– terrestrial archaeology and solar system history – news headlines archive – August 1 – 10 2003 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

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August 10 –

“Big beast extinction blamed on prehistoric fire starters” –

New Scientist (UK)

August 10 –

“Last hunting tribe in China starts to move out of jungle” –

XinhuaNet (China)

August 10 –

“Indigenous people give vent to their woes” –

The Independent (Bangladesh)

August 10 –

“Dig site bringing to light artifacts as old as 7,000 years” –

Tribune-Review (USA)

August 10 –

“Yemen: Ancient cave reveals archaeological find” –

Zawya (Syria)

August 10 –

“Protecting ancient giants” –

Taipei Times (Taiwan)

August 10 –

“Fossil haven: Volunteers excavate bones” –

Missoulian (USA)

August 10 –

“Author of ‘The New Iraq’ arrested for smuggling Baghdad artifacts” –

The Jordan Times (Jordan)

August 10 –

“Fossil treasure trove site used for science, not ‘quick buck'” –

Billings Gazette (USA)

August 10 –

“A boy has narrowly escaped being struck by a suspected meteorite” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 09 –

“Author charged with smuggling ancient Iraqi artifacts” –

CBS News (USA)

August 09 –

“Indigenous cultures face struggle, UN says” –

Message Stick (Aotearoa)

August 09 –

“ASI completes excavation work at Ayodhya” –

Times of India (India)

August 09 –

“Archaeologists rush to survey historic sites” –

Sun Sentinel (USA)

August 09 –

“Believers in the lost Ark” –

The Guardian (UK)

August 09 –

“Pre-Maya society unearthed in Nicaragua” –

Sun Sentinel (USA)

August 09 –

“Caligula really believed he was God” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

August 09 –

“Quick work needed at ancient site” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 09 –

“Who Owns Ancient Medical Wisdom?” –

The Progress Report (USA)

August 09 –

“Mars probe ‘already malfunctioning'” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 08 –

“Iron Age burial site unearthed in northwestern Tuscany” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

August 08 –

“NASA hits a speed bump on the way to Mars” –

EXN.ca (Canada)

August 08 –

“Ancient spider silk found in Middle East” –

IOL (South Africa)

August 08 –

“Archaelogists study new digs for Heathrow airport” –

Taipei Times (Taiwan)

August 08 –

“Hubble spies gorging galaxies” –

Times of India (India)

August 08 –

“Archaeologists study pottery for picture of Puebloan culture” –

Current-Argus (USA)

August 08 –

“Forced move of old archway sparks row” –

China Daily (China)

August 08 –

“Europe’s first Moon probe prepares for launch” –

ESA News (France)

August 08 –

“Heathrow Dig Reveals Ancient Farming” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

August 08 –

“Archaeologists Unearth German Stonehenge” –

Deutsche Welle (Germany)

August 08 –

“Roman dig backs ancient writers’ portrait of megalomaniac Caligula” –

The Guardian (UK)

August 07 –

“Red planet ready for its close-up” –

IOL (South Africa)

August 07 –

“When time erases written languages” –

Salt Lake Tribune (USA)

August 07 –

“Viet Namese artefacts to be exhibited in Belgium and Austria” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

August 07 –

“Hubble Spies Big Galaxy Gobbling Little One” –

Reuters (UK)

August 07 –

“Ancient graves at old Athens airport” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

August 07 –

“Star Bright … and the Sub-Brown Dwarfs: Part II” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

August 07 –

“ASI completes Ayodhya excavation” –

Mid-Day (India)

August 07 –

“China to tighten controls over fossil exports” –

XinhuaNet (China)

August 07 –

“Mars ready for close-up, best view in 60,000 Years” –

ABS-CBN.com (Philippines)

August 07 –

“Asteroids named for space shuttle astronauts” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 07 –

“Mars is Melting” –

Science@NASA (USA)

August 07 –

“Mars approaches” –

Daily Yomiuri (Japan)

August 07 –

“Central province gets permit to salvage antiques off Cham island” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

August 07 –

“Ancient spider’s web found in amber” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 07 –

“Volcano spews strength on Montserrat’s residents” –

San Luis Obispo (USA)

August 07 –

“Auction of R.P. artifacts suspended” –

ABS-CBN.com (Philippines)

August 06 –

“Auction of Filipino Antiquities Suspended” –

Newsday (USA)

August 06 –

“Oldest Spider-Web Silk Found Preserved in Amber” –

Reuters (UK)

August 06 –

“Graves damaged in Kotla renovation” –

Gulf News (Dubai)

August 06 –

“Early Hominids may have behaved more “Human” than thought” –

Ohio State University (USA)

August 06 –

“Ruins of ancient house unearthed in Central China” –

China Daily (China)

August 06 –

“Archaeologists study area’s history dating back 8,000 years” –

The Weekly Vista (USA)

August 06 –

“Plan for phone mast worries archaeologists” –

This Is The Northeast (England)

August 06 –

“Russians find bones of mystery dinosaur” –

Straits Times (Singapore)

August 06 –

“Ancient Headgerow Rescue Plans Are Drawn Up” –

South Wales Evening Post (Cymru)

August 06 –

“Pheonix to Mars” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

August 06 –

“Secret of ancient pottery revealed” –

Express & Star (England)

August 06 –

“Source for major type of supernova explosions found” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

August 06 –

“Mars ready for best view in 60,000 years” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 06 –

“Fossil hunters getting warm in long summer’s work” –

Montana Tracker (USA)

August 05 –

“Russians uncover giant dinosaurs’ remains” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 05 –

“Ruins of ancient house unearthed in central China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

August 05 –

“Thailand asked to help rebuild the historic Bamiyan Buddhas” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

August 05 –

“Lost’ Inca city a royal retreat” –

Mercury News (USA)

August 05 –

“Alexander’s kin cling on to their mountain idyll” –

The Peninsula (Qatar)

August 05 –

“Unknown dinosaur sub species skeleton is found” –

Ananova (UK)

August 05 –

“Museum denies Marbles report” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

August 05 –

“Martian theory on ice” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 05 –

“Herbal Contraception in Ancient Times” –

Islam Online (Saudi Arabia)

August 05 –

“Seahenge could go on display in 2005” –

EDP24.com (England)

August 05 –

“Ichthyosaur’s Turtle Supper Causes Extinction Debate” –

National Geographic News (USA)

August 05 –

“Paleontologists discover three dinosaur skeletons in Russia” –

The Russia Journal (Russia)

August 05 –

“Plan to compile ancient knowledge of all plant varieties and uses” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

August 05 –

“Investigators question dam building near world’s oldest irrigation system” –

XinhuaNet (China)

August 05 –

“SMART-1: the lunar adventure begins” –

ESA News (France)

August 05 –

“Shanghai buys back lost calligraphic work” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

August 05 –

“NASA lander to target Martian north pole” –

New Scientist (UK)

August 04 –

“Discoveries made about cellular reaction processes from ancient life” –

EurekAlert (USA)

August 04 –

“Scientists aim for moon with latest breakthrough” –

China Daily (China)

August 04 –

“Ancient agricultural system is revived in Peru” –

Cincinnati Enquirer (USA)

August 04 –

“Reports on archaeological finds in UAE released” –

Gulf News (Dubai)

August 04 –

“Peru Farmers Revive ‘Waru Waru’ System” –

Longview News-Journal (USA)

August 04 –

“Qing emperor concubines’ mausoleum found in northeast China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

August 04 –

“Star Bright … and The Sub-Brown Dwarfs – Part I” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

August 04 –

“Elgin Marbles back for Greek Games” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 04 –

“Ancient Glamour: Romans Tapped Unusual Sources to Enhance Their Beauty” –

ABC News (USA)

August 04 –

“Trip to Earth Core: Myth or Reality?” –

Pravda (Russia)

August 04 –

“Ancient agricultural system is revived in Peru” –

San Antonio Express (USA)

August 04 –

“Ancient (8,000-year-old) well uncovered in Israel” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 03 –

“Spore-producing plants dated back to 475m years” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

August 03 –

“2,000-Year-Old Roman Ointment Discovered in London Ditch” –

The MediaDrome (USA)

August 03 –

“Museum in secret talks to return Elgin marbles” –

The Sunday Times (UK)

August 03 –

“1,200 year-old brine pan turned into tourism attraction” –

XinhuaNet (China)

August 03 –

“Found: Evidence of earliest plant life in Sultanate” –

Times of Oman (Oman)

August 03 –

“Delphic oracle was ancient glue-sniffer” –

The Observer (UK)

August 03 –

“New findings at ancient Salamis” –

Sunday Mail (Cyprus)

August 03 –

“Ancient cities discovered in Yangtze Valley” –

Independent on Sunday (UK)

August 02 –

“Iran’s envoy to China asks for revival of ancient ‘Silk Road'” –

IRNA (Iran)

August 02 –

“Race-Against-the-Clock to Preserve Parts of Ancient Egypt” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

August 02 –

“Discovery of Neolithic site stuns experts” –

Edinburgh Evening News (Scotland)

August 02 –

“Earthquake felt over much of southern North Island” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

August 02 –

“Hotter Stars, Habitable Planets?” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

August 02 –

“Remaking an aging beauty from Nebamun’s tomb at Thebes” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

August 02 –

“China’s first Great Wall regulation takes effect” –

China Daily (China)

August 02 –

“Scientists uncover rare tomb” –

Sun-Sentinel (USA)

August 02 –

“Ancient Zeus temple found in Greece” –

Toronto Star (Canada)

August 02 –

“Olympic construction unearths classical sites” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 02 –

“Excavation could change views on ancient hunters” –

Times Record News (USA)

August 02 –

“Dialogue only solution to Ram temple tangle: Advani” –

Deepika Global (India)

August 01 –

“Will 2004 Olympics Destroy Ancient Greek Battleground?” –

National Geographic News (USA)

August 01 –

“Temple to Zeus unearthed at Mount Olympus” –

IOL (South Africa)

August 01 –

“When to Look for Perseid Meteors in 2003” –

Space.com (USA)

August 01 –

“Archaeologists near completion of ossuary recovery project” –

Midland Mirror (Canada)

August 01 –

“Iraqi treasures to tour US” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 01 –

“Greek archaeologists find Supreme’ Zeus during river work” –

MSNBC (USA)

August 01 –

“Archaeologists uncover 12,000-year-old settlement west of Jerusalem” –

The Age (Australia)

August 01 –

“An Olympian’s sanctuary rises from Dion’s mud” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

August 01 –

“Nessie makes appearance in China” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 01 –

“Relics from ancient people found at ‘pit house’ site near Vegas” –

Las Vegas Sun (USA)

August 01 –

“Aboriginal skulls begin journey home to peace” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

August 01 –

“Tomb Dating Back 2,000 Years Unearthed in N.China” –

People’s Daily (China)

August 01 –

“Mars, Closer Than Ever in History” –

Washington Post (USA)

August 01 –

“Alberta paleontologists identify duckbilled dinosaur find” –

CBC News (Canada)

August 01 –

“Moon to Muscle in on Aug. 12-13 Perseid Meteor Shower” –

Space.com (USA)

August 01 –

“Aborigines protest at British Museum” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 2003 –

“Who Built the Pyramids?” –

Harvard Magazine (USA)

August 2003 –

“Sky Maps & Notes – August 2003” –

BBCi (UK)

August 2003 –

“Mineral Resources of Peru’s Ancient Societies” –

GeoTimes (USA)

August 2003 –

“Maya Turncoat: King Hawk Skull was a savvy political player” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

August 2003 –

“Mesopotamian Masterpieces: Exquisite art and artifacts” –

Smithsonian Magazine (USA)