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The Morien Institute - The events of July 16th to 22nd 1994, when the remnants of a fragmenting comet, P/Shoemaker-Levy 9, bombarded the surface of Jupiter causing fireballs many times the size of our own planet, were an abrupt wake-up call even for those who were aware of them. The historical sciences generally, and archæology in particular, have collectively painted a picture of the past as if our planet stands alone in empty space. Nothing could be further from reality. Our restless planet exists in a solar system that has experienced a very dynamic history over the past 20 to 30 millennia, and it is only from this perspective that the true history of human civilisation will ever be fully understood. The Morien Institute archive therefore contains relevant material from many disciplines

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The events of July 16th – 22nd 1994, when the remnants of a fragmenting comet, P/Shoemaker-Levy 9, bombarded the
surface of Jupiter causing fireballs many times the size of our own planet, were an abrupt wake-up call even for those
who were aware of them. The historical sciences generally, and archæology in particular, have collectively painted
a picture of the past as if our planet ‘stands alone in empty space’. Nothing could be further from reality. Our
restless planet exists in a solar system that has had a very dynamic history over the past 20 millennia or more
and it is only from this wider solar system perspective that the true history of human civilisation can ever
be fully understood. Therefore, The Morien Institute archive contains information from many disciplines

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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)

 

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