– terrestrial archaeology and solar system history – news headlines archive – June 2003 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

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June 30 –

“Return our historical treasures, says deputy governor” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

June 30 –

“Archeologists find 2000-year-old priest dwellings” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

June 30 –

“Nasa delays Mars rover launch” –

Ananova (UK)

June 30 –

“Morning quake jolts capital” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

June 30 –

“Phanom Rung for World Heritage listing” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

June 30 –

“Mars is the shining star of our summer nights” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

June 30 –

“Syria reactivates parts of ancient water system” –

The Daily Star (Lebanon)

June 29 –

“Christianity: Did a meteor convert Constantine?” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

June 29 –

“Dream boat to sail Asia’s ancient trade route to Africa” –

The Observer (UK)

June 29 –

“Facing Phobos: Recent images of the martian moon” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 28 –

“Roman barge reveals a rich cargo of history” –

The Times (UK)

June 28 –

“Atlantis Diary IX – Rescue” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 27 –

“Restoration due for little theater at Epidaurus” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

June 27 –

“Uncharted Meteors” –

Science@NASA (USA)

June 27 –

“3,000 year-old trunk tombs unearthed in central coast” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

June 27 –

“Frozen water detected at Mars’ north pole” –

Hindustan Times (India)

June 27 –

“Law moves to preserve the Great Wall of China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 27 –

“Legislating Protection for Iraqi Heritage” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

June 26 –

“Maya mystery solution may be warning” –

Atlanta Journal – Constitution (USA)

June 26 –

“Unique Silver Amulet Found in Moscow Region” –

Pravda (Russia)

June 26 –

“Stolen terracotta figures returned to NW China province” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 26 –

“An explanation for the sunspot cycle” –

The Economist (UK)

June 26 –

“Preserving an ancient culture” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

June 26 –

“Meteorite Reveals Signs of Life from Space” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

June 26 –

“Surprising find at Okinawa temple” –

The Star (Malaysia)

June 26 –

“More evidence of water on Mars” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 26 –

“Nefertiti always and forever” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

June 25 –

“Japanese-European space venture aiming for Mercury” –

Ananova (UK)

June 25 –

“Comet hunter Charles Messier, father of fuzzy astronomy” –

San Diegi Union-Tribune (USA)

June 25 –

“An ancient tomb of 2800 years was discovered at occupied Galatia village” –

HR-Net (Cyprus)

June 25 –

“Stars & Planets July 2003; Skywatchers Guide” –

The Independent (UK)

June 25 –

“Protection of 2,000-year-old ethnic village improved” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 25 –

“Huge Mystery Flashes Seen In Outer Atmosphere” –

National Geographic News (USA)

June 25 –

“Mars moon shines in new Nasa image” –

Ananova (UK)

June 25 –

“From the Desert, a Wellspring of Ancient Manuscripts” –

The Washington Post (USA)

June 25 –

“Remains of huge ancient Ptolemic building discovered” –

Sydney Moring Herald (Australia)

June 24 –

“Satellites to focus on UNESCO World Heritage sites” –

ESA News (France)

June 24 –

“Memory error interrupts Mars Express testing” –

New Scientist (UK)

June 24 –

“Early worksite for jasper tools found” –

The Morning Call (USA)

June 24 –

“Rescheduling of some Beagle 2 ‘cruise check-out’ tests” –

ESA News (France)

June 24 –

“Seven new species found in Bolivia” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 24 –

“Technology project enables public to view Parthenon frieze online” –

Cordis News (Europe)

June 23 –

“Space impact ‘saved Christianity'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 23 –

“Songs, Instruments and Homes of Ancient Ba People” –

China.org (China)

June 23 –

“The 160,000-Year-Old Man” –

Time Magazine (USA)

June 23 –

“Cagayan de Oro archeological site threatened” –

CyberDyaryo (Philippines)

June 23 –

“Inca may have used knot computer code to bind empire” –

The Independent (UK)

June 23 –

“Restoration of Monuments Will Be Completed On Time” –

Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

June 23 –

“Ancient Tibetan Relics Unearthed” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

June 23 –

“Cagayan de Oro archeological site threatened by road project” –

Cyber Dyaryo (Philipines)

June 22 –

“Taj Mahal in danger of losing World Heritage status” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

June 22 –

“Darwin faces a new rival” –

The Sacramento Bee (USA)

June 22 –

“Ancient Rice Wine Found in West China City” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 22 –

“Artefacts stealing gang busted” –

Times of India (India)

June 22 –

“To the sacred temple-city in the clouds” –

The Japan Times (Japan)

June 22 –

“Culture Ministry keeps of stolen antiquities inventory” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

June 22 –

“Stardust On Course For Comet Flyby” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

June 21 –

“Atlantis Diary VIII – Science Basket” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 21 –

“Ancient rice wine found in West China city” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 21 –

“Thousands at Stonehenge for solstice” –

MSNBC News (USA)

June 21 –

“Powerful earthquake rocks Chile” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

June 21 –

“Dinosaur fossil bill targets black market” –

The Boston Globe (USA)

June 21 –

“2000-year-old rice wine found in an ancient tomb” –

IOL (South Africa)

June 21 –

“Indian treasure restored” –

The Washington Times (USA)

June 20 –

“Unexpected message delays Beagle 2 boot-up” –

New Scientist (UK)

June 20 –

“Anatolia – Home to First Civilization on Earth” –

Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

June 20 –

“Meteorite crash site located in Siberia” –

CNN.com – Science & Space (USA)

June 20 –

“Prehistoric ‘shoes’ better than modern hiking boots” –

Ananova (UK)

June 20 –

“Papua New Guineans among world’s first farmers” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

June 20 –

“Orkney discovery may be the first farm in Britain” –

The Herald (Scotland)

June 20 –

“BBC uncovers Scots jungle history” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 20 –

“Bacteria Restores Ancient Italian Frescoes” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

June 19 –

“Six ancient Chinese terracotta figures returned to China from US” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 19 –

“Extinctions caused by ancient meteor” –

The Guardian (UK)

June 19 –

“Antiquities team declares ossuary a forgery” –

Ha’aretz (Israel)

June 19 –

“Stardust spacecraft tweaks course for comet rendezvous” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

June 19 –

“Y chromosomes rewrite British history” –

Nature (UK)

June 19 –

“Ramses I Mummy back in October” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

June 19 –

“Meteorite show lights up Tasmania” –

NineMSN (Australia)

June 19 –

“Battle to save Afghanistan’s shattered heritage” –

The Guardian (UK)

June 19 –

“Database aids research on extinction” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

June 19 –

“Killer Asteroids: A Real But Remote Risk?” –

National Geographic News (USA)

June 19 –

“Security chief arrested for cultural relics theft” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 19 –

“Battle to save Afghanistan’s shattered heritage” –

The Guardian (UK)

June 18 –

“‘Asteroid impact could have prompted Constantine’s conversion'” –

Ananova (UK)

June 18 –

“First Mars, then Venus!” –

ESA News (France)

June 18 –

“Iraq’s museums: what really happened” –

The Guardian (UK)

June 18 –

“Nefertiti Bust’s Setting Sparks Furor” –

Washington Post (USA)

June 17 –

“Evidence shows asteroid impact caused early mass extinction” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 17 –

“Brothers solve Red Sea puzzle” –

Bath Chronicle (UK)

June 16 –

“Devonian Mass Extinction?” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 16 –

“Discovery of 3,500-year-old antiques” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

June 16 –

“Neandertal facial length issue settled” –

EurekAlert (USA)

June 16 –

“Ancient Cup Found at Bulgarian Border Checkpoint” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

June 16 –

“Britain’s ‘earliest’ prehistoric cave art” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 16 –

“‘Oldest vertebrate fossils’ draw paleontologists to Nova Scotia” –

CBC News (Canada)

June 16 –

“Skeleton sparks burial site” –

News.com (Australia)

June 16 –

“Ancient tools found at Carrow Road” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 15 –

“Cultivation of rice crop might have well begun in India” –

The Times of India (India)

June 15 –

“Archeologists find three mummies” –

News24.com (South Africa)

June 15 –

“Erotic royal seal shows Anglo-French entente once extremely cordiale” –

The Independent (UK)

June 15 –

“Archaeologists unearth Britain’s first cave pictures” –

The Guardian (UK)

June 14 –

“Ancient earthenware bowl stolen from museum” –

Mainichi Daily News (Japan)

June 14 –

“‘African Eve’ would shed tears if she knew” –

Asahi Shimbun (Japan)

June 13 –

“Comet race caught on camera” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 13 –

“Atlantis Diary VII – Poseidon’s Excellent Adventure” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 13 –

“Desert yields earliest proof of humans” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

June 13 –

“Preparing a human mission to Mars via Antarctica and Toulouse” –

ESA News (France)

June 13 –

“Meteorite may have had a big impact – like mass extinction” –

Fox11AZ (USA)

June 13 –

“Second mass extinction linked to impact” –

Nature (UK)

June 13 –

“5,000-year-old Sumerian vase returned to Iraqi museum” –

Charlton Post & Courier (USA)

June 12 –

“Nefertiti’s tomb won’t be in Valley of Kings” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

June 12 –

“Aboriginal ‘knowledge centre’ to protect sacred objects” –

Message Stick (Aotearoa)

June 12 –

“Turin shroud was ‘painted’ by bacteria” –

The Guardian (UK)

June 12 –

“Neanderthals drop off the human family tree” –

The Star/IOL (South Africa)

June 12 –

“China to build huge underground museum for unique cultural relics” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 12 –

“Scientists uncover ‘deep impact’ disaster from space” –

Ananova (UK)

June 12 –

“Man fined for fishing at sacred Aboriginal site” –

Message Stick (Aotearoa)

June 12 –

“Missing link in human evolution found in Africa” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

June 12 –

“Human evolution: Out of Ethiopia” –

Nature (UK)

June 12 –

“Skulls May Be Humans’ Immediate Predecessors” –

Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

June 12 –

“Ancient oceans were half dead” –

CNN Science & Space (USA)

June 12 –

“1,000-year-old coffin opened on live TV” –

Ananova (UK)

June 12 –

“Plans to rescue 1,700-year-old town from Three Gorges flooding” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 12 –

“Skulls lend credibility to ‘out of Africa’ theory” –

International Herald Tribune (USA)

June 11 –

“Did Global Warming Kill the Dinos?” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 11 –

“Remains may be ancient child sacrifice” –

Yorkshire Post (England)

June 11 –

“Shining Light on Life’s Origin” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 11 –

“Dino heatwave recorded in leaves” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 11 –

“Preparations for China’s 1st manned space on schedule” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 11 –

“Skulls reveal dawn of mankind” –

Nature (UK)

June 11 –

“Rosetta Retasked For 10 Year Trip To Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

June 11 –

“Dawn of human race uncovered” –

New Scientist (UK)

June 11 –

“Adias completes mapping Abu Dhabi treasure island” –

Gulf News (Dubai)

June 11 –

“Dig Finds No Sign of Temple at Indian Holy Site” –

Reuters (UK)

June 10 –

“Old Chinese Kingdom site discovered in SW China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 10 –

“200 million year-old fossil discovered in southern Thailand” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

June 10 –

“Headless comets survive plunge through Sun’s atmosphere” –

NASA News (USA)

June 10 –

“New archaeological find in Menya” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

June 10 –

“200 million year-old fossil found in Thailand’s Krabi” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 09 –

“Siberian meteorite flattens 100 square kilometres” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 09 –

“Queen Nefertiti’s Mummy Found?” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

June 09 –

“Stone Age settlement discovered” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

June 09 –

“Site for ancient sacrifice found in west China province” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 09 –

“Archaeological treasure salvaged” –

Gulf News (Dubai)

June 09 –

“Comet X-ray emissions simulated in laboratory” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

June 09 –

“Tablets that may reveal El Niño secrets are feared lost in Iraq” –

The Independent (UK)

June 08 –

“Hot Camera Points to Mars” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 08 –

“Found: Queen Nefertiti’s mummy” –

The Sunday Times (UK)

June 08 –

“Looters prey on unprotected area around Petrified Forest” –

The Boston Globe (USA)

June 08 –

“Ancient Iraqi gems found” –

Reuters (UK)

June 08 –

“Looters dig into Afghanistan’s ancient heritage” –

Afghan News Network (Afghanistan)

June 07 –

“Anglo Saxon brooch has oldest writing in English” –

The Daily Telegraph (UK)

June 07 –

“History lost in cleanup – 280 boxes of artefacts gone” –

The Toronto Star (Canada)

June 07 –

“Eruptions Get Bigger for Mass Extinction” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 07 –

“Archaeological Excavation Season Starts In Yozgat” –

Turkishpress.com (Turkey)

June 07 –

“Missing Iraqi Antiquities Found in Secret Vault” –

Reuters (UK)

June 07 –

“Measures to restore queen Nefertiti statue” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

June 07 –

“A cultural divide tests guardians of Babylon” –

The Boston Globe (USA)

June 06 –

“Emperor’s enigma: Tomb’s secrets stay sealed” –

Washington Times (USA)

June 06 –

“Experts to repair ‘faeces fossil'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 06 –

“Ancient Tombs Unearthed in Rural Beijing” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 06 –

“Atlantis Diary VI – Portal on the Past” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 06 –

“Meteorite crash site found in Siberia” –

InterFax (Russia)

June 06 –

“Unlocking mysteries” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

June 06 –

“Ancient Assyrian Treasures Found Intact in Baghdad” –

National Geographic News (USA)

June 06 –

“Space-age technology uncovers hidden cave art” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

June 05 –

“Cosmic Weather Killed Dinosaurs?” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 04 –

“In the north of Iraq: Mosul’s museum, Hatra, and Nimrud” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

June 04 –

“Mammoth herds ‘roamed fertile Bering Strait in Ice Age'” –

Ananova (UK)

June 04 –

“Virtual future for ancient relics” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 04 –

“Sculptures unearthed near ancient Beijing bridge” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 04 –

“Beagle Hunts for Mars” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 04 –

“Durga idol excavated from Betwa River” –

Central Chronicle (India)

June 04 –

“Hunt is on for ancient ‘global warming’ documents” –

Ananova (UK)

June 04 –

“Archaeologists to the rescue of ancient gods” –

IOL (South Africa)

June 03 –

“Pakistani sites not to be put on World Heritage List” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

June 03 –

“3-D Map of the Earth created 120 million years ago” –

Pravda (Russia)

June 03 –

“The Amesbury Archer – updated” –

Wessex Archaeology (England)

June 03 –

“Hormoheb tomb to open after restoration works” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

June 03 –

“Hong Kong-made space tool sets for Mars” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 02 –

“There Are Mistakes in the Cultural Heritage Protection Project” –

Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

June 02 –

“Scientists Eye Asteroid Tsunami Risk” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

June 02 –

“Taranaki feels earthquake” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

June 02 –

“Mars Express en route for the Red Planet” –

ESA News (France)

June 02 –

“New Centre for Maritime Archaeology founded at Oxford” –

University of Oxford (England)

June 01 –

“Europa Diary IV: Walking on Thin Ice” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 01 –

“Antiques roadshow’ helps Kabul buy back its heritage” –

Afghan News Network (Afghanistan)

June 01 –

“Native Hawaiian Artifacts Suspended in Cultural Tension” –

The Washington Post (USA)

June 01 –

“Archeologists Race Against Time at Three Gorges” –

The People’s Daily (China)

June 01 –

“Harpooning a Comet” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

June 01 –

“Susan Langley – Underwater Archaeologist – Interview” –

The Washington Post (USA)

June 2003 –

“Preclassic Maya monuments and temples at Cival, Petén, Guatemala” –

Antiquity (UK)

June 2003 –

“Bountiful Celtic Burials” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

June 2003 –

“Surveying Ancient Raw Materials: The Egyptian Deserts Expedition” –

Antiquity (UK)

June 2003 –

“Khonkho Wankane and the Rise of Tiwanaku” –

Antiquity (UK)