March 22, 2007	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 2, 1428

ROME: The skeleton of a five-million-year-old whale has been found in the Tuscan vineyard that produces the world-famous Brunello di Montalcino wine. “A group of palaeontologists were digging in January in the Castello Banfi vineyards and found a whale's vertebra,” a spokeswoman for Winenews, a wine promotion agency said. “They continued their search and found the animal's entire skeleton, about 10 meters (33 feet) long,” Daniella Vidotto said. Explaining that the region was underwater five million years ago, Vidotto said it was a magnet for palaeontologists. “A dolphin skeleton was found a few years ago in our area, in Pienza, as well as lots of seashells,” she said.—AFP