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A mixed bag this week (I wasn't quite sure what an appropriate order for all this stuff would be!):
IN THE NEWS
In the 'big news' category comes Mike Sandars' claim to have found the remains of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Dead Sea (watch the wrap):
Also on the 'big news' department is the discovery of what may be the oldest Christian cemetery in Ireland:
The Times of London reports that a hitherto bit of sloppy pot decoration is now being used as evidence for fossils in antiquity:
The Guardian reports on an eccentric bishop's bequest to the Vatican: a sculpture of a satyr in a typically satyric pose, which was supposedly made by Praxiteles:
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The Telegraph has a report on the Lindisfarne Gospels, which are being returned to the 'northeast' (watch the wrap):
The Telegraph also has a preview of some Anglo Saxon jewellery which will be auctioned off shortly (watch the wrap):
Also in the Telegraph is a report that an erstwhile medieval dyke has been elevated to the status of a castle:
The BBC has an interesting report on the 'richest people' of the past millennium (various fortunes were converted to modern money) ... it would appear that William the Conqueror paid his followers well:
The U. Florida Independent Alligator has a feature on that institution's involvement in the excavation of the Francisican mission Nombre de Dios:
The Dispatch has a nice feature on Ohio's Serpent Mound:
The Telegraph has a feature on an elderly gentleman's lifetime project of building a model of the Second Temple (watch the wrap):
Classicists will be interested in a feature in the Telegraph, contrasting Martha Lane Fox with her father Robin (watch the wrap):
FOLLOWUPS
The Western Press has an interesting article on a project to demonstrate how the stones from Stonehenge were moved to their current location (I couldn't decide if this was news or a followup to monthly coverage about Stonehenge! Coin toss ...):
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