli archeologists unintentionally discovered an ancient drainage tunnel in the City of David that was used as a Jewish escape route during Rome’s destruction of Jerusalem 2000 years ago...
http://www.truthnews.net/world/2006100362.htm

Metal Detectors Strike Gold
Newbury Today
ANCIENT gold coins were among the finds uncovered by metal detecting enthusiasts who descended on the Englefield estate on Sunday (September 9).
Over 280 people armed with metal detectors arrived to sweep fields on the estate in the hope of finding rare historical treasures...
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=5141

Jerusalem Secret Passage Found
Press TV
Archaeologists have found an underground drainage channel, which they believe was used by Jews to escape from the Romans in 70 AD...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=22698&sectionid=3510212

Pre-Roman Etruscan Era Tomb Discovered In Central Italy
ZeeNews.com
Washington, Sept 06: Archaeologists have discovered a 2200-year-old tomb containing the remains and ornate possessions of some 30 Etruscans, in Central Italy...
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=393236&sid=FTP&sname=

Medieval Women 'Had Girl Power'
BBC News
A new study by an academic says that "girl power" was alive and kicking around 600 years ago...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/6987874.stm

Bodies Of 2 Viking Women Get New Look
Earthtimes
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 11 The remains of two Norse-era women are at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway, for detailed examination...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/105894.html

Viking Women Exhumed For Examination
IOL
Oslo - Norwegian archaeologists on Tuesday opened a coffin containing the bodies of two women buried together 1 200 years ago on board a Viking ship and began to try and identify the pair...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=nw20070911185138611C768015

Viking Remains Found Intact
Aftenpolten
Archaeologists carefully extracted the human remains of two Viking women from an ancient burial mound this week, in an effort to keep them from disintegrating. Their fears proved to be unfounded...
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1988891.ece

Scrutiny Of Rotherwas Ribbon Decision Welcomed
24Dash
Herefordshire Council has welcomed further debate on whether the cabinet decision on the Rotherwas Ribbon archaeological find was based on advice from English Heritage and all financial considerations were taken into account...
http://www.24dash.com/health/27353.htm

Viking Burial Mound Yields Bodies
Discovery News
Sept. 11, 2007 — Archaeologists opened a Viking burial mound on Monday, seeking to learn more about two women — possibly a queen and a princess — laid to rest there 1,173 years ago...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/11/viking_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070911110030

September 10th News

Its a new week and some new stories too. The discovery, or rediscovery, depending how you look at it, of the viking ship is particularly interesting.
There's enough new stories today that I've had to break up doing the entries. Hopefully I'll actually be able to get the lot done this time.

New stories as of 6:41 PM:

Thames: Sacred River
The Times Online
Peter Ackroyd is a literary compulsive, an open tap that won’t stop gushing. In the past seven years he’s published 15 different books in four different genres, worrying away at topics – London, the nature of the “English genius” – that have obsessed him his whole writing life...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/history/article2392698.ece

Jerusalem's Ancient Lifeline Uncovered
The New Zealand Herald
JERUSALEM - Israeli archaeologists have stumbled upon the site of one of the great dramatic scenes of the sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans 2000 years ago - a subterranean drainage channel used by Jews to escape from the city's conquerors...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10462804

Queen Nefertiti Boils Cairo Blood As Germans Reject Bust Loan
Bloomberg
Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- In 1912, Ludwig Borchardt discovered a 3,400-year-old statue of Nefertiti, a queen of ancient Egypt, among ruins on the eastern bank of the Nile...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aQ6UXt8pGDNE&refer=europe

Viking Queen Exhumed To Discover Mystery Companion
Reuters Africa
SLAGEN, Norway (Reuters) - Archaeologists exhumed the body of a Viking queen on Monday, hoping to solve a riddle about whether a woman buried with her 1,200 years ago was a servant killed to be a companion into the afterlife...
http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnL10768881.html

Bodies Exhumed From Viking Burial Mound
Associated Press
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Archaeologists opened a Viking burial mound on Monday, seeking to learn more about two women — possibly a queen and a princess — laid to rest there 1,173 years ago...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQB-0xRv2Pf1fM4WL9d6mtUO15KA

'Viking Ship' found Under British Pub
ABC news
British archaeologists believe they have found the remains of a 1,000-year-old Viking longship underneath a pub near Liverpool...
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/11/2029239.htm?section=justin

Libya Through The Ages Part I: Ancient Lybia
Bits of News
Some lands are so ancient, it's like they're forever new. Libya's like that – from Neolithic times before the dawn of history, down through Egyptians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, and Muslims, the ancient peoples of Libya's coasts and deserts assimilated new ideas and made tradeworthy accommodation (eventually) with all comers...
http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/6070/

Jewish Residents Built Hatch to Escape Romans
Discovery News
Sept. 10, 2007 — Under threat from Romans ransacking Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, many of the city's Jewish residents crowded into an underground drainage channel to hide and later flee the chaos through Jerusalem's southern end unnoticed...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/09/10/hatch_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070910091500

Physics Reveals The Secrets Of Saint Francis
Science Daily
Science Daily — The tunic believed to have been worn by Saint Francis of Assisi preserved in the Church of Saint Francis in Cortona (Province of Arezzo) dates back to the period in which the saint lived, whereas the tunic preserved in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence was made after his death...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070909092349.htm

New stories as of 12:02 PM:

Dig Reveals Archaeological Evidence Dating Back To The Roman Era In Turkey
New Kerala
Istanbul, Sept 10 : Archaeologists have discovered an acropolis, a Roman temple and 5000 year old tombs in Keramos, an important site of the Karia and Leleg settlements in present day Mugla's Milas district of Turkey...
http://www.newkerala.com/july.php?action=fullnews&id=58762

Tunic Worn By Saint Francis Identified
LiveScience
Only one of two recently examined ancient tunics thought to be worn by the Roman Catholic friar Saint Francis of Assisi is an authentic relic of the saint, according to a new analysis...
http://www.livescience.com/history/070910_saint_francis.html

Construction Workers Discover Ancient Roman Graves
Javno
The discovered graves are in the northern part of the Cibalaea necropolis, located in the present day Vinkovci area in Roman times...
http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=79367

New stories as of 8:39 AM:

Prehistoric Find Located Beneath The Waves
Swissinfo
Archaeologists have discovered traces of Switzerland’s oldest known building, but it will never draw tourists: it lies underwater in the middle of a lake...
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/feature/detail/Prehistoric_find_located_beneath_the_waves.html?siteSect=108&sid=8202971&cKey=1189427815000&ty=st

Viking Ship Resurfaces Under Merseyside Boozer
The Register
A team from Nottingham University's archaeology department believes it has rediscovered the remains of an intact Viking boat under a Merseyside pub - originally unearthed in the 1930s by builders excavating the boozer's basement, but quickly reburied because they feared "an archaeological dig would disrupt their work"...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/10/viking_ship/

Glimpse Of Tudor Life Discovered In Park
Evening Star 24
A GLIMPSE at life in Tudor Ipswich has been unearthed in an Ipswich park...
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED09%20Sep%202007%2014%3A40%3A24%3A893

Second Temple-Era Escape Route Unearthed
Haaretz
Archaeologists have accidentally discovered Jerusalem's main subterranean drainage channel from the Second Temple period, which the writings of Josephus Flavius indicate enabled thousands of Jews to survive the siege and then flee the Roman destruction of the city in 70 C.E...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/902485.html

Builder Found Vikings Washed Up At Pub
The Times Online
Archaeologists believe they have found the only intact Viking boat in Britain beneath the patio of a Merseyside pub. The 10th-century vessel was discovered in the 1930s by builders excavating the basement of the Railway Inn on the Wirral peninsula, but they covered it up because they feared an archaeological dig would disrupt their work...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2419150.ece

Archaeologists Find Ancient Tunnel Used By Jews To Escape Roman Conquest Of Jerusalem
International Herald Tribune
JERUSALEM: Israeli archeologists on Sunday said they've stumbled upon the site of one of the great dramatic scenes of the Roman sacking of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago: the subterranean drainage channel Jews used to escape from the city's Roman conquerors...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/09/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Ancient-Escape-Hatch.php

Jews Roman 'Escape Route' Found
BBC News
Archaeologists in Jerusalem say they have found an underground drainage channel that was used by Jews to escape from the Romans in 70 AD...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6986869.stm

Uk's First Viking Ship Found Under Pub Car Park
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the first Viking ship ever discovered in Britain, buried beneath a pub car park...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/10/nviking110.xml
The article contains some images if 1938 documents on the find as well.

Jerusalem Drainage System From Second Temple Period Found
Israel Today
Israeli archeologists have discovered a major drain system that served Jerusalem during Second Temple period up until the Roman destruction in 70 AD...
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=14020

Archaeological Findings Delay Budapest Garage Construction
Caboodle.hu
An underground garage being built into the side of Buda's Castle Hill will not be completed until by summer 2009, instead of fall 2008 as originally planned, to allow remnants of the castle's walls dating back to the 15th century to be saved...
http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/archeologica/?cHash=8908e92ec1

Viking Longship Buried Under Pub Car Park
Metro UK
A 1,000-year-old Viking longship may have been discovered buried under a pub car park, archaeologists said today...
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=65416&in_page_id=34

Escape Tunnel From Roman Times Found In Israel
Malaysia Sun
Israeli archaeologists have discovered an ancient tunnel that Jews used to escape from Jerusalem's Roman conquerors 2,000 years ago...
http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/280742/cs/1/

Historical Drain Segment Found In Israel
Science Daily
JERUSALEM, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The Israel Antiquities Authority Sunday found a nearly 230-foot-long segment of a historical drain system in Jerusalem...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070909-18535000-bc-israel-drain.xml

Revealed: How Jews Fled The Roman Army
The Independent
Israeli archaeologists have stumbled upon the site of one of the great dramatic scenes of the sacking of Jerusalem by the Romans 2,000 years ago – a subterranean drainage channel used by Jews to escape from the city's conquerors. The tunnel was dug beneath what would become the main road of Jerusalem in the days of the second biblical Temple, which the Romans destroyed AD70...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2947458.ece

Radar Scans Reveal Viking Longboat Beneath Pub Car Park
The Independent
In 1938, a labourer building a pub car park in Wirral unearthed part of an old boat 3 metres below ground. His foreman told him to cover it up quickly, because an archaeological dig would have slowed down construction, costing time and money. Nearly 70 years later, investigators are finally close to solving the mystery of the vessel...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2947402.ece

Viking Queen Exhumed To Discover Mystery Companion
Reuters
SLAGEN, Norway (Reuters) - Archaeologists exhumed the body of a Viking queen on Monday, hoping to solve a riddle about whether a woman buried with her 1,200 years ago was a servant killed to be a companion into the afterlife...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKL1076888120070910