Studenda Mira

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman-era tomb on the Greek island of Kefalonia. The AP report is vague, but there's a photo of seating in what looks like a theatre of some kind. The caption implies that this is in the same area as the tomb. More details in the coming days, hopefully.

The conventional wisdom is that Homer's Ithaca is the modern island of Ithaki, off the coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea. British archaeologist Robert Bittlestone is challenging that assumption, and modern science will be at his disposal .