– terrestrial archaeology and solar system history – news headlines archive – August 11 – 20 2003 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

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August 20 –

“Meet the ancestors” –

Cheshire Daily Post (England)

August 20 –

“Hubble To Snap Mars In Best Bi Annual Photo Op In 60,000 Years” –

Space Daily (USA)

August 20 –

“SCA denies Nefertiti claims by British team” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

August 20 –

“NASA seeks public suggestions for Mars photos” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

August 20 –

“Lice genes date first human clothes to 70,000 years ago” –

Nature (UK)

August 20 –

“Flip a Sun’s pole for more dust” –

ESA News (France)

August 20 –

“Another Dinosaur Vandalized In Pittsburgh” –

WPXI.com (USA)

August 20 –

“Ancient medieval city of Hasankeyf coming to light” –

NTV/MSNBC (Turkey)

August 20 –

“ESA Sees Stardust Storms Heading For Solar System” –

Space Daily (USA)

August 20 –

“Archaeologists unearth Bronze Age village” –

Khaleej Times (UAE)

August 20 –

“Heritage monitors defend payments” –

Message Stick (Aotearoa)

August 20 –

“SMART-1: Chips Off the Terrestrial Block” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

August 20 –

“Remains of ancient port found in Agrigento Sea” –

AGI (Italy)

August 20 –

“Microbe From Depths Takes Life To Hottest Known Limit” –

Space Daily (USA)

August 20 –

“Ancient stream bubbles to surface 70 years on!” –

Mansfield Today (England)

August 20 –

“Comoros volcano may erupt after 12-year slumber” –

MSNBC (USA)

August 20 –

“Huge Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in China’s Xinjiang” –

People’s Daily (China)

August 20 –

“Harvesting Mars” –

[email protected] (USA)

August 20 –

“Ancient Antarctic lake may erupt if drilled” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

August 20 –

“Evidence of great Indian uprising unearthed” –

IOL (South Africa)

August 19 –

“Drilling Into Frozen Lake Vostok Debated” –

Diascovery Channel News (USA)

August 19 –

“Moon colony ‘within 20 years'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 19 –

“Box seat for red planet” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 19 –

“Asteroid will miss Earth in 2019” –

Newsday (USA)

August 19 –

“Beijing wages war to safeguard ancient courtyards “ –

XinhuaNet (China)

August 19 –

“Archaeologists discover tomb under Zapotec complex in Oaxaca, Mexico” –

EurekAlert (USA)

August 19 –

“Ancient trackway breakthrough” –

Belper Today (England)

August 19 –

“Life from the Heavens?” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

August 19 –

“Large dinosaur fossil found in China” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 19 –

“Space probe paves way for European moon landing” –

The Guardian (UK)

August 19 –

“Skywatch: the next few weeks for stargazers” –

NewsDay (USA)

August 19 –

“Bronze Age village uncovered in highway dig near Kiryat Gat” –

Ha’aretz (Israel)

August 18 –

“Ancient buffalo shields returned to Navajo Nation” –

Salt Lake Tribune (USA)

August 18 –

“Ancient Celtic spoon is 2,000-year-old” –

Ananova (UK)

August 18 –

“China quake topples 7,900 homes, kills 3” –

Taiwan News (Taiwan)

August 18 –

“X-rays from Earth” –

[email protected] (USA)

August 18 –

“Man’s dinosaur find” –

Llanelli Star (Cymru)

August 18 –

“Aurora Surprise” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

August 18 –

“The earthquake of January 18, 749” –

Ha’aretz (Israel)

August 18 –

“Excavating the ‘perfect ship’ – at the bottom of the Black Sea” –

SunSpot.net (USA)

August 18 –

“1st Tehran Int’l Congress of Ancient Cultural Ties ends “ –

IRNA (Iran)

August 18 –

“Alpha and Omega: Interview with Charles Seife – Part I” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

August 18 –

“Acropolis building site stirs up storm” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 18 –

“Ancient Artifacts Unearthed At Illegal Dumping Spot” –

KRQE (USA)

August 18 –

“Russian Scientists Design Hyper-Sound Spacecraft” –

Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

August 18 –

“Death of a dinosaur: Pallid sturgeon a short step from extinction” –

Billings Gazette (USA)

August 18 –

“Extinct Australian tigers ‘alive and well'” –

Ananova (UK)

August 18 –

“Huge mysterious mass discovered in ancient Irish lake” –

AFP/Yahoo News (USA)

August 17 –

“Seminar On Pakistan Archaeology Tomorrow” –

Paknews.com (Pakistan)

August 17 –

“Champoeg archaeological dig wraps up today” –

Statesman Journal (USA)

August 17 –

“Yemen: 8th century coins found in Fara Al-Udain” –

Zawya (Syria)

August 17 –

“Mystery cloaks ancient Hokkaido cave motifs” –

The Japan Times (Japan)

August 17 –

“Esala, Madhu‚ ancient rain ritual?” –

Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

August 17 –

“The genius of the ancient people is on full view in Mexico’s Yucatan” –

Inside VC (USA)

August 17 –

“A Sarcophagus Unearthed In Ancient City Of Perge” –

Turkish Press (Turkey)

August 17 –

“Pits of nothing hold key to the universe” –

The Age (Australia)

August 17 –

“Taking shape: Prehistoric art and us” –

The Japan Times (Japan)

August 17 –

“Artefacts reflect typical Kandyan lifestyle” –

Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

August 16 –

“Ancient forger’s coin die found” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 16 –

“Eketahuna quake latest in tremor string” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

August 16 –

“France sets up country’s largest morgue to deal with heatwave effects” –

TerraDaily (USA)

August 16 –

“Tribe says farewell to mountains” –

China Daily (China)

August 16 –

“Ancient axe found in Harstad” –

Aftenposten (Norway)

August 16 –

“Hot spots on Mars give hunt for life new target” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

August 16 –

“Dinosaur gives hope to anti-dam activists” –

Gulf News (Dubai)

August 16 –

“Delphi’s oracle was just stoned” –

The Age (Australia)

August 16 –

“Europe’s largest glacier shrivels under global warming” –

TerraDaily (USA)

August 16 –

“Taj plinth is already damaged” –

Times of India (India)

August 16 –

“500 Ancient Coins Stolen in Bulgarian Coastal City” –

Novinte (Bulgaria)

August 16 –

“Papyrus didn’t die off with ancient Egypt” –

Redding.com (USA)

August 16 –

“Rein in that Mars frenzy – it’s still 55 million km away” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

August 15 –

“ASI rings alarm bell, says Taj already damaged” –

Times of India (India)

August 15 –

“Microbe breaks temperature record” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 15 –

“New Dinosaur Rises From Fossil Bones In India” –

Science Daily (USA)

August 15 –

“Microbe survives boiling water, ‘breathes’ iron: report” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 15 –

“Ancient tongue doing some modern talking” –

China Daily (China)

August 15 –

“Volunteers pitch in at Dresden dig for 9,000-year-old clues” –

The Times-Record (USA)

August 15 –

“Global warming turns up heat on burping cows” –

The Age (Australia)

August 15 –

“Ancient History Rules in Ethiopia” –

The Addis Tribune (Ethiopia)

August 15 –

“Horseshoe nebula flows with ‘X-ray champagne'” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

August 15 –

“Why Indians don’t hunt dinosaurs” –

Times of India (India)

August 15 –

“India poised for mission to moon” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

August 15 –

“Field Museum Archaeologists Discover Tomb in Oaxaca, Mexico” –

Yahoo News (USA)

August 15 –

“Ancient superflood brought climate chaos” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 14 –

“New dinosaur species found in Indian state” –

The Peninsula (Qatar)

August 14 –

“Face of Nefertiti ‘recreated'” –

Ananova (UK)

August 14 –

“Earthquake Hits Northern Panama with Huge Damages” –

People’s Daily (China)

August 14 –

“Archaeologists discover 3rd century tomb in downtown Sofia” –

BNN (Bulgaria)

August 14 –

“Weapons used more than 10,000 years ago hailed as major find” –

The Gazette (Canada)

August 14 –

“Earth’s magnetic field: Equatorial flux” –

Nature (UK)

August 14 –

“Rare statue of God Amon Temple servant unearthed” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

August 14 –

“Deep-sea camera offers a unique glimpse of ancient history” –

SanLuisObispo (USA)

August 14 –

“Defenses Down, Galactic Dust Storm Hits Solar System” –

Space.com (USA)

August 14 –

“Arctic ice cap facing meltdown: study” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 14 –

“Scientists discover new species of dinosaurs” –

Gulf News (Bahrain)

August 14 –

“Queen Nefertiti: Face of an ancient beauty” –

Evening Standard (UK)

August 14 –

“Houses excavated in Neolithic city Catalhoyuk protected” –

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

August 14 –

“Soloist strives to promote ancient zheng music” –

China Daily (China)

August 14 –

“Options available for Hubble’s demise” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 14 –

“Reconstructing the past” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

August 14 –

“Tsunamis: The next big wave” –

The Economist (UK)

August 14 –

“Ancient polar lake could erupt” –

Billings Gazette (USA)

August 14 –

“It’s galaxy eat galaxy out there” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 13 –

“Experts uncover Carmarthen Castle secrets” –

Carmerthen Journal (Cymru)

August 13 –

“Archaeologists Fortify Roman Necropolis Remains in Sofia” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

August 13 –

“NASA urges Russians to use care in tapping ancient lake” –

Mercury News (USA)

August 13 –

“New carnivorous dinosaur species discovered in India” –

Hindustan Times (India)

August 13 –

“Italy’s 5,000-Year-Old Iceman Put Up a Fight” –

Reuters (UK)

August 13 –

“Holiday weather on Mars” –

ESA News (France)

August 13 –

“New dinosaur discovered in India” –

Globe & Mail (Canada)

August 13 –

“Iron Age coin hoard found – stuffed inside a cow bone” –

BBC News Online (UK)

August 13 –

“Infrared cameras used in Yeti hunt” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

August 13 –

“Moon, clouds could eclipse meteor show” –

Tribune-Review (USA)

August 13 –

“Iraq hopes to attract 10m tourists to ancient sites” –

The Peninsula (Qatar)

August 13 –

“Olympics: Modern makeover for ancient city” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

August 13 –

“DNA detective uncovers violence in the bronze age” –

Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

August 13 –

“Ancient Hedgerow Rescue Plan” –

South Wales Evening Post (Cymru)

August 13 –

“Milwaukie trench yields evidence of ancient quakes” –

The Oregonian (USA)

August 13 –

“Dig discovers dozens of St Andrews skeletons” –

The Herald (Scotland)

August 13 –

“Supernovae are egg shaped” –

Nature (UK)

August 13 –

“World’s oldest mummy was shot in the back” –

Cape Times/IOL (South Africa)

August 12 –

“Asteroid has a ‘bite’ out of it” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

August 12 –

“Tapir fossil find key to NT dig discoveries” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

August 12 –

“Fascination with Distant Worlds” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

August 12 –

“Rare bell shrine found in Ireland” –

The Guardian (UK)

August 12 –

“Remains of ancient Russian Prince will be buried in Veliky Novgorod” –

Novosti (Russia)

August 12 –

“Meteor shower to hit peak tonight” –

Omaha World-Herald (USA)

August 12 –

“Climbers to search for Abominable Snowman” –

China Daily (China)

August 12 –

“Remains of Viking warrior uncovered in Dublin” –

ProLog (USA)

August 12 –

“1st int’l confab on ancient cultures to open on Saturday” –

IRNA (Iran)

August 12 –

“Underwater volcano discovered in Aleutians” –

CNN (USA)

August 12 –

“Italians Dig Deep to Reveal Forgotten Roman City” –

Reuters (UK)

August 12 –

“Navajos regain possession of ceremonial buffalo shields” –

Deseret News (USA)

August 12 –

“SW China Province to Invest 800 Million yuan to Promote Ancient Ruins” –

People’s Daily (China)

August 11 –

“Mars Looms Big & Bright As It Nears Record-Breaking Close Approach” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

August 11 –

“Ancient tomb to make way for progress” –

The Star (Malaysia)

August 11 –

“Archaeologists Dig Up Caligula’s Power-Hungry Past” –

Reuters (UK)

August 11 –

“Dig seeks clues to Indians who lived along Kennebec 9,000 years ago” –

Concord Monitor (USA)

August 11 –

“SW China province to invest 800 million yuan to promote ancient ruins” –

XinhuaNet (China)

August 11 –

“Look Up for Perseid Meteor Shower” –

WISH TV News (USA)

August 11 –

“Author charged with smuggling Iraq artefacts” –

The Peninsula (Qatar)

August 11 –

“Private spacecraft performs crucial test flight” –

New Scientist (UK)

August 11 –

“Maui researchers studying life near undersea volcano” –

Honolulu Advertiser (USA)

August 11 –

“Search for lost river throws up 300 AD site in Haryana” –

Indian Express (India)

August 11 –

“Annual Perseid meteor shower reaches peak this week” –

KATU News (USA)

August 11 –

“American author held for smuggling 4,000-year-old artefacts” –

The Star (Malaysia)

August 11 –

“Asteroid: A Rock By Any Other Name” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

August 11 –

“Double Roman villa was half a fake” –

The Guardian (UK)

August 11 –

“Ancient Mayan Massage Can Help Rub Out Menstrual Pain” –

WXPI.com (USA)

August 11 –

“Iceman (Otzi) died in pain but not alone” –

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)