The following are news stories which relate to ancient and modern mythology. Each will be posted with a date, description, and relevant mythology. They will all open in a new window for easy viewing. Stories will be rotated by date, and deleted once no longer current.

Call them the Dead E-Scrolls: Ancient documents go digital
09-26-2011, MSN.COM, General
"Some of the oldest-known surviving biblical texts are headed for the Internet in a new collaboration between Google and the Israeli antiquities authorities."

Archaeologists marvel at hidden tomb
03-02-2005, MSN.COM, SAQQARA, Egypt, Egyptian
"Archaeologists uncovered three coffins and a remarkably well-preserved mummy in a 2,500-year old tomb discovered by accident — after opening a secret door hidden behind a statue in a separate burial chamber, Egypt’s chief archaeologist said Wednesday."

50,000-year-old mammoth found in gravel pit
01-22-2004, CNN.COM, Rueters, General
"Two scientists have unearthed a complete skull of a mammoth that wandered the English countryside 50,000 years ago -- only the second intact example found in Britain."

Mummy thought to be Nefertiti may be a man
09-02-2003, CNN.COM, Rueters, Egyptian
The mummy an Egyptologist says could be the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti, is much more likely to be a man, Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said.

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