Archaeology news for October 15-November 1

[jeweledeyes]

Hi everyone, so sorry I have been AWOL the last month. And as DW's reading page only goes back 2 weeks, I was only able to catch up on the news from Nov. 1 on, apart from some stuff I'd bookmarked elsewhere throughout October. So here is a somewhat patchy version of the back news items for the second half of October:

Firstly, steorra shared an article from The Guardian following up on one of the previously posted articles about an "ancient" statue of Buddha carved from meteorite. According to The Guardian, there is now some doubt about the antiquity of this carving: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/24/nazi-buddha-statue-space-fake

Study suggests that Alexandria was built to align with rising sun on birthday of Alexander the Great
http://www.livescience.com/23994-ancient-city-alexandria-sun.html

Cat discovers 2,000-year-old Roman catacomb
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/18/cat-2000-year-old-roman-catacomb

Breakthrough in world's oldest undeciphered writing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19964786

Lost Tomb of Nebamun Found?
http://www.kv64.info/2012/10/lost-tomb-of-nebamun-found.html
(Here is the research paper on it, if anyone speaks German:
http://www.dainst.org/sites/default/files/media/abteilungen/kairo/projekte/rundbrief_2011.pdf)

Forensic Science Demonstrates Accuracy of Roman-Era Mummy Portraits
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/10/27/modern-science-unravels-ancient-mummy-mysteries/
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/10/28/68-Early-Egyptians-were-as-talented-in-painting-as-architecture.html

And an animated "Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome"
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-glimpse-of-teenage-life-in-ancient-rome-ray-laurence

Updates for November 2-15 coming right up!