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Today, Mrs Soup and I are enjoying the bank holiday but my top three takes us from the Parthenon to Neolithic skull smashers:
1) Museum denies plans of returning Parthenon fragments:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/museum-denies-plans-of-returning-fragments.a…
2) Archaeologists Set to Find Largest Coin Treasure in Bulgaria:
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=142282
3) Stone Age skull-smashers spark a cultural mystery:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528784.400-stone-age-skullsmashers-sp…
Mysterious tablet’s secrets revealed:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mysterious-tablets-secrets-revealed.aspx?pag…
Hundreds view ‘restored’ Christ painting:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hundreds-view-restored-christ-painting-in-sp…
Plovdiv wants to expand Roman Forum dig after several finds:
http://sofiaglobe.com/2012/08/27/archaeology-plovdiv-wants-to-expand-roman-fo…
China Exclusive: 2,000-year-old tombs bear secrets of ancient Tibetan kingdom:
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2012-08/24/content_26320071.htm
Archaeologists Complete Survey of Charleston Harbor Civil War Naval Battlefield:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120823175352.htm
Runnymede council seeks views on Magna Carta celebrations:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-19367735
Ancient poem deifies wife of brutal Roman emperor Nero:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48771790/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UDsw…
Dublin’s Viking warrior burials:
http://irisharchaeology.ie/2011/06/dublins-viking-warrior-burials/#comment-5449
Tags:
Archaeology excavation “British Museum” Parthenon deny Athens Greece Bulgaria Coin treasure Neolithic “Skull Smash” mystery tablet restored “christ painting” plovdiv expand roman forum dig china “000 year old tombs” “tibetan kingdom” “Charleston harbour” “civil war” runnymede council “magna carta” “ancient poem” “emperor nero” wife “dublin vikings” warrior burials
