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Rare pre-Greek site to be exploredEnotrians ('wine lovers') renamed their kingdom 'Italia' (ANSA) - Palinuro, March 20 - A very rare example of surviving pre-Greek settlement in southern Italy is to be excavated and explored. The site, at Molpa in the hills above Palinuro south of Naples, is believed to contain the remains of a large village of the Enotrians, the earliest known inhabitants of Calabria and southern Campania. The Greeks who settled across southern Italy from 700BC to create Magna Graecia had an idealised vision of the Enotrians ("wine lovers") as coming from the Eden-like land of Arcadia ....

<p>A bipartisan group of legislators is quietly seeking support for a plan to resolve California's budget shortfall by allowing the state to borrow billions of dollars and pay the money back over several years.</p> <p>The approach is similar to one that helped Orange County emerge from bankruptcy in the 1990s.</p>

Egyptian Pyramid Mysteries to Be Explored Live on TV Nancy Gupton for National Geographic News September 13, 2002 With modern technology and a little bit of luck, archaeologists hope to solve two of ancient Egypt's mysteries next week in a live television broadcast. The scientists will attempt to probe the inside of a blocked shaft in the Great Pyramid of Giza, and will also open the oldest intact sarcophagus found in modern times. Zahi Hawass, director of Egypt's antiquities and a National Geographic explorer-in residence, stands beside the oldest intact sarcophagus found in modern times. Both have been sealed for...