Quarry on Crete could be original site of ancient Greek Labyrinth

October 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Geologists from Brigham Young University (BYU) have revealed a literal dinosaur stomping ground near Moab, Utah, where they have found thousands of bones, which include 67 individual dinosaurs fossils that represent 8 species. Mysteriously, nearly all of the 4,200 bones recovered so far are fractured.

October 13th, 2009 ANKARA - Archaeologists have found traces of a temple built for the Greek goddess of divine retribution, Nemesis, during excavations in the ancient city of Agora in the Aegean port city of Izmir in Turkey. According to a report in Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review, Akin Ersoy of Dokuz Eylul University's archaeology department and heading the archaeological excavations in the ancient city, said that there might be a temple built for Nemesis in the area.

September 8th, 2009 SOFIA - The lyre of Orpheus, the string instrument which the Thracian and ancient Greek mythological musician played with mastery, has been recreated and will be displayed in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. According to a report carried in the Balkan Travellers, the lyre was recreated as part of a 150,000-euro project between Bulgaria, Spain and Italy.

August 21st, 2009 JERUSALEM - Archaeologists have found a cache of three figurines of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, dating back about 1,500 years, in the southern Golan Heights site of Susita, in Israel. According to a report in the online edition of the Haaretz newspaper, the figurines, made of clay, and are about 30 centimeters tall, depict the nude goddess standing, with her right hand covering her private parts - a type of statue scholars call "modest Venus." The figurines at Susita were unearthed in the excavations of the University of Haifa's Zinman Institute of Archaeology, now in its 10th season, headed by Professor Arthur Segal and Dr.

August 7th, 2009 LONDON - A Brit man had his privates torched, while on holiday in Crete, by a woman who accuses him of being a sex pest. Stuart Feltham, 20, who had to be hospitalised for the burns, allegedly exposed himself to a Greek girl in a bar in Malia on Crete, reports the Sun.

July 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of researchers and scholars are using high-tech imaging to clear the layers of text hidden beneath words and letters written on levels of ancient papyrus, which may reveal fascinating insights into the writing and everyday life of early Egyptian, Greek and Roman societies. As part of the research, a team of national researchers and scholars examined dozens of papyri among the thousands of papyrological pieces in the University of Michigan (U-M) collection for the last four weeks.

July 6th, 2009 Israeli archaeologists discover ancient quarryJERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have uncovered an ancient quarry where they believe King Herod extracted stones for the construction of the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday. The archaeologists believe the 1,000-square-foot (100-square-meter) quarry was part of a much larger network of quarries used by Herod in the city.

June 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - New findings inside a 2,000-year-old underground chamber discovered in Israel's Jordan Valley suggest that it may have served as a monastery, hideout for persecuted Christians, or Roman army base. According to a report in National Geographic News, the largest human-made cave in Israel, the 1-acre (0.4-hectare) space is thought to have begun as a quarry.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - An archeological team, using digital equipment, is all set to unlock the mystery behind the ancient Greek town of Pavlopetri, thought to be the oldest submerged town in the world. The team of archaeologists is from Britain's University of Nottingham and Greece's Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities of the Ministry of Culture.

June 5th, 2009 Scientists find more dinosaur bones at Utah quarrySALT LAKE CITY — Scientists at one of Utah's major new dinosaur quarries have found 60 to 70 new bones this spring, including what appears to be a 20-foot-long neck bone discovered this week. The latest finds are fresh evidence that the site near Hanksville could be a large and important source of bones in the coming years.

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - Reports indicate that Italian experts will help Iran restore the tomb of Cyrus the Great (580-529BC), considered one of the most magnificent monuments of antiquity. According to a report by Poundbury Publishing, an agreement signed in Tehran will see Italian archaeologists working with their Iranian colleagues for at least two years.

May 13th, 2009 LONDON - Archaelogists are set to extract closely guarded secrets of the world's oldest submerged city. The ancient town of Pavlopetri lies in three to four metres of water just off the coast of southern Laconia in Greece.

April 29th, 2009 Dino-mite: Utah quarry gets explosive treatmentSALT LAKE CITY — Sometimes the delicate tools of dinosaur diggers just don't cut it. Thwarted since 2007 by layers of rock-hard sandstone, researchers at one of Dinosaur National Monument's most important quarries turned to something more potent than brushes and hammers: explosives.

April 13th, 2009 LONDON - An archaeology team in Yemen has discovered ancient works of art in Humat Thiab, 55 km to the east of Dhamar city. A team of archaeologists from the General Organization for Antiquities and Museum (GOAM) in Sana'a and Dhamar, led by Ali Al-Sanabani, head of GOAM in Dhamar, conducted the excavation that led to the new findings.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Archaeological excavations in the ancient region of Baktria in Afghanistan have revealed a unique marble slab with the image of Alexander the Great and a passage of an inscription. The slab represents an ancient king on a horse heading Macedonian cavalry and Macedonian phalanx at the background.