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Weekend of May 30/31 2009 - News Headlines from the last 72 hours ...................
"See Sigiriya and learn Sigiriya" - The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
"Final resting place of Himiko discovered?" - Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
"Dig for prehistoric sea monster fossils" - The Daily Gleaner (Canada)
"The hole story" review - The Guardian (UK)
"Australian smallpox epidemic out of Africa" review - ABC Science (Australia)
"Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Caused Global Mass Extinction" - Science Daily (USA)
"Cave paintings in Camagüey discovered before those of Altamira and Lascaux" - Radio CA (Cuba)
"Gallery Returns Antiquities Worth $2.7 Million to Italy" - ArtInfo (USA)
"Medieval limekiln discovered in Ripon" - Ripon Gazette (England)
"Persepolis Manifests Glory of Ancient Persia" - CHN (Iran)
"'Lost' music instrument recreated" - BBC News (UK)
"Bottom of filing cabinet yields top-drawer discovery" - The Globe & Mail (Canada)
"Roman officials were involved in expenses scandals 2,000 years ago" - Smash Hits (India)
"As of May 30 there are 1061 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids" - Harvard.edu (USA)
"Ruins of Fortress Found in Behshahr" - CHN (Iran)
"Iron Period Layers Revealed by Latest Archaeology Excavations... " - Balkan Travellers (Bulgaria)
"Looting Matters: Why Is Switzerland Featured so Frequently... " - PR NewsWire (USA)
"Prehistoric archeology in Cuba began in Camagüey" - Radio Cardena Agramonte (Cuba)
"Roman era reveals expenses claims" - BBC News (UK)
"Stonehenge changes expected to make site more tranquil" - Guelph Mercury (Canada)
"Expert: Turtle rock has tool marks" - Cincinnati Enquirer (USA)
"Excavation at Haslar reveals horror of life in Nelson's navy'" - The Portsmouth News (England)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Saturday May 30: Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 29 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Anthropologist advances 'kelp highway' theory for Coast settlement" - Vancouver Sun (Canada)
"Hope for a common date for Easter affirmed again" - Ekklesia (UK)
"5 ancient tombs of Song and Ming Dynasties discovered in China" - Thaindian News (Thailand)
"'Ancient' artifacts, cyber scams" - Los Angeles Times (USA)
"Enameling Originated in Iran" - CHN (Iran)
"Discrepancy between Cranial and DNA Data of Early Americans" - Elites TV News (USA)
"Islander unearths Buddhist relics" - Minivan News (The Maldives)
"Ancient farming practices motivate students to grow" - Bend Bulletin (USA)
"China nominates Dragon Boat Festival as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Archaeologists find 23 artifacts from about 600 BC in Southeast Mexico" - TI News (Thailand)
"Virtual Reconstruction Of A Neanderthal Woman’s Birth Canal reveals... " - Science Daily (USA)
"Palestinian Identity and Cultural Heritage" - Institut français du Proche-Orient (Syria)
"Who's buried at Hoo?'" - EADT24 (England)
"Remains of temple of Isis found" - ANSA (Italy)
"The evolution of creationist astronomy" - Discover Magazine (USA)
"Look for the giant emu" - GuamPDN (Guam)
"Tall Buildings in Ancient Iran" - CHN (Iran)
"How Noble Gas Remains Trapped in Earth's Mantle'" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Ancient volcano in China may hold key to mass extinction 260 mln years ago" - KFSM5 News (USA)
"Vikings visited Canadian Arctic, research suggests" - The Ottawa Citizen (Canada)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 28 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Ancient well that gave name to Camberwell unearthed" - The Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Archaeologists Excavate Ancient Maya River Port in Southeast Mexico" - LAHT (Venezuela)
"Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can't be read'" - New Scientist (UK)
"Iran: Italian team to help restore Cyrus the Great's tomb'" - AndKronos (Italy)
"Research Examines How Past Communities Coped With Climate Change" - Science Daily (USA)
"First Leprosy Case in History is 4,000 Years Old" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Hunt for lost battlefield mansion" - BBC News (UK)
"Archaeologists to investigate city’s past" - The Copenhagen Post (Denmark)
"Smugglers loot Libya’s ruins" - The National (United Arab Emirates)
"Stonehenge tops list of Britain's 'seven wonders''" - Daily Mail (UK)
"Ancient rock art hints at what extinct marsupial lions may have looked like" - TI News (Thailand)
"Perfectly preserved 300-year-old broom found in monk latrine" - The Local (Germany)
"Miami Circle site may soon open as park" - Miami Herald (USA)
"Prehistoric sanctuary discovered near Sozopol resort" - News BG (Bulgaria)
"6,000 medieval fragments turned into mosaic at St Mary’s Church... " - The York Press (England)
"New Extinct Lemur Species Discovered In Madagascar" - Science Daily (USA)
"Sacred stones: unravelling Stonehenge" - Cosmos (Australia)
"Virtual fossils reveal how ancient creatures lived" - New Scientist (UK)
"Inventory of Prehispanic Sites with Astronomical Value Created" - INAH (Mexico)
"Sauropods Held Their Heads Up High: Contrary to popular theories... " - Softpedia (Romania)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 27 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Five-Million-Year Old Sloth Fossil Found in Peru" - NDTTV News (USA)
"2000 yr old sewn ship found in Croatia" - Thaindian News (Thailand)
"Archeologists find over 2000 years old broken pieces of ancient pottery... " - Top News (India)
"Return Elgin Marbles, Says Acropolis Museum Creator: Interview" - Bloomberg (USA)
"Middle East Oldest Village Found In Iran" - JTW (Turkey)
"Ancient First Temple artifacts uncovered in Jerusalem" - Jewish Tribune (Canada)
"Trees of stone tell tropical tale" - Science News (USA)
"Suspect arrested in church document theft" - Ma'an News Agency (Palestinian Territories)
"South Pole Sea Ice at 2008 Maximum and 2009 Minimum" - Earth Observatory (Earth Orbit)
"Gypsum Cave holds important glimpses of the past" - Desert Valley Times (USA)
"Ancient Bharuch fort crumbling" - The Times of India (India)
"Earliest evidence of leprosy discovered in India" - Thaindian News (Thailand)
"Matrilineal Chinese tribe strives to maintain 2,000-year-old tradition" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Find may indicate medieval Norse presence in Nunavut" - Canada.com (Canada)
"3,000 years of migration becomes a documentary" - Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey)
"Marsupial lion found in Aboriginal rock art" - Cosmos (Australia)
"Public Access To Miami Circle May Soon Be Granted" - CBS4 News (USA)
"Ancient pottery pieces" - Zee News (India)
"UNESCO recognises two world biosphere reserves" - VNS (Viet Nam)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 26 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"How to Digitally 'Unroll' 1,900-Year-Old Scrolls" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Axe that clove creationism found at museum after 150 years" - The Guardian (UK)
"Acheulian human remains found in Morocco" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Pawnee Heritage: Tribe's corn grows in 'original homeland'" - Omaha World-Herald (USA)
"Battle joined over Bronze Age artefacts" - The Press & Journal (Scotland)
"Dolmens of Moodabidri" - Daiji World (India)
"The dangerous link between science and hype" - The Times (UK)
"Cambodia may open Angkor Wat at night for visits" - The Star (Malaysia)
"Public invited to archeological dig" - Beaver Dam Daily Citizen (USA)
"2000 years old pottery pieces founded at Budhwar Peth" - UB News (India)
"Careless restoration destroys relics" - VNS (Viet Nam)
"Road dates back 4,000 years" - TeleText (UK)
"Exploring the Life of Prehistoric People in the Pit" - TT News (Taiwan)
"Fire, water to help unravel archaeological objects' age" - The Hindu (India)
"Fossil fish wins spot on rare list" - The West Australian (Australia)
"Volunteers can take part in NH archaeological digs" - Boston Herald (USA)
"Southwest’s earliest known irrigation system discovered" - Thaindian News (Thailand)
"Historical passage through Henan" - New Straits Times (Malaysia)
"Taj Mahal becomes disabled friendly" - The Calcutta Telegraph (India)
"Exhibition to show stones of Hadrian's Wall'" - News Guardian (England)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 25 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Ship Over 2,000 Years Old Found in Novalja" - Javno (Croatia)
"Computer scientist to unroll' papyrus scrolls buried by Vesuvius'" - Deseret News (USA)
"Tracing England’s roots in Europe goes back to the beginning of time" - New Europe (Belgium)
"2,200-year-old pottery unearthed in Budhwar Peth" - Mid-Day (India)
"Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of... " - EurekAlert (USA)
"Rare Avicenna manuscript recovered" - Press TV (Iran)
"Monkey diet sheds light on origin of human obesity" - The Age (Australia)
"Scottish scientists develop technique to date archaeological ceramics" - STV News (Scotland)
"As of May 25 there are 1060 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids" - Harvard.edu (USA)
"Turkish bulldozers raze 1,000 years of Rom history" - Dzeno Association (Czech Republic)
"Israel Steals Palestinian Heritage, History" - Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)
"FAA applauds Heritage Malta temple rescue" - Malta Today on Sunday (Malta)
"Why Was There No Chinese Newton?" - Global Politician (USA)
"Sutton Hoo: The story behind the treasure" - EADT 24 (England)
"Hampi Harishankar Gate damaged for the second time" - Indopia (India)
"Mayan underworld filled with gifts, sacrifices to gods" - USA Today (USA)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

Weekend of May 23/24 2009 - News Headlines from the last 72 hours ...................
"Mega-marsupial grave in dry lake" - Herald Sun (Australia)
"Origin of the Specious" - The Sunday Times (UK)
"Most ancient Mid East village discovered in western Iran" - ISNA (Iran)
"435 Works of Art Comprise "Teotihuacan: City of Gods" Exhibition... " - Art Daily (USA)
"Ancient humans’ teeth show they were predominately right-handed" - Dawn (Pakistan)
"Fields screened for ancient finds" - BBC News (UK)
"Theory combats accepted wisdom on scrolls" - The Welland Tribune (Canada)
"Rs 3cr to revive Mughal monuments" - The Calcutta Telegraph (India)
"Recover Hebrew papyrus 2,000 years old" - Examiner (USA)
"The mystery of the ancient inscription" - Inquirer (Philippines)
"Southwest's earliest known irrigation system unearthed in Arizona'" - Los Angeles Times (USA)
"Fire and water reveal new archaeological dating method" - Innovations-Report (Germany)
"Local mastodon bones discovered in the late 1880s" - The Chatham Daily News (Canada)
"Rome opens up underground wonders of the ancient world to tourists" - The Times (UK)
"FAA praises Heritage Malta, slams MEPA, over Skorba temples" - Times of Malta (Malta)
"Mixed fates for Mars rovers after 5-plus years" - San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
"New finds span time" - Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)
"Ancient teeth hint that right-handedness is nothing new" - New Scientist (UK)
"Pages from history: Indian influence on Tibet" - Star of Mysore (India)
"Great Lakes sinkholes are a tunnel into history" - Richmond Times-Disparch (USA)
"My Son Sanctuary" - VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)
"4,000-year-old road found in city" - BBC News (UK)
"Italy recovers lost Byzantine frescoes from Greece" - The Chronicle Herald (Canada)
"Elgin Marbles question renewed as Athens museum opens" - The Independent (UK)
"2,000 yr-old megalith" - Zee News (India)
"Ancient goddess spotlight: Rhiannon" - Examiner (USA)
"Calling the Queen's Authenticity into Question'" - Spiegel Online (Germany)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Sunday May 24: Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)
"Saturday May 23: Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 22 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Students unearth vital knowledge about Chester's heritage'" - Chester Evening Leader (England)
"Bulgarian monuments under UNESCO protection are shown in the UN" - Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
"Man-made star to unlock cosmic secrets" - BBC Science News (UK)
"Scientists battle to reproduce ancient glue" - IOL / The Star (South Africa)
"Long Lost Relative" - Archaeology Magazine (USA)
"Help reveal effects of climate change on coastal archaeology" - Tenby Observer (Cymru)
"Illegal constructions around Sher Shah tomb" - The Times of India (India)
"Astronomers See Galactic 'Backbone' of the Universe" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Bulgarian Archaeologists Visited Ancient Site of Bargala in Macedonia" - Balkan Travellers (Bulgaria)
"Neanderthals: tasty meals for early humans" - Cosmos (Australia)
"Mystery footprints restore warring scene" - China.org (China)
"Survey begins on site of possible 13th century cemetery" - Northampton Chronicle & Echo (England)
"Looted Albanian sculpture returns home" - eTaiwan News / AP (Taiwan)
"Top Archaeologist dead" - Express Buzz (India)
"'Oldest' human settlement found" - BBC News (UK)
"Homer exhibition in Vienna’s Papyrus Museum" - Athens News Agency (Greece)
"2,000 year-old Roman Villa discovered in park" - Wanstead & Woodford Guardian (England)
"Gardener digs up ancient fortune" - IOL / Cape Times (South Africa)
"Humans Ate Neanderthals Into Extinction, Scientist Claims" - RedOrbit (USA)
"U.S. and Polish archaeologists successful at Berenike" - Polish Press Agency (Poland)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 21 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"2,000 year-old megalith uncovered in Tam Dao" - VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)
"Gregg Stemm: is taking treasure from shipwrecks piracy?" - The Times (UK)
"New museum of ethnography and local history opened in Ashgabat" - I-N (Turkmenistan)
"Climate Change Did Not Doom The Anasazi" - Media NewsWire (USA)
"Archaeologists uncover further evidence of Nobber’s medieval past" - Meath Chronicle (Ireland)
"Petition to declare Hasankeyf & Tigris Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site" - EuropeNews (Denmark)
"Trawlers are destroying historic wrecks, say explorers" - The Times (UK)
"New Acropolis Museum set for grand launch" - eKathimerini (Greece)
"As of May 21 there are 1056 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids" - Harvard.edu (USA)
"No invite for Lord Elgin heirs as New Acropolis Museum opens" - M & C News (Scotland)
"1,000 Years Of Brunei-China Ties To Be Documented" - Bru Direct (Brunei)
"Delving the secrets of HMS Victory" - BBC NewsNight (UK)
"Fossil Ancestor of Humans and Primates Is 47 Million Years Old" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Cliff erosion on Golden Cap estate exposes Bronze Age settlement" - Bridport News (England)
"Scholars examine Native American symbolism" - Newstreamz (USA)
"Relics found in area between two prehistoric cultures" - Saigon Daily (Viet Nam)
"School trips to historic sites plummet" - Western Mail (Cymru)
"'Missing Link' Fossil Found; Proof of Evolutionary Theory?" - Associated Content (USA)
"Seashells in Sinai desert garrison" - EuroNews (Belgium)
"New Archaeological Dating Method Uses Water and Fire" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Boys unearth hidden treasure" - TeleText (UK)
"Authorities turn blind eye to artefact thefts" - eKantipur (Nepal)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 20 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Ancient Peruvians Mined Impressive Amounts of Mercury" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Hoi An to preserve ancient Cham wells" - VNS (Viet Nam)
"Fossil Ida: extraordinary find is 'missing link' in human evolution" - The Guardian (UK)
"Alexander the Great was chosen for the Greatest Greek of all times" - NewsFromGreece (Greece)
"Thailand to protest UNESCO over Preah Vihear inspection" - MCOT (Thailand)
"Ancient creature may be ancester of primates" - The Sun Times (USA)
"First Temple period bone seal with engraved name found in Jerusalem excavations" - MoFA (Israel)
"Geoarchaeologist to speak about ancient Indian findings south of GJ" - GJ Free Press (USA)
"Mideast israel ancient inscription" - Suomen Kuvalehti (Finland)
"Ancient Gem-Studded Teeth Show Skill of Early Dentists" - National Geographic News (USA)
"Antiquities returned to Greece" - Express (Greece)
"Ancient site to host Mideast peace group" - Andkronos (Italy)
"Do hunter-gatherers have it right?" - BBC Today Blog (UK)
"U.S. and Polish archaeologists successful at Berenike" - Polish Press Agency (Poland)
"Several museums open during Iran’s annual Cultural Heritage Week" - Tehran Times (Iran)
"China's first underwater museum unveiled'" - People's Daily (China)
"Last look at historic cave" - Dudley News (England)
"World of Change: Evaporation of the Aral Sea" - Earth Observatory (Earth Orbit)
"New Insight into Primate Eye Evolution" - Innovations-Report (Germany)
"Ancient First Temple Artifacts Uncovered in Jerusalem" - Arutz Sheva (Israel)
"Scientists Strive to Map the Oldest Known Submerged City" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Bridging an evolutionary gap" - Science Live (UK)
"Fire and water reveal true age of ancient relics" - Science Centric (Bulgaria)
"The first evidence of pre-industrial mercury pollution in the Andes" - EurekAlert (USA)
"Frescoes among recovered treasures" - ANSA (Italy)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 19 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Scientists prove Africans populated Earth" - S2S Magazine (USA)
"Join in archaeological dig to help unearth town's history'" - Fenland Citizen (England)
"The Lost Treasure of Alexander the Great" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Lack of archaeologists hinders innovation of museum archive" - Angop (Angola)
"300 B.C. panels take Mayan creation myth back by 1,000 years" - Smash Hits (India)
"Mapping the world's oldest submerged town'" - Nature (UK)
"Heritage museum planned in Karachi" - Dawn (Pakistan)
"Looted Afghan artifacts are big business" - San Antonio Express (USA)
"Artefacts: British Museum should return Queen Idia Mask" - Modern Ghana (Ghana)
"Days to promote the marvels underwater" - Hürriyet (Turkey)
"Curse of the crystal skull" - WA Today (Australia)
"Pioneering archaeologist dies, aged 58" - The Press & Journal (Scotland)
"What ancient artifact did archaeologists discover in Jerusalem?" - Ha'aretz (Israel)
"Fish Poisoning May Be Why Polynesians Left Paradise" - Science Daily (USA)
"Castle ruins should be preserved" - The South Yorkshire Star (England)
"A heritage site near Mysore: Somanathapura" - Deccan Herald (India)
"Tanzania: Laetoli Ancient Footsteps to Get 'Facelift'" - The Arusha Times (Tanzania)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 18 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Who Went With Columbus? Dental Studies Give Clues" - The Washington Post (USA)
"Rare Copy of Avicenna's 'Canon of Medicine' Stolen in Hamedan" - CHN (Iran)
"Saving Malta's ancient temples" - BBC News (UK)
"Anthropologists row over the hobbit" - The Nation (Thailand)
"Peruvian Stalagmites Hold Clues To Climate Change" - Science Daily (USA)
"9,000 yr old mysterious burial ritual discovered in Iran" - DuniyaLive (India)
"How Neanderthals met a grisly fate: devoured by humans" - The Observer (UK)
"Key Archaeological Findings Discovered in UAQ" - Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)
"Iraqi Forces Now Securing Historical Ziggurat At Ur" - NewsBlaze (USA)
"International Museum Day kicks off" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Riddle of mankind" - The East African (Kenya)
"Prehispanic Objects Found in Zapopan, Jalisco" - INAH (Mexico)
"Old digs can reveal new information" - The Columbus Dispatch (USA)
"Bristol Roman villa finder's thoughts revealed'" - Bristol Evening Post (England)
"9000 yr old burial ritual in Iran" - Zee News (India)
"New archaeological finds from Gonur-Depe... " - Internet-Newspaper (Turkmenistan)
"Archaeologists strike gold in Umm Al Quwain" - Gulf News (Qatar)
"Milwaukee man involved with historic shipwreck finds in Albania and Sicily" - OnMilwaukee (USA)
"The fortress-site Staraya Ryazan" - Russia Info-Center (Russia)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

Weekend of May 16/17 2009 - News Headlines from the last 72 hours ...................
"Meet Discusses Sudan Historical Sites" - CHN (Iran)
"Unearthing the Mayan Creation Myth" - Discover Magazine (USA)
"Archaeologists discovered several cultural layers in Hunan Province" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Ancient city in Hamedan Prov. to be converted into site-specific museume" - Tehran Times (Iran)
"Institute hosts maritime talk on 'What Lies Beneath' Champlain, Hudson" - The Saratogian (USA)
"FM calls on Unesco to act transparently on temple" - The Bangkok Post (Thailand)
"Stop them destroying our heritage sites!" - Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
"Milford a treasure of American Indian history" - The Milford Daily News (USA)
"Unique Roman glass dish found at London grave site" - Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)
"Water Flowed on Mars Within the Last Billion Years" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Roman remains will be undamaged" - BBC News (UK)
"Skopje plans for Alexander statue 'laughable'" - B92 News (Serbia)
"Author defies idea that Blackbeard was English" - The Baltimore Sun (USA)
"Aborigines demand ancient relic back" - The Brighton & Hove Argus (England)
"Ancient Romans Mass-Produced Metal Ware" - CHN (Iran)
"Yakamas say development is damaging sacred cultural sites" - Yakima Herald-Republic (USA)
"Britain burnishes the image of Stonehenge" - Canada.com (Canada)
"Sardinians unlock 'sardonic grin'" - ANSA (Italy)
"Ancient Navajo Smoke Signals Getting a Second Look" - RedOrbit (USA)
"'The Age' in favor of Marbles return to Greece" - Greek Reporter (Australia)
"Correspondents: why it's an uphill struggle to Machu Picchu" - The Times (UK)
"Archaeologists discover oldest artistic depiction of humankind" - Deutsche Welle (Germany)
"Scientists take another look at ancient medicines" - Richmond Times-Dispatch (USA)
"Emperor Trajan's Palace discovered in southwestern Romania" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 15" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Sunday May 17: Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)
"Saturday May 16: Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 15 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Much of history lies below the surface" - Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
"Blood and Mistletoe: a history of the Druids in Britain, By Ronald Hutton" - The Independent (UK)
"Students seek shield for megalith" - Calcutta Telegraph (India)
"Stone Age artwork prompts critical rethink" - SmartBrief (USA)
"Historical Girimit coins on display" - Fiji Daily Post (Fiji)
"Neandertals Sophisticated And Fearless Hunters, New Analysis Shows" - Science Daily (USA)
"The role of astronomy in antiquity examined in new book" - Science Centric (Croatia)
"Ancient Trading Raft Sails Anew" - Science Daily (USA)
"Flemish tapestries ‘a world treasure’" - The Malta Independent (Malta)
"Ivory sculpture in Germany could be world's oldest" - The Guardian (UK)
"What's going on in Luxor?" - Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 18" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 14 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Nottingham expert at Greek 'Atlantis'" - Nottingham Evening Post (England)
"Prehistoric man's cave" - Zee News (India)
"Ancient Mexicans used to smoke pipes and drink tequila" - National Geographic News (USA)
"Early man inhabited water-logged north" - Radio Netherlands (Netherlands)
"Archaeological Excavations Lead To Discovery Of Inca Stones" - OneIndia (India)
"Sacred sites still drawing in spiritualists" - The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
"Venus figurine sheds light on origins of art by early humans" - Los Angeles Times (USA)
"Macedonia: Archaeologists to Reconstruct Jewish Cemetery in Shtip" - Balkan Travellers (Bulgaria)
"Iraq gets back birthplace of Abraham" - The Peninsula (Qatar)
"Goguryeo Relics Registered on UNESCO World Heritage List" - The Chosun Ilbo (South Korea)
"Roman Ruins Survive the Ages Thanks to Volcanic Ash" - Discovery Channel News (USA)
"Ancient Superglue Reveals Stone Age Wisdom" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Oldest depiction of the female form" - The Globe & Mail (Canada)
"Artificial eye blinks again after 4800 years of winks" - Tehran Times (Iran)
"2,000-year-old caves found in Raigad" - Sakaal (India)
"Saving heritage for the world... " - Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
"Carved figurine dating back 35,000 years oldest-known sculpture" - Mail on Sunday (UK)
"Huge swords unearthed at Mayong in Assam point to human sacrifice" - Calcutta Telegraph (India)
"Ancient Elite Island With Pyramid Found in Mexico" - National Geographic News (USA)
"Iraqi archaeologists dig Chicago museum" - AFP (France)
"A Venus figurine from the Swabian Jura rewrites prehistory" - AlphaGalileo (Belgium)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 13 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"World’s biggest puzzle made in consul’s house at Ephesus" - Today's Zaman (Turkey)
"Rare giant sloth bones found in Norwalk museum attic" - Sandusky Register (USA)
"Viktor Sarianidi, his expedition excavate new royal tomb... " - Internet-Newspaper (Turkmenistan)
"Evidence of Modern Smarts in Stone Age Superglue" - Wired Science (USA)
"Nalanda varsity site may be included in world heritage list" - The Times of India (India)
"Prehistoric fishing tackle found in Egypt" - Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)
"ARC teams up with group to protect historic sites" - Chillicothe Gazette (USA)
"Stop funding to rescue Hasankeyf" - Hürriyet (Turkey)
"Dujiangyan's ancient aqueduct stands test of time" - China Daily (China)
"Archeological team to gauge condition of 'ghost ships'" - The Standard (Canada)
"5000 Years of Kashmir" - UNN (India)
"The Mysterious Boy Pharaoh" - Advance (USA)
"New excavations at Ed-Dur" - Emirates News Agency (United Arab Emirates)
"Millet traveled from China to the West" - China Daily (China)
"Ina dig reveals early irrigation practices" - The Explorer (USA)
"Viking ship in Sweden" - Zee News (India)
"Inca stone with 41 angles discovered in Peru" - Living in Peru (Peru)
"Anthrax, bubonic plague could be in remains experts say" - Herald Sun (Australia)
"Archaeologists launch new dig on Roman site" - Northampton Chronicle & Echo (England)
"Euphronios chalice finds home" - ANSA (Italy)
"Ancient trading raft sails anew" - MIT News (USA)
"US returns Ur to Iraq" - AFP (France)
"A historic grave found in Izmir by accident" - Hürriyet (Turkey)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 12 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Funerary bundle found in Machu Picchu Sanctuary" - Andina (Peru)
"Rare statue of white marble discovered in Alexandria" - Thaindian News (Thailand)
"Preservation techniques for 'salt men' to be upgraded" - Tehran Times (Iran)
"Ancient animals may be Darwin's 'missing links'" - San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
"Tourism threatens Iraq's antiquities" - ABS-CBN News (Philippines)
"Race to preserve the world's oldest submerged town" - PhysOrg (USA)
"132 archaeological sites in Egypt not excavated" - State Information Service (Egypt)
"Were artefacts at ancient chief's burial site Britain's first Crown Jewels?" - Daily Mail (UK)
"Archaeologists uncover remains of ancient empire in Jharkhand" - Daily India (India)
"Our views: The first Americans" - Florida Today (USA)
"Ancient torture devices for sale" - The Straits Times (Singapore)
"Hidden treasure discovered in southern Sweden" - The Local (Sweden)
"Duke City Archaeologist Searches For Sodom" - KOAT News (USA)
"Ming calligrapher's 'fan' on display at NPM" - The China Post (Taiwan)
"Dig reveals HorseThief's history" - Dodge City Daily Globe (USA)
"Making a present of the past" - The National (United Arab Emirates)
"Major breakthrough in Pattanam excavation" - Express Buzz (India)
"Israelis demand 'stay of exit order against' Pope for stolen treasures!!" - Axis of Logic (USA)
"China's 'first emperor' banned Buddhism, expert says" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Iran attempts to maintain 4 salt mummies" - Payvand (Iran)
"Hand-beast prints found on isle" - BBC News (UK)
"Rare statue of marble discovered in Alexandria" - State Information Service (Egypt)
"More evidence found for 'Water Language'" - CCTV News (China)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 11 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"A history of discovering seabed treasures" - The Bankok Post (Thailand)
"Archaeologists find rare bronze coin in Saudi Arabia" - Little About (India)
"MSPs say 'bring antiquities home'" - The Shetland Times (Shetland Islands)
"Williams: Is science cracking code of dinosaur DNA?" - Record-Searchlight (USA)
"Thylacoleo carnifex ruled Australia until 30,000 years ago" - Softpedia (Romania)
"4,000 yr old tenon heads discovered in Peru" - Sindh Today (Pakistan)
"Greek government unveils new home for Elgin Marbles" - The Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Ruins and decay hold a fascination for photojournalist Eric Peris" - The Star (Malaysia)
"Digital Preservation of Ancient Manuscripts Making New Discoveries" - HardCop (USA)
"Skeleton samples from Farmana to undergo DNA tests" - Sakaal Times (India)
"Camp Floyd dig protects original site" - Daily Herald (USA)
"Sands of time ran out for Eden's farmers" - Herald Sun (Australia)
"1,400 year old skeletons found in Northamptonshire" - Northampton Chronicle & Echo (England)
"In Britain, Guys With Metal Detectors Find Respect Along With History" - The Washington Post (USA)
"The Colossus of BDP faces his Ides of March" - Sunday Times (Botswana)
"Interview: Learning more about the past" - The Times of Malta (Malta)
"Finding examples of evolutionary transitions" - San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
"Ancient Mayan king found?" - iAfrica (South Africa)
"Evidence of woman 'king' in ancient Canaan discovered" - Israel 21C (Israel)
"Metal detector user David Hutchings jailed for selling fake coins" - The Times (UK)
"Ancient tenon heads discovered in Ancash, Peru" - Andina (Peru)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

Weekend of May 09/10 2009 - News Headlines from the last 72 hours ...................
"Home comforts for a cave family" - The National (United Arab Emirates)
"Three W Sumatra cultural sites to be restored this year" - Antara News (Philippines)
"New Bulgarian monuments in UNESCO list" - Radio Bulgaria (Bulgaria)
"Evidence of pre-historic humans in Thanjavur" - The Hindu (India)
"Who's buried in Cleopatra's tomb?" - St. Petersburg Times (USA)
"200,000-year-old human hair found in dung in South Africa" - Thaindian News (Thailand)
"Rare Coin Found at Domat Al Jandal Archaeological Site" - Khaleej Times (Dubai)
"Heritage body unlocks its archive" - BBC News (UK)
"Cave Painting Depicts Extinct Marsupial Lion" - Live Science (USA)
"Paphos row over cleaning of UNESCO sites" - Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
"Protect our heritage" - Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
"Sun is getting quieter – says NASA" - TopNews (India)
"Think your life is bad? Archaeologists show us worse" - USA Today (USA)
"Egypt's antiquities head says statements nonsensical" - Al Arabiya (United Arab Emirates)
"Maya Archaeologists find remains of 'Mayan king'" - Khaleej Times (Dubai)
"Buddha bone in hill's belly?" - eKantipur (Nepal)
"Volcanic shutdown may have led to 'snowball Earth'" - New Scientist (UK)
"Buddha relics enshrined in the world's highest pagoda" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Viking ship found on Swedish lake bottom" - MarketWatch (USA)
"Rare coin found in Domat Al-Jandal" - Arab News (Saudi Arabia)
"Monsoon drives long-term carbon cycles in the global ocean" - TopNews (India)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Saturday May 09: Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 08 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Helsinki event for return of Parthenon Marbles" - Athens News Agency (Greece)
"Could flowers bloom on icy moon Europa?" - New Scientist (UK)
"New threat to Iraq's antiquities - tourism" - Zawya (Jordan)
"Colorado state archeologist discovers ancient Mexican imperial ritual complex... " - CSU (USA)
"Remains of Roman ‘shanty town’ uncovered in Bowes" - Teesdale Mercury (England)
"554 ancient coins discovered" - The Times of India (India)
"Fake antiques save the real things from looters" - Nature (UK)
"Ancient voyage to find island ancestors" - Stuff (New Zealand)
"The Next Age of Discovery" - The Wall Street Journal (USA)
"Well-armed to protect Buddha" - The Japan Times (Japan)
"Ancient forests which gave us the apple are in danger of extinction" - The Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Joseon dead found perfectly preserved in air-tight tombs" - JoongAng Daily (South Korea)
"Hobbit's feet 'proof' of a separate species" - Adelaide Now (Australia)
"The Stone Age: Nasty, Brutish and Short Maybe Not!" - North County Voice (USA)
"Prehistoric man's cave found in southwest China" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Archaeology Awareness and Historic Preservation Month" - KNPR Radio News (USA)
"Ancient spear tip found" - The Straits Times (Singapore)
"Local artefacts in Smithsonian" - The St. Maarten Daily Herald (Netherlands Antilles)
"Kerman's Abandoned Castles" - CHN (Iran)
"Sinai fort may hold clues to ancient Egypt defenses" - Gulf Times (Qatar)
"Small Brain Of Dwarf 'Hobbit' Explained By Hippo's Island Life" - Science Daily (USA)
"Illegal antiquities dealer arrested near Tubas" - Ma'an News Agency (Palestine)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 07 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Insular dwarfism in hippos and a model for brain size reduction in Homo floresiensis" - Nature (UK)
"Ancient civilization site found in Chhattisgarh" - Smash Hits (India)
"Historian says Nefertiti bust is fake" - Press TV (Iran)
"Hobbit feet re-ignite debate" - ABC Science (Australia)
"Archaeologists tell Leeds gardener he's digging up history" - Yorkshire Evening Post (England)
"Picking up the pieces after catastrophe" - People's Weekly World (USA)
"Studies say 'hobbit' previously unknown species" - AFP (France)
"Archaeologists say eBay helps to stop antiquities trade" - CrunchGear (USA)
"Medieval Human Remains Found in Leith" - Edinburgh Guide (Scotland)
"Extraordinary Bronze Statue Excavated from Pompeii Goes on View at Getty Villa" - Art Daily (USA)
"No dental appointments for this hobbit" - The Australian (Australia)
"Home Erectus Crosses The Open Ocean" - Environmental Graffiti (UK)
"Megalithic temples draftmanagement plan launched" - The Malta Independent (Malta)
"Organic Wines, Vintage 3000 B.C." - Food Consumer (USA)
"New excavation launches for Peking man site" - CCTV News (China)
"Myth of Magellan’s Cross" - Cebu Daily News (Philippines)
"'Hobbit' Foot Like No Other In Human Fossil Record" - NewsWise (USA)
"Palestinians arrested while trying to sell ancient Hebrew parchment" - Ha'aretz (Israel)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 06 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"China to Resume Peking Man Site Excavations" - CHN (Iran)
"Portuguese trove of trilobite fossils" - Science News (USA)
"Iraq Setting Up Special Forces To Guard Historical Sites" - RFE/RL (Czech Republic)
"World’s Oldest Manufactured Beads Are Older Than Previously Thought" - Science Daily (USA)
"Relic with traces of Jainism discovered" - The Times of India (India)
"Cambodia puts 3,000-year-old pre-Angkor relics on show" - XinhuaNet (China)
"eBay Has Dampening Effect on Looted Antiquity Sales" - Softpedia (Romania)
"Ancient mounds stall $15 million project" - Florida Today (USA)
"Temples still without visitors' centre" - Times of Malta (Malta)
"Swirling river reveals hidden treasure" - The Bismarck Tribune (USA)
"First dinosaur blood ‘extracted from ancient bone’" - Fresh News (India)
"Egypt finds 5,000-year-old tomb near Lahun pyramid" - Reuters (UK)
"Ancient ‘hobbit’ humans: a new species" - Dawn (Pakistan)
"Distant past at National Museum" - The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia)
"Women view Mount Athos treasures after 1000 years" - Press TV (Iran)
"Sponge-like body believed to be oldest evidence of animals" - Calgary Herald (Canada)
"Phoenician replica readies for Mediterranean crossing" - Hürriyet (Turkey)
"Famed Nefertiti bust a fake: expert" - The Australian/AFP (Australia)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 05 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Fossil backs theory linking dinosaurs to birds" - San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
"Heritage sites in Xi'an under termite threat" - China Daily (China)
"County archaeologists uncover Indian site" - Annapolis Capitol (USA)
"Outlaw Ned Kelly's descendants demand his remains" - AFP (France)
"Scientist seeks to unlock secrets of herbal remedies" - Salisbury Post (USA)
"When nickel's fall gave birth to life" - Deccan Herald (India)
"Rome Was Built in a Day!" - Archaeology (USA)
"The Return of Shastar Vidiya" - Short News (Germany)
"The History of Spinal Cord Stimulation" - OUP Blog (USA)
"Japan Google Earth maps revealing old prejudices with ancient maps" - The China Post (Taiwan)
"EBay Has Unexpected, Chilling Effect On Looting Of Antiquities: Archaelogist" - Science Daily (USA)
"Archaeologists discover largest mud-brick temple yet found in N.E. Egypt" - NewsPost (India)
"Revealed: the face of the first European" - The Independent (UK)
"Row among grave robbers sends one to early grave" - China Daily (China)
"Scientists get dirt on mystery plant" - STL Today (USA)
"Fossil finds on show" - Doncaster Today (England)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 04 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Poison Bacteria Set Up Worst Extinction" - Discovery Channel News (USA)
"King Arthur stays put" - EastCoast Radio (South Africa)
"Ancient tsunami 'hit New York'" - BBC Science News (UK)
"7th century Buddhist structures facing destruction" - Kashmir Watch (India)
"China to excavate Peking Man site again, in hopes of more findings" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Did Surviving Dinosaurs Roam the Earth, After the big Asteroid Crash?" - ChattaBox (USA)
"Iraq to reopen ancient city of Babylon" - Press TV (Iran)
"Underwater exploration is under way at Lake Tahoe" - Nevada Appeal (USA)
"Kemble mosaic site to be given national archaeological status" - Wilts & Glos. Standard (England)
"Archaeological park of ancient Prishtina in Kosovo" - New Kosova Report (Kosovo)
"Pattanam richest Indo-Roman site on Indian Ocean rim" - The Hindu (India)
"Shedding light on the Catacombs of Rome" - BBC News (UK)
"Aristotle school to become museum" - Hürriyet (Turkey)
"Who Created God?" - My Auburn (USA)
"Morpeth historians told of Neolithic finds" - Morpeth Herald (England)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

Weekend of May 02/03 2009 - News Headlines from the last 72 hours ...................
"Scientists Search for Remains of Hypothetical Tenth Planet... " - Short News (Germany)
"Ancient wrecked vessel found in Myanmar Bago River" - XinhuaNet (China)
"Lost Temple Discovered in Turkey" - Gadling (USA)
"El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna" - The Guatemala Times (Guatemala)
"African San people - the world's most ancient race" - The Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Scientists identify herbs in ancient Egyptian medicines" - eTaiwan News (Taiwan)
"Finally unearthing the secrets of our Neanderthal cousins" - The Scotsman (Scotland)
"Babylon Ruins Reopen in Iraq, to Controversy" - The New York Times (USA)
"Geneva row over African cultural heritage" - SwissInfo (Switzerland)
"Major dig at earliest Scots site" - BBC News (UK)
"The man who dug up the world's first planned city" - BD News24 (Bangladesh)
"Israeli archeology dept refuses to return artifact from Al-Aqsa compound" - Ma'an News (Palestine)
"As of April 25 there are 1054 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids" - Harvard.edu (USA)
"Virtual reality conjures up historic Egyptian temple complex" - The Hindu (India)
"King Arthur Vows to Liberate Stonehenge" - Mania News (UK)
"Confessions of an awe-struck tomb raider" - The National (United Arab Emirates)
"Life on Earth as We Don’t Know It" - The New York Times (USA)
"Blood samples provide a glimpse into human history" - ASahi Shimbun (Japan)
"Namibia Bushmen were first people in ‘Garden of Eden’" - The Times (UK)
"Heritage laws make life miserable for Hanoi Old Quarter residents" - Thanh Nien News (Viet Nam)
"Ancient Egypt Temples Found at Gateway Fortress - in photos" - National Geographic News (USA)
"Conference digs up Moray archaeology" - The Northern Scot (Scotland)
"Inside the world of the Druids" - The Times (UK)
"Old Sarum meeting to be held" - Salisbury Journal (England)
"British Museum Returns 454 Artifacts to Egypt" - ArtInfo (USA)
"Proofs of 'Persian Gulf' Sent to Arab Leaders" - Fars News Agency (Iran)
"Bone find shows early amputations" - BBC News (UK)
"Ancient Darshani Deori needs immediate attention" - Punjab Heritage News (India)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Sunday May 03: Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)
"Saturday May 02: Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

May 01 2009 - News Headlines from the last 48 hours ...........................................
"Fossilised human footprints found" - Dawn (Pakistan)
"First dino 'blood' extracted from ancient bone" - New Scientist (UK)
"Guatemala to host World Convention of Mayan Archaeology" - The Guatemala Times (Guatemala)
"Egypt Retrieves 454 Ancient Artifacts From Eton’s Myers Museum" - Bloomberg (USA)
"Salt in ice plumes hint at liquid sea on Saturn's moon" - The Times of India (India)
"Egypt: Statues of pharaoh discovered" - Africa Today (UK)
"Rescuing common heritage" - The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
"Study Reveals Source of Human Evolution, African Genetics" - Red Orbit (USA)
"Roman encounters with the 'Barbarian' West" - University of Bristol (England)
"Iraq launches project to renovate Ezekiel's shrine" - The Jerusalem Post (Israel)
"80-mln yr old protein found in bones and tissues of duck-billed dino" - Thaindian News (Thailand)
"Aristotle school will be open-air museum" - The Boston Globe/AP (USA)
"How scientists unravelled secrets of horse domestication" - HorseTalk (New Zealand)
"Ancient Persian tablets are digitized" - UPI (USA)
"Working on Coptic archives" - Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)
"Green Valley digs up artifacts at prehistoric site" - Victoria Advocate (USA)
"Action begins against illegal construction around Sher Shah’s tomb" - Thaindian News (Thailand)
"Curious hobbits: 'Black swan of paleontology'" - Star Tribune (USA)
"Hi-tech saviour for ancient relics" - Darlington & Stockton Times (England)
"Dino blood extracted from ancient bone" - The Times of India (India)
"Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12" - SpaceWeather.com (USA)
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project" - Cardiff & Athens Universities (Cymru/Greece)
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism" - Nature (UK)
"Astronomy Picture of the Day" - NASA (USA)

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