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

June 24th News

The big story of the day is the dating of Homer's epic poem The Odyssey (which by default means that they've dated The Iliad as well).

New stories as of 7:21 PM:

Can An Eclipse Really Help Us Date Events In Greek Mythology?
Discover Magazine
Chinese, Greek, and many other ancient cultures left references in their texts to the sky going dark during the day, possible allusions to solar eclipses. These mentions are tantalizing clues to scientists, who think they might use those clues to date historical events...
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/06/24/can-an-eclipse-really-help-us-date-events-in-greek-mythology/

Odyssey Eclipse Dates Fall Of Troy
New Zealand Herald
The Odyssey is one of the great works of ancient Western literature, written eight centuries before the birth of Christ and four centuries after the fall of Troy...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10518190

Scientists Find Date Odysseus Returned Home To Penelope
dbtechno.com
Washington (dbTechno) - Scientists think that they have managed to pin down the exact date when King Odysseus returned home from the Trojan War to his Queen Penelope...
http://www.dbtechno.com/science/2008/06/24/scientists-find-date-odysseus-returned-home-to-penelope/

Look To the Ancient Skies
Nature.com
Using a clever bit of retrospective stargazing researchers have managed to date Homer’s classic work The Odyssey. Another team has used a similar technique to shift Julius Caesar back in time by a few days...
http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/06/look_to_the_ancient_skies.html

"Arab" Found In Danish Iron-Age Grave
National Geographic News
An ancient Dane with Arabian genes is part of a DNA study that suggests Scandinavians of 2,000 years ago were more genetically diverse than today...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080624-arab-dane.html

How Dark Was It? A New History Of Medieval Europe
The New York Sun
How did a tiny bronze statuette of Buddha find its way to sixth-century Sweden? Why did Napoleon choose bees as his emblem when he became Emperor? These questions take us to the world that arose out of the ruins of the Western Roman Empire, when in 476 C.E. the last emperor, a boy with the big name Romulus Augustulus, was evicted from his throne by a "barbarian" (or non-Roman) general, and Byzantine emperors from the east failed to fill the gap...
http://www.nysun.com/arts/how-dark-was-it-a-new-history-of-medieval-europe/80590/

Medieval Boat Uncovered
The Advertiser
ARCHAEOLOGISTS working on the north Suffolk coast have unearthed an early medieval boat...
http://www.advertiser24.co.uk/content/advertiser24/news/story.aspx?brand=WAVOnline&category=News&tBrand=WAVOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED24%20Jun%202008%2009%3A17%3A05%3A467

Odysseus' Bloody Homecoming Dated To 1178 B.C.
Discovery News
June 24, 2008 -- Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date when King Odysseus returned from the Trojan War and slaughtered a group of suitors who had been pressing his wife to marry one of them...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/24/homer-odysseus.html

New stories as of 8:44 AM:

The End Of An Odyssey - Homer's Epic Is Finally Pinned Down
The Independent
For years, debate has raged over Homer's epic. Now research on astronomical detail in the story of Odysseus dates its dramatic climax to one particular day...
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-end-of-an-odyssey--homers-epic-is-finally-pinned-down-852850.html

Ancient Games Re-Enacted
BBC News
Athletes and spectators have been re-living history in the ancient Greek stadium of Nemea, with a re-enactment of what they say are the 'true' Games...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7470858.stm
The story is an embedded video link.

Homer's Odyssey Contains Celestial Clues Hinting At Eclipse, Claim Experts
SmasHits
Washington, June 24 (ANI): A Rockefeller University scientist says that an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer, called The Odyssey, seems to be containing astronomical references that provide corroborating evidence of a total solar eclipse...
http://news.smashits.com/265166/Homer-39s-Odyssey-contains-celestial-clues-hinting-at-eclipse-claim-experts.htm

Astronomical Clues Point To Eclipse In Homer's 'Odyssey'
AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Astronomical clues found in Homer's "The Odyssey" could help confirm a total solar eclipse when Odysseus returned home, providing a potentially accurate timeline for the fall of Troy, two scientists reported Monday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOUsgbo-CbfcuK95LWYrbjW2oEgQ

Celestial Clues May End Ancient Debate About Eclipse In Odyssey
The Guardian
"The sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world." With these words from Homer's Odyssey, the seer Theoclymenus foresaw the violent deaths of the suitors who, during the hero's spell away from home, had gathered to court his wife, Penelope...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jun/24/spaceexploration.sciencenews

Ancient Eclipse Found In "The Odyssey," Scientists Say
National Geographic News
"The sun has perished out of heaven, and an evil mist has overspread the world."...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080623-homer-eclipse.html
It's obvious that they're using a different translation than the article above for The Guardian. It would be interesting to know which translations were used in both articles.

Odysseus' Return From Trojan War Dated
MSNBC
In the epic "Odyssey," one of the cornerstones of Western literature, the legendary Greek hero Odysseus returns to his queen Penelope after enduring 10 years of sailing the wine dark sea...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25337041/

The Odyssey Astronomically Accurate?
World Science
Schol­ars have long de­bat­ed wheth­er there are bits of truth to The Od­ys­sey—the an­cient Greek ep­ic of a king’s long sea­far­ing strug­gle to get home as he bat­tles or out­wits mon­sters...
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080623_odyssey.htm

Homer's Odyssey Said To Document 3200-Year-Old Eclipse
Scientific American
Researchers say that references to planets and constellations in the Odyssey describe a solar eclipse that occurred in 1178 B.C., nearly three centuries before Homer is believed to have written the story. If correct, the finding would suggest that the ancient poet had a surprisingly detailed knowledge of astronomy...
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=homers-odyssey-may-document-eclipse

Is An Eclipse Mentioned In Ancient Odyssey Poem?
New Scientist Space
A solar eclipse that occurred more than 3000 years ago may be mentioned in the Odyssey, an ancient poem based on Greek mythology, a new study suggests...
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14191-is-an-eclipse-mentioned-in-ancient-iodysseyi-poem.html

Ancient City In Syria Provides Insight Into Structures Of Pre-Roman Hellenistic Settlements
Thaindian News
Vienna, June 24 (ANI): The discovery of an ancient city buried beneath the sands of modern-day Syria has provided evidence for a Hellenistic settlement that existed for more than six centuries extending into the time of the Roman Empire...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/ancient-city-in-syria-provides-insight-into-structures-of-pre-roman-hellenistic-settlements_10063816.html

Roman Remains Are Revealed
Hartlepool Mail
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed more fascinating finds at a 2,000 year old Roman village...
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Roman-remains-are-revealed.4216038.jp

January 24th News

It's all fresh and exciting news this morning.

New stories as of 8:04 AM:

Wine-Carrying Ship Dating Back 2,300 Years Discovered On Seabed Off Cyprus
PR-Inside
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300 year-old cargo ship thought to have been ferrying wine from the Aegean island of Chios before it sank off Cyprus' southern coast, researchers said Thursday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/wine-carrying-ship-dating-back-2-300-years-r402945.htm

Ash Altar Of Greek God Zeus Was Used For Worship 1,000 Years Earlier Than Believed
Thaindian News
Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): New evidence from excavations made by archaeologists at the ash altar of Zeus in Arcadia, Greece, has indicated that the place of worship was in use as early as 5,000 years ago, which is at least 1,000 years before the early Greeks began to worship the god Zeus...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ash-altar-of-greek-god-zeus-was-used-for-worship-1000-years-earlier-than-believed_10014333.html

Zeus Worship Site Millennium Older Than Thought
China View
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Findings of potter at an ancient Greek altar to worship Zeus reveals the site was in use at least a millennium earlier than previously thought, new archeological data suggest...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/24/content_7488327.htm

Museum Of Cycladic Art Reopens Ancient Greek Art Collection
About.com
This month, the Museum of Cycladic Art, sometimes known as the Goulandris Museum after its founders, is reopening its extensive 350-item collection of ancient Greek art...
http://gogreece.about.com/b/2008/01/23/museum-of-cycladic-art-reopens-ancient-greek-art-collection.htm

New Discoveries At The Ash Altar Of Zeus Offer Insights Into Origins Of Ancient Greece's Most Powerful God
Science Daily
The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 feet above sea level, atop the altar provides a breathtaking, panoramic vista of Arcadia...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123114601.htm

Ancient Cemetery Unearthed In Syria
Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Archaeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gcqC6lHr-qFgEzzwzjtgGiLWKl8AD8UBS1R02

Video: "Epic" Vase Returned To Italy
National Geographic News
January 23, 2008—A 2,500-year-old vase featuring scenes from a Homer poem is among several antiquities returned to Italy after lengthy negotiations with the Metropolitan Museum of Art...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080123-vase-video-ap.html

January 23rd News

The stories today are mostly either repeats of older stories or articles with new information on a story from some time ago. Not all of them however. There are some new stories mixed in as well.

New stories as of 9:51 AM:

Mummies from Graeco Roman period in Fayyoum
Egypt State Information Service
The Egyptian antiquities mission has discovered several well preserved mummies covered with cartonage in Fayyoum that date back to the Greco-Roman period.
http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Culture/000001/0203000000000000000929.htm

New stories as of 6:24 AM:

Collector Returns Antiquities Italy Says Were Looted
PNN
After eighteen months of negotiations, New York City philanthropist and art collector Shelby White has agreed to return ten classical antiquities from her private collection that Italy says were looted, the New York Times reports...
http://www.pnnonline.org/article.php?sid=7940&mode=thread&order=0

Italy Hails Return Of Ancient Vase From New York
Times Of Malta
Italy proudly celebrated the return of a prized 2,500-year-old vase it says was looted and sold illegally to New York's Metropolitan Museum more than 30 years ago...
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080123/world-news/italy-hails-return-of-ancient-vase-from-new-york

Culture: Italy's Lost Treasures Return
Wanted In Rome
Thanks to government efforts antiquities excavated illegally and smuggled out of the country for sale to complaisant foreign museums are now making their return...
http://www.wantedinrome.com/articles/complete_articles.php?id_art=804

Britain's Atlantis: The Search For Our Lost Capital
The Independent
Around midnight, at certain tides, church bells can still be heard tolling from the lost city of Dunwich. Or so local legend has it. The sound comes from beneath the waves of the North Sea, for Dunwich – one of England's most prosperous medieval centres, a place some consider a rival to 14th-century London – has been sunk beneath the waters for 500 years and more...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/britains-atlantis-the-search-for-our-lost-capital-771709.html

Archaeologists Unearth 3rd Century Cemetery In Northeastern Syria
PR-Inside
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Archeologists in northeast Syria have unearthed a 3rd century cemetery in the shape of a cross, the country's official news agency reported Wednesday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/archaeologists-unearth-3rd-century-cemetery-r400309.htm

Anglo-Saxon Treasures Will Stay In Region - Vow
The Northern Echo
STUNNING Anglo-Saxon jewellery discovered on a North-East farm will not be lost to the British Museum, in London, it was pledged yesterday...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1986102.0.anglosaxon_treasures_will_stay_in_region_vow.php

MP In Plea Over Ancient Treasure
BBC News
Rare Anglo-Saxon treasures discovered in a Teesside field will almost certainly be allowed to remain in the area, the government has said...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7203050.stm

Video: Treasure Wars: Who Owns The Past?
National Geographic News
January 22, 2008—For centuries, treasures have been taken from their homelands. Should the artifacts go back? Who should decide? Part one of nine.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/080122-overview-video-vin.html

November 29th News

A range of old and new stories today. Some of the continuations of older stories are new points of view and controversy.

New stories as of 8:07 AM:

Four Mosaics Returned To Syria Following Restoration In Italy
SANA
Damascus, (SANA) – Minister of Culture Riad Naasan Agha participated in the ceremony held on Wednesday at Damascus National Museum on occasion of delivering four Syrian mosaics restored in Italy...
http://www.sana.org/eng/21/2007/11/28/150745.htm

Ancient Roman Road Map Unveiled
BBC News
The Tabula Peutingeriana is one of the Austrian National Library's greatest treasures...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7113810.stm

Greece Hopes Tougher Legislation Will Stop Illegal Trafficking In Antiquities
PR-Inside
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The Greek government on Thursday revealed the details of a draft law it hopes will choke off the lucrative plundering of its antiquities...
http://www.pr-inside.com/greece-hopes-tougher-legislation-will-r324004.htm

Ex-Getty Curator Cleared
Kathimerini
An Athens court on Tuesday acquitted a former curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles who had been charged with illegally acquiring an ancient Greek golden wreath in the early 1990s...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100016_29/11/2007_90594

Greece Appeals Court Dismisses Case Against Former Getty Curator
Jurist
[JURIST] A Greek appeals court Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against former Getty Museum [museum website] curator Marion True for her alleged involvement in the looting of an ancient gold wreath from Greece. The Los Angeles museum acquired the wreath in 1993, and Greek prosecutors brought charges against True alleging that the artifact had been illegally removed from the country...
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/11/greece-appeals-court-dismisses-case.php

Is Italy's Spectacular Find Authentic?
Spiegel Online
Italy has been rocked by soccer violence, the government is divided and the economy is sluggish. Now archaeologists have entered the scene to save the country's national pride. On a hill in the center of the nation's capital, they have allegedly found the sacred cave of the founders of Rome...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,520440,00.html

Roman Discoveries At London Olympic Site
China Daily
LONDON - Digs at the London Olympic site have unearthed evidence of Iron Age and Roman settlements, authorities said on Wednesday...
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-11/29/content_6288074.htm

Pottery, Coin Found At Olympic Site
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Roman pottery and a coin from the Iron Age have been found on the site of the aquatics center planned for the London 2012 Olympics...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMSM3pn93XM-5UlIxbJgL40JVc3AD8T6VL5G0

November 20th News

Lots of news today after the weekend. The really big story is the discovery of the cave the ancient Romans believed was where Romulus and Remus were suckled.

New stories as of 12:47 PM:

Photo In The News: Grotto Of Rome's Founders Revealed
National Geographic News
November 20, 2007—Colorful mosaics spiral across the vaulted ceiling of a grotto that was unveiled today as the likely place where ancient Romans believed that a she-wolf suckled their city's legendary founders...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071120-rome-grotto.html

Newly Unearthed Cave May Be Linked To Myth Of Rome's Founding
International Herald Tribune
ROME: Italian archaeologists have inched closer to unearthing the secrets behind one of Western civilization's most enduring legends...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/20/europe/rome.php

Rome's Legendary She-Wolf Grotto Located: Minister
AFP
ROME (AFP) — The grotto where a she-wolf suckled Rome's founders Romulus and Remus, according to legend, has been discovered in the heart of the capital, Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli said Tuesday...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFZ2E5t5PHhzfj8CfxNfzUJR-R4A

Legendary Cave Of Romulus And Remus Discovered
TV3 News
Italian archaeologists believe they have found the cave where legend has it that a she-wolf nursed the twin founders of Rome - Romulus and Remus...
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Story/tabid/209/articleID/39694/cat/41/Default.aspx

'Dramatic' Ancient Cemetery Found
BBC News
A freelance archaeologist has uncovered what is thought to be the only known Anglo-Saxon royal burial site in the north of England...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/7104498.stm

New stories as of 10:44 AM:

Royal Burial Ground Unearthed
24Dash
A royal Anglo-Saxon burial ground and some of the finest gold jewellery ever unearthed in the country has been discovered by a freelance archaeologist...
http://www.24dash.com/environment/29455.htm

Sanctuary Of Rome's 'Founder' Revealed
Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled an underground grotto believed to have been revered by ancient Romans as the place where a wolf nursed the city's legendary founder Romulus and his twin brother Remus...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jO8ePbIxuhDXO1o4UUCzMsVrGDmAD8T1G1CG1

Temple Mount Discovery Leads To Dispute In Jerusalem
San Francisco Chronicle
Israeli archaeologists say that ancient remains from the era of Solomon's Temple were discovered last month for the first time on the holiest site for Judaism, reigniting a historical and political debate over an area that also is holy to Muslims...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/18/MNSFT3F39.DTL

Former Getty Curator Faces Antiquities Smuggling Trial Next Week
PR-Inside
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A former curator of Los Angeles' J. Paul Getty Museum will be tried in an antiquities smuggling case next week after a prosecutor postponed her trial for eight days, court officials said Tuesday...
http://www.pr-inside.com/former-getty-curator-faces-antiquities-smuggling-r310474.htm

Italian Group's Bid For Getty Statue Rejected
Los Angeles Times
A judge's ruling bolsters the museum's claim that Italy has no grounds for requesting the return of an ancient bronze found in the Adriatic Sea...
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-getty20nov20,1,1520320.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true

FACTBOX: Romulus And Remus, Founders Of Rome
Reuters
Italian archaeologists believe they have found the cave where a wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome, according to legend...
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL2055254720071120

Romulus And Remus Cave May Have Been Found
Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Italian archaeologists believe they have found the cave where, according to legend, a she-wolf nursed Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL2021060020071120
Also published at:
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-11-20T131435Z_01_L20691383_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ITALY-ARCHAEOLOGY-CAVE-COL.XML&archived=False
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30601420071120

Italian Archaeologists Find Cave Linked To Mythical Rome Founder
RIA Novosti
Italian archeologists claim they have found the legendary grotto in Rome, where a wolf nursed the city's mythical founder Romulus and his twin brother Remus, the culture minister said Tuesday....
http://en.rian.ru/culture/20071120/88847818.html

Ancient Roman Cemetery In Syria
Turkish Daily News
Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman-era cemetery dating from the 3rd century A.D. in northeast Syria, one of several recent archaeological discoveries in the history-rich country, a government newspaper reported Thursday...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=88835

Ancient Zeugma To Get Protection With Roof
Turkish Daily News
Zeugma excavations have unearthed many ancient discoveries. The ancient villas will be covered with a roof. 'Mosaics and walls of villas are very vibrant, says Gazientep Special Provincial Administration Secretary General Abdülkadir Demir...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=88684

Archaeology Student Unearths Roman Remains In A Yorkshire Garden
Thaindian News
London, Nov 19 (ANI): An archaeology student has found remains of a pot dating back to the Roman era, in the garden of his home in the Holme-on-Spalding Moor area of Yorkshire, England....
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/archaeology-student-unearths-roman-remains-in-a-yorkshire-garden_1005762.html

Rome's Founders' Sanctuary Discovered
Guardian Unlimited
Italian archaeologists said today they believe they have found one of the ancient city's holiest sites, the cave venerated as the place where, according to myth, a female wolf nursed the city's founders, twin brothers Romulus and Remus...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,2214269,00.html

Noah's Ark Spurred European Farming
Washington Post
LONDON (Reuters) - An ancient flood some say could be the origin of the story of Noah's Ark may have helped the spread of agriculture in Europe 8,300 years ago by scattering the continent's earliest farmers, researchers said on Sunday...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/18/AR2007111800828.html

Anglo Saxon Treasures Discovered In Loftus
Gazette Live
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the North of England’s first known Anglo-Saxon Royal burial ground at a secret East Cleveland location...
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2007/11/20/anglo-saxon-treasures-discovered-in-loftus-84229-20133293/

Understanding Avebury
Exduco
The monument complex of Avebury is one of the most significant Neolithic sites in the world. The Longstones Project, directed by Dr Joshua Pollard of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology with Dr Mark Gillings (University of Leicester) and Dr Dave Wheatley (University of Southampton) sought to understand the sequence and context of monument construction in this remarkable region...
http://www.exduco.net/news.php?id=2640

A Real Gem Of A Find
Journal Live
A ROYAL Anglo-Saxon cemetery with some of the finest gold jewellery to be found in Britain has been discovered in the North-East...
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2007/11/20/a-real-gem-of-a-find-61634-20131683/

Pharaonic Sarcophagus Discovered
Times Of India
CAIRO: German archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a Pharaonic sarcophagus that dates back to the 13th Dynasty...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthScience/Pharaonic_sarcophagus_discovered/articleshow/2555723.cms

Mythical Roman Cave 'Unearthed'
BBC News
Italian archaeologists say they have found the long-lost underground grotto where ancient Romans believed a female wolf suckled the city's twin founders...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7104330.stm

November 16th News

There's quite a range of stories today, from ancient Syria to medieval Britain.

New stories as of 6:15 AM:

In the Phoenician's Tracks
Al-Ahram Weekly
Widely advertised and long awaited, La Méditerranée des Phénicians, an exhibition that opened at the Institut du monde arabe in Paris on 6 October, affords a rare glimpse of ancient Phoenician civilisation, which dominated Mediterranean commerce for a millennium...
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/871/cu5.htm

Archaeological Find In Turkey
Nirvana International
A significant archaeological discovery has been made in Turkey's ancient city Laodiceia, near the coastal city of Denizli...
http://www.nirvanainternational.com/news/archaeology/archaeological-find-in-turkey-18357457

Syrian Archaeologists Discover 1,700 Year Old Cemetery
ANH
Damascus, Syria (AHN) - Syrian archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Roman-era cemetery in northeast Syria, which dates back to the 3rd century BCE near the capital of Damascus...
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009178001

Syria Finds 2nd Century Skeletons, Statues
Middle East Times
DAMASCUS (AFP) Syrian archaelogists have uncovered a 2nd century necropolis and statues in the central town of Palmyra, along with several skeletons, museum director Walid Assaad told AFP on Thursday...
http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2007/11/15/syria_finds_2nd_century_skeletons_statues/afp/

17,00-Year-Old Cemetery Found In Syria
Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Archeologists have unearthed a Roman-era cemetery dating from the 3rd century A.D. in northeast Syria, one of several recent archaeological discoveries in the history-rich country, a government newspaper reported Thursday...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gcqC6lHr-qFgEzzwzjtgGiLWKl8AD8SUC0280

Archaeology Student Finds Roman Remains In Garden
The Press
AN ARCHAEOLOGY student struck lucky when he began digging the garden of his new home - and discovered ancient Roman remains...
http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/display.var.1835934.0.archaeology_student_finds_roman_remains_in_garden.php

Sarmat Epoch Hoard Passed On To A Museum
Russia IC
A unique hoard of the Sarmat epoch found in Ilovlya Region has been transferred to the fund of Volgograd Local Lore Museum...
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/5179/

Transatlantic Partnership Puts Major British Library Online, Spotlighting Books Rescued From The Medieval World
Exduco
In the beginning was the Word,” the opening page of St. John’s Gospel from an early 8th-century Northumbrian Gospel Book. It’s one of hundreds of manuscripts from the Parker Library at Corpus Christi (Cambridge). The entire library will go online, thanks to a collaboration between Corpus Christi, the University of Cambridge, and Stanford. Courtesy Corpus Christi College (Cambridge)...
http://www.exduco.net/news.php?id=2620

Archaeologists Uncover City Of The Dead In Syria
Thaindian News
London , November 16 (ANI): Syrian archaeologists have unraveled a second century necropolis (a large cemetery or burial place) and statues along with several skeletons in the central town Palmyra...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/archaeologists-uncover-city-of-the-dead-in-syria_1005385.html

November 15th News

There's a lot of stories so far today. Ranging from Britain to Syria, discoveries have been made all over the ancient map.

New stories as of 8:54 AM:

New Outbreak Of Map Pilfering In Ministry Library
Expatica
Madrid - The Foreign Ministry says that almost 300 "highly valued" books, some of them more than 400 years old, have been stolen or lost from its library in recent years. Police sources say that thieves have taken advantage of poor security at the 17th-century Ministry building in Madrid that houses the collection...
http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=45990

Roman Road, Bath Unearthed Near Jewish Temple Site
Reuters India
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a second century terraced street and bath house which provide vital clues about the layout of Roman Jerusalem...
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30523520071115

Roman Cemetery Found In Syria
Press TV
Syrian archeologists have unearthed an ancient Roman cemetery, which dates back to the 3rd century A.D near the capital of Damascus...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=31184&sectionid=3510212

Discovered: 1,700-Year-Old Cemetery
IOL
Damascus - Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman-era cemetery dating from the 3rd century AD in northeast Syria, one of several recent archaeological discoveries in the history-rich country, a government newspaper reported on Thursday...
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20071115132250960C902476


Roman Street Uncovered In Western Wall Tunnels
Jerusalem Post
The remains of an ancient terraced street dating back to the Roman Period have been uncovered in the Western Wall tunnels, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday...
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1195036609635&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Archaeologists Discover 1,700-Year-Old Roman-Era Cemetery In Northeast Syria
International Herald Tribune
DAMASCUS, Syria: Archeologists have unearthed a Roman-era cemetery dating from the 3rd century A.D. in northeast Syria, one of several recent archaeological discoveries in the history-rich country, a government newspaper reported Thursday...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/15/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Archaeology.php

'Time Team' Dig Into Village Past
Buxton Advertiser
HISTORIANS are attempting to unlock the secrets of a Peak District site which is once thought to have been the location of a medieval hospital...
http://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/hopevalley/Time-Team-diginto-village-past.3487217.jp

King Tut's Gold-Laden Show Rolls Into London: Martin Gayford
Bloomberg
Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- After much hubbub, ``Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs'' opens its doors today at the O2 in London. The inevitable question is: does this traveling display of the boy ruler's funeral regalia really deserve all the fuss? The brief answer is, yes it probably does...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ati37vPE64B8&refer=muse

Syria Finds Second Century Skeletons, Statues
Middle East Online
DAMASCUS - Syrian archaeologists have uncovered a 2nd century necropolis and statues in the central town of Palmyra, along with several skeletons, museum director Walid Assaad said on Thursday...
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=23107

Southgate Site Gives Up Secrets
The Bath Chronicle
Archaeologists working within the new SouthGate site have uncovered human remains believed to be the oldest ever found in Bath.They have found an upper arm bone believed to belong to one of the earliest inhabitants in the area...
http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163490&command=displayContent&sourceNode=163316&contentPK=18967909&folderPk=89126&pNodeId=163047

Eco-Ruin 'Felled Early Society'
BBC News
One of Western Europe's earliest known urban societies may have sown the seeds of its own downfall, a study suggests...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7093685.stm

October 13th News

There's some interesting new stories today, including the one about the Templars.

New stories as of 11:24 AM:

Greece To Relocate Acropolis Statues
France 24
Greek authorities held a dress rehearsal for the relocation of hundreds of statues and friezes from the Acropolis to a sprawling new museum...
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/culture/20071012-greece-acropolis-athens-new-museum-statues-parthenon-greek.html

Pope Unveils Restored Bernini Door
AFP
VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI Friday unveiled the newly-restored bronze door of the Papal Palace, sculpted by Renaissance master Bernini and used to signal to the world that a Pope has died...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNZ72j0TCvuKkeqTaxabPmgnKT-w

Roman Treasures Found In M?da
The Portugal News Online
Thousands of ancient roman coins have been unearth along with other historical treasures from the fourth century, in an archaeological dig that took place in Vale do Mouro, Coriscada, M�da...
http://google.the-news.net/display.aspx?id=929-14

Vatican Publishes Knights Templar Papers
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — It's not the Holy Grail, but for fans of "The Da Vinci Code" and its tantalizing story line about the Knights Templar, it could be the next best thing...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gI3abcQVbPiFc_-Y83X_T353He5AD8S7TR001

World's Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed In Syria
Yahoo News
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://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071011/en_nm/syria_painting_dc;_ylt=AgSEIYe4kCAV2C4OM.fZOX6s0NUE

October 12th News

There's lots of news today.

New stories as of 6:30 AM:

Test For Acropolis Move A Success
Kathimerini
A test run for an ambitious project to relocate thousands of treasured antiquities from the Acropolis to the new Acropolis Museum was completed successfully yesterday, officials said...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100011_12/10/2007_88860

Greek Officials Practice Moving Sculptures Into New Acropolis Museum
ABC 13
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The practice run of moving some 4,500 ancient masterpieces into the new Acropolis Museum is over.
http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.international/2608caa1-www.wlos.com.shtml

Greek Officials Practice For Art Move
Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — 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://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i67NIiqRczu4bMznU5Q5-OuHEZXAD8S74E000

Remains Unearthed
Hexham Courant
AN archaeological dig has unearthed some surprising finds at the richly historic site of Dilston Hall...
http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=552468

Archaeologists Find Mysterious Carved Stone At Whitby Abbey
24 Hour Museum
Experts are studying a carved stone recently uncovered on Whitby Abbey Headland in North Yorkshire to see if it represents the first Bronze Age artefact from the site...
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART51381.html

Stone Age Discovery
Hackney Gazette
BUILDING work has been halted on a Stoke Newington estate because archaeologists believe the site may have once been home to some of Hackney's most ancient residents...
http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/content/hackney/gazette/news/story.aspx?brand=HKYGOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshkyg&itemid=WeED11%20Oct%202007%2012%3A32%3A07%3A873

Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed In Syria
UKTV
An 11,000-year-old painting has been found in a Neolithic village in Syria by French archaeologists...
http://uktv.co.uk/history/news/aid/594730

Oldest Wall Painting Said To Be Found
World Science
Ar­chae­o­lo­gists have found an 11,000-year-old wall paint­ing un­der­ground in north­ern Syr­ia that they call the world’s old­est, the Reu­ters news agen­cy has reported...
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/071011_painting.htm

Merlin's Magical Stones
Deccan Herald
Archaeologists and historians raised many questions. Does Stonehenge as a concept have a deeper meaning and significance? Was it a site for ancient worship? If so, could it have been animal...
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct122007/sesame2007101230095.asp

Tribal Marker Unearthed By Archaeologists
The Northern Echo
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed what could be one of the earliest tribal markers ever found in this country...
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.1754456.0.tribal_marker_unearhed_by_archaeologists.php

World's Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed

ABC News
Archeologists discovered a wall painting believed to be from the 11th century B.C. in northern Syria, the country's official news agency, SANA, reported Monday Oct. 8 2007...
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3717636

World's Oldest Wall Painting Unearthed In Syria
Scientific American
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.sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=worlds-oldest-wall-painti&chanID=sa003&modsrc=reuters

US Exhibits Ancient Roman Mosaics
Press TV
Dayton Art Institute opens the 'Roman World: Religions and Everyday Life' exhibition to explore the Empire's multicultural complexity...
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=26743&sectionid=3510212

October 9th News

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

New stories as of 9:58 AM:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

October 7th News

As seems to be usual, it's a slow Sunday today.

New stories as of 2:49 PM:

Ancient Greeks Constructed Sophisticate Machines
Associated Content
A recent analysis done by Harvard University researcher Mark Schiefsky shows that ancient Greek craftsmen were able to build sophisticated machines well before they completely understood the mathematical principles that governed the devices...
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/405345/ancient_greeks_constructed_sophisticated.html

Archaeologists Shed New Light On Findings At Ancient Site Of Ebla
Top News
Damascus, Oct 7 : A noted Italian archaeologist has shed light on the most important archaeological discoveries by an Italian expedition team at the ancient site of the Ebla Kingdom in present day Syria...
http://www.topnews.in/archaeologists-shed-new-light-findings-ancient-site-ebla-23074

October 5th News

It's an early and slow start this morning.

New stories as of 1:16 PM:

New Discoveries in Ebla
SANA
DAMASCUS, ( SANA) _ Italian renowned Archaeologist Paulo Mattieh on Thursday shed light on the most important archaeological discoveries that the Italian expedition team at the ancient site of Ebla Kingdom had discovered.
http://www.sana.org/eng/21/2007/10/04/142322.htm

New stories as of 6:33 AM:

Underwater Archaeologists Find Mediaeval Artefacts In German Lake
EUX.tv
Arendsee, Germany (dpa) - Archaeologists have made significant mediaeval finds in the northern German lake, the Arendsee, that reveal fishing activities linked to a nearby monastery...
http://www.eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=15628

Ancient Stone Egyptian Carvings Were Made By Shepherds
New Kerala
Warsaw: Ancient carvings in the Dakhla Oasis in Egypt were made by shepherds, who lived about 5000-8000 years back, a recent study by Polish archaeologists has revealed...
http://www.newkerala.com/oct.php?action=fullnews&id=8886

Italy's Presidential Palace To Host 40 Artifacts Returned From Getty Museum
Herald Tribune
ROME: Italy's presidential palace will host an exhibit of 40 antiquities the J. Paul Getty Museum is returning as Rome reclaims treasures it says were looted from Italian territory, officials said Wednesday...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/03/europe/EU-GEN-Italy-Looted-Antiquities.php

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