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April 20 2007

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“Restoring Djoser’s Step Pyramid” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“Eagle holds clue to battle” –

Leicester Mercury (England)

“Student dig turns up 1854 gold coin” –

The Clarion-Ledger (USA)

“Archaeology – images of 5th century Gupta era relic found” –

Bangladesh Web (Bangladesh)

“Bones of children are displayed in Tula, Mexico” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“The wave that destroyed Atlantis” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Egypt’s pyramids out of seven wonders contest” –

Middle East Times (Egypt)

“Tree stumps give clues how first forests started” –

The Western Mail (Cymru)

“Renovation project brings Suzhou’s history to life” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Iran’s cultural heritage at risk” –

IOL (South Africa)

“Antiquity in a bright, new light” –

NorthJersey.com (USA)

“Warmer weather destroying Arctic treasures” –

Nunatsiaq News (Nunavut)

“UK tests Moon lander technology” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“According to archaeologists Indus cities had efficient administrative system” –

The Hindu (India)

“Rogue diggers helping themselves to Macedonia’s ancient treasure” –

MPT Online (Macedonia)

“Iran dam could threaten ancient sites” –

USA Today (USA)

“5th century Gupta era relic found” –

The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

“Syria – ancient glories, modern conflicts” –

Middle East Times (Egypt)

“Lyrid meteors to sear Sunday’s skies” –

The Register (UK)

“Priceless artifacts returned to Ancient Agora” –

Athens News Agency (Greece)

“Imperiled Heritage” –

Greater Kashmir (India)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 19 2007

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“World Heritage Day a rather subdued affair in city” –

The Hindu (India)

“Sound waves reverberate through solar ‘pipes” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Archaeologists look for evidence of Knights Templar presence in Bulgaria” –

Sofia Echo (Bulgaria)

“Pre-Incan Metallurgy Discovered” –

Live Science (USA)

“Neolithic settlement found” –

The Prague Post (Czech Republic)

“Tiny fossils reveal ice history” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Iran opens dam that archaeologists say could harm ancient sites … “ –

IHT (France)

“Fossil from a forest that gave Earth its breath of fresh air” –

The Times (UK)

“Patna: Nalanda Varsity Tipped to be World Heritage Site” –

DaijiWorld (India)

“Stone Age objects discovered in Iran” –

PressTV (Iran)

“Rocks show how universe formed” –

UNM Daily Jobo (USA)

“Greece regains antiquities” –

ImediNews/UPI (Georgia)

“Stone tags for historic sites and protection in Changsha” –

CCTV News (China)

“Parthenon marbles one step closer to Acropolis?” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Online portal on Ayurveda launched” –

Express Healthcare (India)

“A successful search for stolen treasures from Baghdad” –

Yakima Herald-Republic (USA)

“Wassat? It’s a Wattieza, the world’s oldest tree” –

Middle East Times (Egypt)

“Iran’s ancient site weaved on to carpet” –

PressTV (Iran)

“Protect, preserve heritage sites” –

NewindPress (India)

“Mysterious fresco of Liuhe Ta unveiled” –

CCTV News (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 18 2007

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“Fossilised ‘fern’ reveals prehistoric treetops” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Team Gets Funding to Document Work on Mongolian High Altai” –

NewsWise (USA)

“Prehistoric Siberian mammoth sold for $533,000” –

The Brunei Times (Brunei Darussalam)

“Hobbit hominids lived the island life” –

Yahoo News/AFP (USA)

“British scholar returns ancient artifacts to Greece” –

Jurnalo (Germany)

“Archaeologists aim to uncover lost Crafta Webb hamlet” –

24Dash (UK)

“Our earth just doing what it has always done” –

The Abbotsford News (Canada)

“The Oracle: The Lost Secrets and Hidden Messages of Ancient Delphi” –

Science Daily (USA)

“Manypeaks’ site returned to Indigenous hands” –

Message Stick (Australia)

“Finding the ‘DNA’ of the galaxy” –

LabNews Online (UK)

“Treasures of Matenadaran under threat” –

AZG Armenian Daily (Armenia)

“Tunguska Meteorite’s Undeciphered Artifacts” –

HULIQ (USA)

“Pressure mounts on Centre over Sethusamudram project” –

Times Now (India)

“Celestial Fender-Bender Left Naked Asteroid to Cool in Space” –

NewsWise (USA)

“Bulgarian King’s Relics Prepped for 2nd Funeral 800 years After Death” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

“Vancouver man cited over Indian artifact” –

The Columbian (USA)

“Qld’s ‘living fossil’ at risk from dam proposal, experts say” –

ABC Regional News (Australia)

“Colombia Volcano Erupts, Thousands Flee” –

San Francisco Chronicle/AP (USA)

“Mexico researchers find child sacrifices” –

The Hinesberg Journal (Canada)

“Ice reveals clues to ancient surf sites” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 17 2007

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“Ancient impact may have bowled the Moon over” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Excavations in One of the Biggest Historical Hills Started” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Meteorite Traces Deep In The Ocean” –

Russian InfoCentre (Russia)

“Poet’s tomb discovered in church crypt” –

IOL (South Africa)

“Mothers’ Milk Reveals Ancient Diets” –

Discovery News (USA)

“Mexico finds bones suggesting Toltec child sacrifice” –

The Scotsman/Reuters (Scotland)

“The Da Vinci Code and the divinity of Christ revisited” –

Vanguard (Nigeria)

“Ancient crocodiles travelled to the US from the Far East” –

Zee News (India)

“New insight into extinct animals” –

Northern Iowan (USA)

“Government considers Burrup Heritage” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Eastern Mediterranean awaits to be explored” –

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Another Sad Day For Iranians, Mullahs Flood Iran’s National Heritages” –

Persian Journal (Iran)

“Fossils of various species found near Laredo date back 42 million yrs” –

Houston Chronicle (USA)

“The Jatukham Rammathep Amulat obsession” –

Pattaya Daily News (Thailand)

“Early amphibians bit first, walked later” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

“NY museum to unveil ancient Greek, Roman antiques” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 16 2007

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“Chimps ‘more evolved’ than humans” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Volcanic ash causes health problems among children” –

Living in Peru (Peru)

“Inconveniently, Rapa Nui did not commit ecocide” –

The Times (UK)

“Ancient Roman city near Bulgaria’s Svishtov to be explored” –

Sophia Echo (Bulgaria)

“Afghans will give talk on restoring heritage” –

Tuscon Citizen (USA)

“Egypt threatens German ban in Nefertiti row” –

Middle East Times (Egypt)

“Einstein was right, probe shows” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“ASI to carry out major excavations in Nalanda” –

Hindustan Times (India)

“Prehistoric Siberian mammoth auctioned” –

Khaleej Times/AFP (UAE)

“Psychologist examines human history for solutions to depression” –

Ventura County Star (USA)

“4,000-year-old copper artefacts unearthed in Sharjah’s Wadi Helou” –

Gulf News (UAE)

“Town seeking its ‘ancient harlot'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Library offers a window into Basque culture” –

Nevada News (USA)

“Meet The Ancestors … “ –

The Plymouth Evening Herald (England)

“Television dinners linked to evolution” –

United Press International (USA)

“Could the fortress of Masada fall again?” –

The Globe & Mail (Canada)

“Stars taking center stage again as observatory opens for season” –

The Express-Times (USA)

“Egypt warns Germany over Nefertity” –

PressTV (Iran)

“Meteorite smugglers anger scientists” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Scroll from 1871, displayed in Salem, tries to encompass history … “ –

Statesman Journal (USA)

“Ancient city Allianoi to be monitored under water” –

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 15 2007

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“Experts seek out the Revolutionary dead” –

The Charlotte Observer (USA)

“Mammoth, meteorite or bezoar?” –

News24 (South Africa)

“Still a mystery: Archaeologists tour recently found site” –

Outer Banks Sentinel (USA)

“Flower with roots in Persian culture” –

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

“You might have heard of these archaeologists” –

The News & Observer (USA)

“Star-struck on Mauna Kea” –

The Chicago Tribune (USA)

“Desecration of the cradle of civilisation” –

The Independent on Sunday (UK)

“Hidden Cuzco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas” –

The Salt Lake Tribune (USA)

“T-rex fossil yield clues to evolutionary puzzle: study” –

The News (Pakistan)

“Petra’s peerless ruins” –

The Mercury News (USA)

“How Roman fort fell to digger” –

Sunday Express (UK)

“Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit will cost museum-goers extra” –

San Diego Union-Tribune (USA)

“Meimand Recognized as an Acceptable World Site by UNITAR” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours:11” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 14 2007

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“Prehistoric cultural sites cause suspension of trail work” –

Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)

“Clues to craft past unearthed” –

Peterborough Today (England)

“Ancient Thessaloniki emerges, thanks to digging for metro” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“Traces of Cyrus the Great Found in Borazjan Palace” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Peru’s old treasures being looted” –

The Washington Times/AFP (USA)

“Scholars revise conclusions about ‘Jesus family tomb’” –

The Indian Catholic (India)

“Early humans ‘mined’ Tochigi mountain to produce stone tools” –

Asahi Shimbun (Japan)

“Black history, white history and slavery” –

The Jamaica Observer (Jamaica)

“Mesa seeks funds for Hohokam ruins” –

AZ Central (USA)

“Dozens of human bones are found buried under house” –

The Northern Echo (England)

“Caves, temples and charms of Thai south” –

The Brunei Times (Brunei Darussalam)

“Oxford U. to pinpoint Iran’s Iron Age” –

PressTV (Iran)

“Cultural agency to probe import of ancient homes” –

EastDay (China)

“An Giang Province to restore Khmer pagodas” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“A life devoted to protect the ancient city of Anavarza” –

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Tourists just can’t miss the underground city of Kish” –

The Emirates Evening Post (UAE)

“Beltane needs you as keeper of the flames” –

Edinburgh Evening News (Scotland)

“Climate change threatens UNESCO World Heritage sites” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 13 2007

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“Roman camp’s occupiers may have built the Antonine Wall” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Shroud lifts from shipwreck puzzle” –

The Daily Times (USA)

“Digger blunder at site of Roman fort” –

EDP24 (England)

“Ancient tombs in N. China recall past glories” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Panel finds battery failure doomed Mars probe” –

The Houston Chronicle (USA)

“More views on Garth vs Brian re global warming” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Corning Museum of Glass turns its lens toward historical oddities” –

Press & Sun Bulletin (USA)

“Nguyen Dynasty cannon unearthed in Da Nang” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“Scientists map DNA of research monkeys” –

Yahoo News/AP (USA)

“Are you paraskavedekatriaphobic?” –

Daily Commercial News (Canada)

“Ancient Lead ‘Pig’ Could Fetch Thousands” –

LifeStyle Extra (UK)

“Parthian discoveries in Iran” –

PressTV (Iran)

“Asteroid to skirt Earth on future Friday the 13th” –

The Birmingham News (USA)

“The fatal cost of greed and the wanton destruction of ancient forests” –

Cape Times (South Africa)

“CT Scan For 4600-Year-Old Skulls” –

6ABC News (USA)

“In breakthrough, scientists identify dinosaur proteins” –

IHT (France)

“Ancient statue discovered in Iran” –

UKTV History (UK)

“Climate change threatens Yukon treasure” –

Ottawa Citizen (Canada)

“How did the people of the Indus manage to water their cities?” –

The Hindu (India)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 12 2007

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“At Mala Stanica – Promotion of Neolithic Flute” –

MPT Online (Macedonia)

“Ancient T. rex and mastodon protein fragments discovered, sequenced” –

EurekAlert (USA)

“Anomalous zones of Russia: Arkaim town” –

Russia-InfoCentre (Russia)

“Melt Ponds on Greenland’s Ice Cap: latest satellite images” –

Earth Observatory (Earth Orbit)

“Ancient Roman aqueduct unearthed” –

Lincolnshire Echo (England)

“Cluster sees tsunamis in space” –

ESA News (France)

“T. rex analysis supports dino-bird link” –

MSNBC News (USA)

“History of Belgium (part one)” –

Expatica (Belgium)

“Frozen stiff – Saint Fergal and his Arctic antics” –

The Times (UK)

“China waterway snakes through underground history” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Rio Nuevo dig yielding ‘layer cake’ of history, prehistory” –

Tucson Citizen (USA)

“A bumpy drive through history” –

The Calcutta Telegraph (India)

“Teams search for Rob Roy’s house” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“$1.73m to insure treasures” –

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

“Researchers applaud Yemeni civilization and heritage” –

Yemen Times (Yemen)

“Archeologists to study dugouts from Nicodemus pioneers” –

MSNBC News (USA)

“Tehran’s Medes Fortress Longs for Preservation” –

Payvand (Iran)

“Ancient Egypt in Bahrain” –

AME Info (United Arab Emirates)

“The ‘grave slab code’ baffles experts” –

The Teeside Journal Live (England)

“Ancient Mexicans took sacrifice victims from afar” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“Protein links T. rex to chickens” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“3D tech solves 4500 yr old riddle: Great Pyramid was built from inside out” –

GizMag (Australia)

“ASI to help restore glory of ancient monuments, temples” –

NewindPress (India)

“Ancient ‘mega-lake’ discovered in Sudan” –

Sudan Tribune (Sudan)

“Angkor Wat being loved to death” –

Perth Now (Australia)

“Crystals twist about in response to light” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Why Petra should be announced as a world wonder” –

Yemen Times (Yemen)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

April 11 2007

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“Archeological find rewriting Shenzhen´s ancient history” –

CCTV News (China)

“Prehistoric Physiology Unsuited for Fast Food World” –

Wired Science (USA)

“Ceramic piece with ancient scripts discovered in My Son” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“A Bone to Pick: Paleontologists Attack Christie’s Fossils Sale” –

Bloomberg (USA)

“Archaeologists find 3 prehistoric bodies in SE Mexico” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Expert: ‘We are losing archaeology …’” –

Seminole Beacon (USA)

“Iran’s stolen relics worth $30b” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Viking ship to retrace route” –

IOL/AFP (South Africa)

“First sign of water found on an alien world” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Mammoth on sale at Christie’s in Paris” –

The Scotsman/Reuters (Scotland)

“Pharaoh’s missing locks returned to Egyptian museum” –

Middle East Times (Egypt)

“Early Indian Influences in Southeast Asia … “ –

Tamil Sydney (Australia)

“Statue found in ancient grave” –

PressTV (Iran)

“Mexican maize dates back to 7,000 years” –

UKTV History (UK)

“Russian mountains cradle hoard of ancient languages” –

Middle East Times/AFP (Egypt)

“Archeological find rewriting Shenzhen´s ancient history” –

CCTV News (China)

“Space data unveils evidence of ancient mega-lake in northern Darfur” –

EurekAlert (USA)

“Ancient pottery unearthed at Vietnam World Heritage site” –

Thanh Nien News (Viet Nam)

“‘The universe will be our campus'” –

Web Devil (USA)

“Burnt City, key to lost civilization” –

PressTV (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project” –

Cardiff University (Cymru)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

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