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April 30 –

“Egyptian mummy’s ‘internal organ’ found in jar” –

Ananova (UK)

April 30 –

“Czechs return to Celtic roots” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 30 –

“The Mummy Returns in 3-D Technology” –

China.org (China)

April 30 –

“Earliest handwriting found? Chinese relics hint at Neolithic rituals” –

Nature (UK)

April 29 –

“Part of Glyndwr castle discovered” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 29 –

“Huge dinosaur find in B.C.” –

CBC News (Canada)

April 29 –

“Experts to Draft Iraq Antiquities Plan” –

The Guardian (UK)

April 29 –

“China’s Lost Cities: from the Neolithic to the Eastern Zhou” –

People’s Daily (China)

April 29 –

“Gilgamesh tomb believed found” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 28 –

“Valuable artefacts discovered in Dir” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

April 28 –

“Earthquake off New Caledonia” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

April 28 –

“At Last, Kenya Moves to Stem Flight of Cultural Heritage” –

The East African (Kenya)

April 28 –

“China’s Lost Cities: Archaeology from the Neolithic to the Eastern Zhou” –

China.org (China)

April 28 –

“Did KZN coelacanths all come from one mom?” –

IOL (South Africa)

April 27 –

“Mummification’s earliest traces” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

April 27 –

“Egypt High Priests’ Tombs Uncovered” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

April 26 –

“Did two different cultures meet and create a third?” –

JS Online (USA)

April 26 –

“Scientists study ancient water” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 26 –

“Date of Ancient Skeleton Pushed Back to 4 Million Years” –

Santa Fe New Mexican (USA)

April 25 –

“Hubble captures ‘perfect storm’ in space” –

Ananova (UK)

April 25 –

“A significant archeological discovery in American Samoa” –

Radio Australia (Australia)

April 25 –

“Earth’s ancient sea water to be analysed” –

The Guardian (UK)

April 25 –

“4,200-Year-Old Tomb of High Priest Found” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

April 25 –

“Ancient languages may have spread with the plough” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

April 25 –

“Prehistoric cavern unearthed” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 24 –

“Site of lost ancient kingdom gains new life in SW China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 24 –

“Digging the dirt on Leith’s past” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

April 24 –

“Iraq and Ruin” –

Christian Science Monitor (USA)

April 24 –

“San Francisco due for major earthquake in next 30 years” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

April 24 –

“Hominid fossils show their age” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 24 –

“A perfect storm of turbulent gases” –

ESA News (France)

April 24 –

“More artefacts dating back 2,000 years ago found” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

April 24 –

“Search for antiquities to go underwater” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

April 24 –

“Virus inspired ancient poetry” –

Nature (UK)

April 24 –

“Fort discovery solves a riddle of Roman Wales” –

icWales (Cymru)

April 24 –

“Study: ‘Eve’ Came From East Africa” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

April 23 –

“China changes highway route to protect cultural relics” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 23 –

“Clicking linked to birth of language” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

April 23 –

“Looters of ancient kilns sentenced in E. China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 22 –

“Archaeoastronomy Links Stone-Age Tomb Builders With Sun” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

April 22 –

“Woman may have founded ancient Rome” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

April 22 –

“Archaeology Heist Revealed In Alabama” –

CBS News (USA)

April 22 –

“Italy hands over ancient coins to Cyprus Government” –

Hr-Net (Cyprus)

April 22 –

“Archaeology Heist Revealed In Alabama” –

CBS News (USA)

April 22 –

“Geological Park to be Built at Stone Age Site” –

People’s Daily (China)

April 22 –

“Most Ancient Writing Found?” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

April 21 –

“Kerala: Stone anchor, bones unearthed by excavators” –

KeralaNext (India)

April 21 –

“Push to buy ancient king’s death shrine” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

April 21 –

“‘Russia’s Amber Gold Exhibition’ in Kremlin” –

Pravda (Russia)

April 21 –

“Archaeological cemetery unearthed in Sakkara” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

April 21 –

“Committee to protect Iraq heritage planned” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

April 21 –

“The bull in the ancient world” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

April 21 –

“Ancient village found under soil on an Illinois hillside” –

Morning Journal (USA)

April 20 –

“Chinese archeologist urges rescue, preservation of Iraqi relics” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 20 –

“Florida’s Fossils: Look what the tide brought in” –

The Japan Times(Japan)

April 20 –

“2,000-year-old spring endangered by airflow change” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 19 –

“Archaeologists accuse US of cultural crime” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

April 19 –

“Ancient stone dragon’s head found beneath car showroom” –

Lincolnshire Echo (England)

April 19 –

“Second sack of Baghdad” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

April 19 –

“Damage Done: Who’s to Blame for Looting of Iraq’s Treasures?” –

ABC News (USA)

April 19 –

“DNA in frozen soil tells story of life” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

April 19 –

“Bibliotheca boasts of 6,000 rare manuscripts, all unique” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

April 19 –

“Massive Haul of Ancient Coins Fished out of SW China River” –

People’s Daily (China)

April 18 –

“Attempt to Smuggle Out Ancient Books Curbed” –

Pravda (Russia)

April 18 –

“Casket may have contained bones of Jesus’s brother” –

Ananova (UK)

April 18 –

“Massive haul of ancient coins fished out of SW China river” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 18 –

“Geologists sceptical as Nasa warns of Peru glacier break-up” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

April 18 –

“Siberia yields oldest authenticated DNA” –

Nature (UK)

April 18 –

“Bible-Era Artifacts Highlight Archaeology Controversy” –

National Geographic (USA)

April 18 –

“Ancient treasure seized in Drama” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

April 18 –

“Doubt cast on age of oldest human art” –

New Scientist (UK)

April 18 –

“Looting of Iraq’s museums amounts to cultural, human catastrophe” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

April 18 –

“Investigation into dinosaur head smuggling operation” –

Ananova (UK)

April 18 –

“Excavation confirms Helong city was capital of ancient kingdom” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 18 –

“Jesus’ Brother’s ‘Bone Box’ Closer to Being Authenticated” –

National Geographic (USA)

April 18 –

“Israeli caves yield ancient coins” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 17 –

“‘Earliest writing’ found in China” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 17 –

“Chinese urged to refuse timber from ancient forests” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 17 –

“Standing stone is found to rival Stonehenge” –

Ananova (UK)

April 17 –

“Study indicates fewer earthquakes” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

April 17 –

“Return to dramatic Atlantic vents” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 17 –

“Tuthmosis’columns back up In Karnack” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

April 17 –

“Oldest DNA exposes ancient ecosystems” –

New Scientist (UK)

April 17 –

“Chinese expert on urgent protection of Iraqi relics” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 17 –

“Most ancient DNA ever?” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 16 –

“Call for urgent steps to save Iraq’s historical treasures” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

April 16 –

“Near Earth Object Information Centre – One Year On” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

April 16 –

“Looting Iraq National Museum: catastrophe to human civilization” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 16 –

“Ancient Odeon gave restricted views” –

Nature (UK)

April 16 –

“Fire in Basra Library Destroys Thousands of Ancient Books and Manuscripts” –

Pravda (Russia)

April 16 –

“Space infrared astronomy comes of age” –

ESA News (France)

April 16 –

“Trouble brews at ancient border temple” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

April 15 –

“Great Wall of China blocks plant gene flow” –

Nature (UK)

April 15 –

“Lectures on Dubai’s heritage to educate youngsters” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

April 15 –

“Mars search mission to be open to public view” –

Ananova (UK)

April 15 –

“U.S.: We didn’t anticipate looting” –

CNN (USA)

April 15 –

“Oldest evidence of Andean religion found” –

Nature (UK)

April 15 –

“More jar tombs dating back to Sa Huynh culture unearthed” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

April 15 –

“Small asteroids do not create hazardous tsunamis” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

April 15 –

“Iraq: Worldwide Move to Stop Sale of Loot” –

InterPress (Italy)

April 15 –

“Russian treasure hunters destroy ‘Greek outpost'” –

The Guardian (UK)

April 14 –

“Museum opens to mark Qing Dynasty scholar” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 14 –

“£6m path marks relaunch of Hadrian’s Wall” –

The Guardian (UK)

April 14 –

“China announces top 10 archaeological findings of 2002” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

April 14 –

“First dinosaur fossil to be shown at breakfast” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

April 14 –

“3-D Virtual Reality Saves Ancient Scottish Stone-Age Art” –

University of Warwick (UK)

April 13 –

“UAE returns seized ancient artefacts to Afghanistan” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

April 13 –

“Top 10 Chinese archeological discoveries in 2002” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 13 –

“Mesopotamia’s treasures looted from Iraq Museum” –

Zaman (Turkey)

April 13 –

“Sanjan shards help piece together Parsi history” –

Times of India (India)

April 13 –

“French team unearths Iron Age remains in Al Bithna” –

Gulf News (Dubai)

April 12 –

“History is being washed away at Taipei site” –

Taipei Times (Taiwan)

April 12 –

“Mobs loot museum, two hotels in Baghdad” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

April 12 –

“Fears for treasures of civilisation” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

April 11 –

“New tower discovered in My Son cultural heritage site” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

April 11 –

“Hubble looks at dark Universe” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 11 –

“‘Brain-eating cannibals spread disease'” –

Rueters/IOL (South Africa)

April 11 –

“Oldest Egyptian Dress Rescued” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

April 11 –

“Important arch. corner in Graeco-Roman museum opens” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

April 11 –

“Sacrifice find supports legend of Siena’s Roman heritage” –

The Times (UK)

April 11 –

“Looters grab priceless objects from Iraqi museums” –

The Mercury News (USA)

April 10 –

“Mass-extinction controversy flares again” –

Nature (UK)

April 10 –

“Cannibalism may have caused prehistoric prion disease epidemics” –

EurekAlert (USA)

April 10 –

“Near Earth Asteroids become future mining targets” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

April 10 –

“Dubai’s exciting past slowly comes to light” –

Gulf News (Dubai)

April 10 –

“Voyage to the asteroid belt” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 10 –

“Internet site for stolen antiquities launched” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

April 10 –

“Death of the Megafauna” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

April 10 –

“Heated debate over Mexican mass-extinction impact crater” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

April 10 –

“Ancient writing exhibition” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

April 10 –

“Archaeologists Say Iraq’s Treasures Are Most Vulnerable Now” –

ABC News (USA)

April 10 –

“Brain legacy of ancient cannibals” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 09 –

“Cosmic link to stone circles” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 09 –

“Ancient China’s Shang Dynasty’s oracle bones found in Shandong Province” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 09 –

“Media invitation from PPARC: The science of Mars Express and Beagle 2” –

ESA News (France)

April 09 –

“Stone Age dagger found” –

News24 (South Africa)

April 09 –

“Dinosaur unearthed in clay pit” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 09 –

“Live ‘fossil’ of unique construction: ancient Yuqing Bridge” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 08 –

“Woman unearths ancient love token” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 08 –

“Intact Stone Age dagger hauled out of lake” –

IOL (South Africa)

April 08 –

“Iron Age gold and silver coin hoard declared treasure” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 08 –

“Jagmohan looks to unearth ‘lost civilisation'” –

Times of India (India)

April 08 –

“Roman pipeline kept water flowing” –

Nature (UK)

April 08 –

“Ancient fortification discovered” –

Gulf News (Dubai)

April 08 –

“3,000 Iron Age coins found at pagan site” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

April 08 –

“The Whole Sky: Pretty Pictures, Hard Data from 6-Year Mapping Project” –

Space.com (USA)

April 08 –

“Ancient aqueduct: Roman pipeline kept water flowing” –

Nature (UK)

April 07 –

“New mummies are the oldest ever discovered” –

IOL (South Africa)

April 07 –

“Taoist ceremony to commemorate builder of ancient irrigation project” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 07 –

“Ancient stones set for repair” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 07 –

“221 antiques seized in HCM City” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

April 07 –

“Archaeology from the Qin to the Tang “ –

China.org (China)

April 07 –

“Maine crater linked to K-T extinction” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

April 07 –

“Taung skull heads back to its ancient home” –

The Mercury/IOL (South Africa)

April 07 –

“Iron Age coin hoard uncovered” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 07 –

“Earliest Domesticated Dogs Uncovered” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

April 06 –

“Buddhists too stake claim to Ayodhya site” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

April 06 –

“Ancient stringed musical instrument performed in Sichuan” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 06 –

“Silent stones, scattered bones, Armageddon” –

Toronto Star (Canada)

April 05 –

“Rock art clue to nomad ancestors of Egyptian pyramid builders” –

The Guardian (UK)

April 05 –

“Fish in ancient Chinese grave found well preserved” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 05 –

“Family Meal: Cannibal dinosaur known by its bones” –

Science News (USA)

April 04 –

“Did Cavewomen Make Stone Tools?” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

April 04 –

“Al Ain seminar showcases archaeological excavations” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

April 04 –

“Fund-raising plan saves Roman treasure” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 04 –

“Italy helps conserve world heritage in Viet Nam” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

April 04 –

“Tale of a Comet” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

April 04 –

“Did a lake sink ancient Egyptian civilisation?” –

The Herald (Scotland)

April 03 –

“New dating trick for bricks” –

Nature (UK)

April 03 –

“Evidence of Dinosaur Cannibalism Found” –

The Washington Post (USA)

April 03 –

“Dinosaurs ate each other” –

Nature (UK)

April 03 –

“Toothmarks expose Cretaceous cannibal” –

The Guardian (UK)

April 02 –

“New hypothesis raised on origins of mankind” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 02 –

“Tanzania, Ethiopia origin for humans” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 02 –

“Vatican Discovery Proves to be Apostle Peter’s Burial Ground” –

Pravda (Russia)

April 02 –

“Cannibal dinosaurs revealed by tooth marks” –

New Scientist (UK)

April 02 –

“Restoration of Neishabour historical site” –

Payvand’s Iran News (Iran)

April 02 –

“T-Rex relation dinosaur was ‘cannibal'” –

Ananova (UK)

April 02 –

“Rex ate rex to survive in ancient dino world” –

IOL (South Africa)

April 01 –

“Russian Minister Hands List Of Iraqi Monuments To U.S. Ambassador” –

Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

April 01 –

“Ancient mesoamerican civilization goes online” –

Nature (UK)

April 01 –

“Splashing down on Titan’s oceans” –

ESA News (France)

April 01 –

“Antiques Smuggling Attempt Foiled” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

April 01 –

“Primitive microbes provide clues to origin of life” –

XinhuaNet (China)

April 01 –

“Fossil find sheds light on ancient plants” –

BBC News Online (UK)

April 2002 –

“Plans for improving Stonehenge are still far from complete” –

British Archaeology (UK)