April 30th News

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

New stories as of 8:25 AM:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 10th News

The article on Trajan's Column looks to be particularly interesting today.

New stories as of 9:24 AM:

Uncertain Future For Ancient Spa
BBC News
Allianoi, an ancient site that was discovered just 10 years ago, will be submerged under the waters of Yortanli irrigation dam, which is much needed for the local farmers...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7340499.stm

British Archaeologists Achieve Breakthrough In Stonehenge Excavations
AHN
London, England (AHN) - British Archaeologists claim to have made a breakthrough in their recent excavations at the 4500-year-old historic site of Stonehenge in England that may help explain why the site was built...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7010594187

Roman Soldier's Gift Found
Manchester Evening News
HE was many miles from home - a Roman soldier posted to Manchester, perhaps feeling cold and lonely, longing for loved ones left behind...
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1044666_roman_soldiers_gift_found

Stonehenge Archaeologists Reach Bluestone Sockets
Thaindian News
London, April 10 (ANI): Archaeologists carrying out an excavation inside the ring at Stonehenge have reached sockets that once held bluestones, which scientists believe may finally explain why the site was built, and whether it was once a place of healing...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/stonehenge-archaeologists-reach-bluestone-sockets_10036441.html

Stonehenge Suspected To Be Ancient Healing Site
China Daily
LONDON - Archaeologists conducting a major excavation at England's Stonehenge said they had made a key breakthrough that may help explain why the site was built, the BBC said Wednesday...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2008-04/10/content_6607094.htm

New Discoveries At Stonehenge Excavation Site
redOrbit
A breakthrough at the Stonehenge excavation site could finally explain why the site was built...
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1334218/new_discoveries_at_stonehenge_excavation_site/

Italy: Ancient Statue Discovered In Rome
AKI
Rome, 9 April (AKI) - A fragment of an ancient Roman equestrian statue that once adorned the Colosseum has been found during excavations near the world famous Italian landmark...
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=1.0.2056023971

Huge Viking Hoard Discovered In Sweden
Kazinform
NEW YORK. April 10. KAZINFORM. Hundreds of ancient coins unearthed last week close to Sweden's main international airport suggests the Vikings were bringing home foreign currency earlier than previously thought, archaeologists say...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=162920

Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery
Manchester
The story of a man found in a peat bog over 2,000 years ago, wearing only a fox fur arm band, is told in Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery, an intriguing new exhibition opening at The Manchester Museum on 19 April 2008...
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=3524

Archaeologists Unearth "Mini-Stonehenge" In Greater Manchester
Thaindian News
Washington, April 10 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed a “mini-Stonehenge” in Greater Manchester, England, which dates back to about 5,000 years...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/archaeologists-unearth-mini-stonehenge-in-greater-manchester_10036407.html

Light Beams To Color Rome Column
Discovery News
April 10, 2008 -- The Trajan Column, one of Rome's most famous monuments, will be shown next year under a totally new light. Italian researchers announced they plan to restore the column's original bright colors by "painting" it with light beams...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/10/trajan-column.html

April 9th News

An interesting range of stories this morning.

New stories as of 5:52 AM:

Oldest Arched Gate In The World Restored
Jerusalem Post
The oldest arched gate in the world, located in Ashkelon, has been restored, nearly four thousand years after it was first built...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207649966046&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

'Breakthrough' At Stonehenge Dig
BBC News
Archaeologists carrying out an excavation at Stonehenge say they have broken through to a layer that may finally explain why the site was built...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7337292.stm
This article contains an embedded video segment as well as a text article.

Bay Could Reveal Viking Secrets
BBC News
A bay in the far north of Scotland is to be searched by archaeologists in the hope of uncovering Viking artefacts...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7334845.stm

Huge Viking Hoard Discovered In Sweden
National Geographic News
Hundreds of ancient coins unearthed last week close to Sweden's main international airport suggests the Vikings were bringing home foreign currency earlier than previously thought, archaeologists say...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080408-viking-hoard.html

Appian Way, The Queen Of Roman Roads, Is Under Threat
The International Herald Tribune
ROME: In ancient times the Appian Way, which links Rome to the southern city of Brindisi, was known as the regina viarum, the queen of the roads. But these days its crown appears to be tarnished by chronic traffic congestion, vandalism and, some of its guardians grumble, illegal development...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/06/europe/appian.php

Experts Bone Up On Grisly Relics
Oxford Mail
Archaeologists now believe a dozen skeletons discovered in a mass grave in the centre of Oxford may have belonged to executed criminals from Saxon times...
http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.2175214.0.experts_bone_up_on_grisly_relics.php

April 4th News

Mostly, the stories are from the UK again, but there is one about Viking era coins found in Sweden.

New stories as of 6:03 AM:

Seahenge Returns To Norfolk
Norwich Evening News
To finish the conservation programme, Seahenge made its way to Portsmouth where maritime archaeology experts at the Mary Rose Trust. ...
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/GoingOut/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=WhatsOn&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=WhatsOn&itemid=NOED04%20Apr%202008%2009%3A43%3A43%3A817
I had trouble getting to the site however, so took the summary from the Google search page.

Graham Finds Roman Treasure
The Cumberland News
BOYHOOD dreams of unearthing buried treasure came true for one Silloth amateur archeologist...
http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=822272

Uncovering Moorland Life
Scarborough Evening News
A special archaeological project into life on the North Yorkshire Moors 10,000 years BC is set to enter its second phase...
http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Uncovering-moorland-life.3947079.jp

Digs Reveal Anglo-Saxon Settlements
EADT24
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have meticulously built up a picture of ancient settlements in an isolated location near Aldeburgh...
http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category=News&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=IPED03%20Apr%202008%2018%3A56%3A07%3A787

Swedes Find Viking-Era Coins
BBC News
Swedish archaeologists have discovered a rare hoard of Viking-age silver Arab coins near Stockholm's Arlanda airport...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7330540.stm

February 28th News

There's only a few stories this morning, but I'd say quality outweighs quantity.

New stories as of 8:38 AM:

The Glory Of The Roman Empire At The Seattle Art Museum
Crosscut Seattle
The new show, drawn from the Louvre's incomparable collection, is shaped into a strong narrative, and the works are presented with a powerful immediacy...
http://www.crosscut.com/washington/11999/The+glory+of+the+Roman+Empire+at+the+Seattle+Art+Museum/

Shroud Of Turin Gets High-Def Scrutiny
Discovery News
Feb. 28, 2008 -- The Turin shroud, the 14- by 4-foot linen long believed to have been wrapped around Jesus' body after the crucifixion, has entered the digital age...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/28/shroud-of-turin.html

Vikings With Vanity: Vivid Colours, Flowing Silk, Fashionable Until Advent Of Christianity
ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2008) — Vivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors - the Vikings dressed with considerably more panache than we previously thought. The men were especially vain, and the women dressed provocatively, but with the advent of Christianity, fashions changed, according to Swedish archeologist Annika Larsson...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080225101117.htm

October 26th News

(August 29th) Whoops! I just realized this was getting error messages instead of posting.

There's a lot of different stories this morning, but no one big story the way there was yesterday or the day before.

New stories as of 6:26 AM:

Roman Statue Found By Building In South-Western Town Kurdjali
News.bg
13 year- old boy found a Roman statue during excavation works for a house building near Kurdjali...
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_380438511

Cracking The Knight's Templar Code
CBS News
Hollywood’s long known there’s a great story in the medieval Knights Templar...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/25/eveningnews/main3412203.shtml
This story includes a video segment as well as the text story.

Red Hair A Part Of Neanderthal Genetic Profile
Seattle Times
PHILADELPHIA — In an unprecedented feat of forensic anthropology, European researchers extracted enough DNA from two Neanderthal skulls to suggest their owners sported red hair and white skin when they were alive 43,000 and 50,000 years ago...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003975496_neanderthal26.html

The Queen Who Would Be King
Smithsonian.com
Mummy dearest? Recent scholarship is changing thinking about female pharaoh Hatshepsut, whom Egyptologists once called "the vilest type of usurper."...
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/10022736.html

Medieval Ruins Found Near Stockholm Castle
United Press International
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Archaeologists have found the foundations of medieval buildings near the Royal Palace in Stockholm, dating from the city's early years...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/10/25/medieval_ruins_found_near_stockholm_castle/5971/

Medieval Buildings Found Near Palace
The Local
Previously undiscovered medieval buildings have been found outside the Royal Palace in Stockholm, leading historians to revise their previous understanding of how the Stockholm of the late middle ages looked...
http://www.thelocal.se/8904/20071025/

7000-Year-Old Dara Ruins Host Historical Mosaics Of Ancient Times
Today's Zaman
Ancient mosaics resembling the Zeugma mosaics that were found in Gaziantep province have been discovered in the 7,000-year-old ruins located in the village of Dara in Mardin province...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=125580

October 11th News

There's quite a range of stories, both old and new today.

New stories as of 10:03 AM:

Greeks Prepare First Acropolis Move in 2,500 Years
Reuters India
ATHENS (Reuters Life!) - Dozens of Greek archaeologists and engineers stood atop the Acropolis watching three cranes slowly relay a massive test marble slab ahead of moving day for some of the ancient world's greatest treasures...
http://in.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idINL1123826620071011
Also published at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL1123826620071011

Greek Officials Practice Moving Antiquities To New Acropolis Museum
International Herald Tribune
ATHENS, Greece: A practice run for what will be the biggest antiquities removal project in modern Greek history — moving some 4,500 ancient masterpieces into the new Acropolis Museum — went successfully Thursday, officials said...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/11/europe/EU-GEN-Greece-Acropolis-Museum.php

Hundreds Of Antiquities Make Journey From To New Athens Museum
EarthTimes
Athens - Thousands of Greek artifacts and antiquities will soon make the journey from a small outdated museum atop the ancient Acropolis to a new ultra-modern museum in Athens on Sunday. The operation to transfer more than 4,000 ancient statues, friezes and other artifacts is to begin Sunday and last up to three months, Greek Culture Minister Michalis Liapis told journalists Thursday...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/122518.html

Roman Ruin Find Halts Anti-Flood Efforts
The Post Chronicle
Local authorities in Laconia, Greece, were ordered to stop cleaning a local riverbed after the discovery of what may be an ancient Roman ruin...
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212108479.shtml

Just What Did The Mary Rose Tell Us?
BBC News
The raising of the Mary Rose in 1982 was greeted with feverish excitement, but what has this landmark find actually told us in the 25 years since?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7038519.stm

World's Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed In Syria
Reuters
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - French archaeologists have discovered an 11,000-year-old wall painting underground in northern Syria which they believe is the oldest in the world...
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSOWE14539320071011

Priory Yields Medieval Security Secrets
Falkenham & Wells Times
They lay hidden from view for hundreds of years, guarding silently the secrets of a tumultuous history...
http://www.fakenhamtimes.co.uk/content/fakenhamtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=FAKOnline&category=news&tBrand=fakonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED11%20Oct%202007%2014%3A45%3A19%3A840

Viking Hoard Yields Foreign Coins On Swedish Island
NumisMaster.com
A total of 54 medieval coins have been unearthed in what is being called a Viking treasure trove on the island of Gotland, which is part of Sweden. The hoard is dominated by coins from various German states, England, and Arab countries, rather than coins from Sweden...
http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=3076

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-bM9LpsiadUaYAt05EhKgD8S6JFPO3

Video: Greek Sculptures To "Hover" To Museum
National Geographic News
October 10, 2007—Athens's cutting edge new Acropolis Museum will begin receiving 4,000 ancient works next week, many of them arriving by crane from the old museum...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071010-statues-video.html

King Tut's Mummy To Be Displayed For 1st Time
National Geographic News
The mummy of King Tutankhamun will soon go on display for the first time, exposing the bare face of the boy king, Egyptian officials have announced...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071009-king-tut.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