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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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August 20 2005

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“Third-generation Iraqi looks after Abraham’s birthplace”

Turkish Press (Turkey)

“Magnitude 4.6 Quake – northern Peru – 23:03 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Royal descendant seeks return of Hawaiian artifacts”

KPUA News (Hawaii)

“Stone mines used to construct Anahita Temple discovered”

Mehr News (Iran)

“Vesuvius could shed light on Mars”

ANSA (Italy)

“Magnitude 4.9 Quake – offshore Ecuador – 16:37 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Ephesus: One of the world’s few surviving ancient cities”

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Peruvian pyramids rival the pharaohs'”

The Times (UK)

“The villages beneath the city”

The Globe & Mail (Canada)

“Mexico digs up Aztec sacrificial stone”

IOL/Reuters (South Africa)

“Ancient Bead May Be Clue To King Of Orkney”

The Press & Journal (Scotland)

“Magnitude 4.8 Quake – offshore Ecuador – 05:05 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Water-scarce India, too, weighs a return to ancient practices”

IHT (France)

“Discovery of Ancient Relics Delays Pangyo Development Project”

Dong-A Ilbo (South Korea)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 61”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 19 2005

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“Early humans ‘may have spread TB'”

BBC Science News (UK)

“Bajracharya stresses heritage protection”

Gorkhapatra (Nepal)

“‘Pre-Thracian’ treasure outranks Troy”

Taipei Times (Taiwan)

“Ancestors wore shoes some 26,000 years ago”

PhysOrg (USA)

“DNA traces evolution of extinct big cats”

999 Today (UK)

“Ancient artefacts abound in Al Ain”

Emirates News Agency (United Arab Emirates)

“500-year-old woman unearthed in garden”

SCarborough Today (England)

“Magnitude 5.5 Quake – Halmahera, Indonesia – 15:48 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Russian archaeologists discover ancient birch-barks with profanities”

RIA Novosti (Russia)

“History’s greatest comet hunter discovers 1000th comet”

ESA News (France)

“Magnitude 5.5 Quake – southwest Indian Ridge – 13:04 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Lessons from our ancestors about the countryside”

BBC News Online (UK)

“Call for research projects on Shahr-e Soukhteh”

Payvand (Iran)

“Ancient Persian treasures on show”

The Guardian (UK)

“Untying the knots of Incan codes”

IHT (France)

“Historical Tiberias”

Israel Today (Israel)

“Floods threaten ancient temples”

The Nation (Thailand)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 42”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 18 2005

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“Bulgaria treasure 5,000 years old”

BBC News Online (UK)

“Oldest hieroglyphs discovered in Damaidi”

People’s Daily (China)

“Protected footwear used 30,000 years ago: study”

New Kerala (India)

“Pagans to celebrate their beliefs and educate others”

Shreve Port Times (USA)

“Inferior quality stone, archaeological findings cause major setbacks”

The Independent (Malta)

“Count Down Begins For Oregon Heritage Grants”

Medford News (USA)

“Archeologists find royal jewellery”

The Australian (Australia)

“The Ends of the Earth”

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“‘New Ephesus’ sees the light of day”

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Ice Age engravings found in Somerset”

The Guardian (UK)

“Magnitude 4.5 Quake – Crete, Greece – 09:58 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Soft body fossils of extinct ’lamp shell’ digitally reconstructed”

Innovations-Report (Germany)

“Archaeological dig seeks to find evidence of Indian agriculture”

The Boston Globe/AP (USA)

“Pacific to increase regular meetings of archeologists”

Port Vila Presse (Vanuatu)

“Magnitude 4.3 Quake – Potosi, Bolivia – 05:13 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Geology crosses over into medicine”

IHT (France)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 48”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 17 2005

news headlines

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“X-ray Technology Sheds Light On Ancient Stone Inscriptions”

ScienceDaily (USA)

“New director named to scandal-plagued Getty”

The Globe & Mail (Canada)

“The Secret of Solomon’s Temple Discovered”

24-7PressRelease (UK)

“Saturn’s rings have own atmosphere”

ESA Cassini-Huygens News (France)

“Bulgaria Uncovers Newly Found Golden Treasure”

Sofia News Agency (Bulgaria)

“Retreating Aral Sea Coastlines- new satellite images”

Earth Observatory (Earth Orbit)

“Lost key turns up after 3200 years”

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“Historical Survey of Eelam”

Asian Tribune (Thailand)

“Strange fossil defies grouping”

BBC Science News (UK)

“‘Intelligent design’ debate stirs lawmakers”

Rocky Mountain News (USA)

“Looted artifacts returned to Iran, Jiroft”

IranMania (Iran)

“Galway native discovers ancient royal Celtic site”

Galway Independent (Ireland)

“Magnitude 4.6 Quake – Bio-Bio, Chile – 07:00 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“International Forbidden Knowledge Conference Grows into World’s Biggest”

ClickPress (UAE)

“Magnitude 4.6 Quake – Monagas, Venezuela – 06:42 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Archeologists uncover treasure of thousands of golden ornaments”

National Post (Canada)

“Magnitude 4.3 Quake – offshore Guatemala – 02:26 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Moderate earthquake jolts Pakistan’s capital”

Rediff (India)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 48”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 16 2005

news headlines

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“Ancient Scots documents mark Wallace anniversary”

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Long-lost steamboat emerges from Mo. river”

The State/AP (USA)

“Subway, a Danger Lurking around Iran’s Historical Cities”

ICHNA (Iran)

“Aboriginal astronomers see mythology in stars”

ABC Message Stick (Australia)

“‘Da Vinci’ film divides British churches”

Biloxi Sun-Herald/AP (USA)

“Taj Mahal to Angkor Wat, all to be history”

The Financial Express (India)

“Museum hosts mammoth event”

Bradenton Herald (USA)

“Double whammy hit dinosaurs”

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“US archaeologist murdered in Brazil”

XinhuaNet (China)

“2005 Perseid Meteor Images & Video Gallery”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“2,000-year-old tomb site under threat of termites”

Eastday (China)

“Magnitude 4.8 Quake – Vanuatu – 09:42 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Dig reveals more of isles’ bloody history”

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Asteroid Encounter in 2029 May Help Scientists Deflect Objects”

Bloomberg (USA)

“Mummies from the British Museum shown in California exhibition”

Middle East Times (Egypt)

“Magnitude 7.2 Quake – offshore Honshu, Japan – 02:46 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Fossil forest points to rapid climate change, scientists say”

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 49”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 15 2005

news headlines

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“New Find Puts Humans in Cango 80 000 Years Ago”

AllAfrica/Sunday Times (South Africa)

“Armed gang robs tourists on way to Caracol”

News 5 (Belize)

“Tsunami clue to ‘Atlantis’ found”

BBC Science News (UK)

“Archaeologist Zuraina to retire”

New Straits Times (Malaysia)

“Conference fosters research and ties”

LA Monitor (USA)

“Reading Room: Treasured history”

Sofia Echo (Bulgaria)

“Researchers continue to comb bay for wreck of Spanish ship”

The Sun News (USA)

“Archaeologists reveal signs of bloodier times for Western Isles”

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Oxygen: Fueled Huge Ancient Insects?”

Discovery Channel News (USA)

“Buddha sculptures found in Pakistan”

Hindustan Times (India)

“Troy lost its best defender”

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Moondust”

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“What lies beneath”

The Jerusalem Post (Israel)

“Dowsing: Fact or Fancy?”

Mother Earth News (USA)

“Stone tool points to much earlier inhabitants”

IOL/Cape Times (South Africa)

“Amazon study shows rivers carry away carbon dioxide”

The Philadelphia Inquirer (USA)

“The Mongol Empire – Conquerors of Ancient Days”

Radio Singapore (Singapore)

“Vandalism and theft at Sidon antiquity warehouse underscores neglect”

Daily Star (Lebanon)

“Magnitude 5.3 Quake – Papua, Indonesia – 03:15 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Chogha Zanbil threatened by air pollution”

IranMania (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 34”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 14 2005

news headlines

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“Scientists unearth bronze casting centre”

VNS (Viet Nam)

“Warming permafrost is wreaking havoc above ground”

Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)

“Sassanids of Ultan Ghalasi Faced Two Major Floods”

ICHNA (Iran)

“2 moons seen circling asteroid orbiting sun”

Myrtle Beach Sun News (USA)

“Mission Manuscripts yields 85,000 documents”

New Kerala (India)

“Churches fear damage from curse of ‘The Da Vinci Code'”

The Independent (UK)

“Debate continues on Safavid era ship lying off Caspian coast”

Mehr News (Iran)

“Magnitude 4.8 Quake – West Chile Rise – 12:07 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“New map of southern region on digital format”

Gulf Times (Qatar)

“Ice Age in the Sunshine State”

The Villages Daily Sun (USA)

“On the Road to Harappa”

The Sunday Express (India)

“Ancient faces brought to life”

VNS (Viet Nam)

“Croatan tribe unearths artifacts”

The Charlotte Observer (USA)

“Sassanid castles discovered in Marvdasht region”

The Tehran Times (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.4 Quake – Oaxaca, Mexico – 02:52 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Egypt’s Mummy Smugglers Jailed for Life in Cairo”

Egypt Election (Egypt)

“Atlantis in an Iberian inscription of more than 6000 years”

PressBox (UK)

“Magnitude 5.9 Quake – Tarapaca, Chile – 02:39 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Orang Pendek: The missing link? Part II”

Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 33”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 13 2005

news headlines

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“Discovery of Sasanid Mortar Formula”

Persian Journal (Iran)

“Smugglers of Egyptian antiquities sentenced”

San Diego Union-Tribune (USA)

“Clay Offerings Discovered in Persepolis Sewage System”

Persian Journal (Iran)

“Archaeologists uncover Roman graveyard in Austria”

Jerusalem Post (Israel)

“Experts excavate Saxon discovery”

BBC News Online (UK)

“Mission to Mars seeks landing site for future”

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Row erupts over Islamic trust’s claim on Taj Mahal”

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

“Cosmic Computing: Simulating the universe”

Science News (USA)

“NASA probe blasts off for Mars”

The Star (Malaysia)

“Decoding the genetic language of early life”

New Scientist (UK)

“Local efforts needed to protect Great Wall”

XinhuaNet (China)

“Robbery of ancient ceramic from ‘Burnt City’ not verified”

Persian Journal (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.8 Quake – Maug Islands region – 07:36 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Photo exhibition of ancient Korean murals to open in Tokyo”

Japan Today (Japan)

“Izmir: A city with a 5000-year history”

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 47”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 12 2005

news headlines

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“Pig-raising in China dates back to 8,000 years ago”

People’s Daily (China)

“Kansas Still Monkeying Around with Evolution”

Bayou Buzz (USA)

“Swedish Iron Age burial ground discovered”

The Local (Sweden)

“Another fire temple found in Sabzevar”

Mehr News (Iran)

“King of the wild frontier”

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“Queen Nefertiti returns to her old home”

IOL (South Africa)

“Italian archaelogists on trail of ancient warships”

Reuters India (India)

“Ruins of lonely Mesopotamian city still stand after 2 millennia”

Aljazeera (Qatar)

“Large ancient sunk ship discovered in Shandong”

People’s Daily (China)

“Intelligent Design: Theory of Theories”

ChronWatch (USA)

“Burial pit ‘important find'”

The London Free Press (Canada)

“Chequered history of Viking board game”

Yorkshire Post (England)

“Search for mythical lost treasure of Yamashita”

INQ7 News (Philippines)

“600-year-old ancient warship found in east China”

EastDay (China)

“Unravelled: Inca knots that show birth of accountancy”

The Independent (UK)

“‘1491’: Discovering what Americas were like before Columbus”

The Seattle Times (USA)

“China strives to cut damage to cultural heritage in water diversion projects”

XinhuaNet (China)

“Ancient meteorites provide new look at the start of things”

San Diego Union-Tribune (USA)

“WCWC starts campaign to protect ‘Wild Spirit Places’”

Squamish Chief (Canada)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 35”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

August 11 2005

news headlines

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“Volcanic study shakes up dinosaur debate”

Ottawa Sun (Canada)

“Fire Temple Discovered in Sabzevar”

ICHNA (Iran)

“Renton bog reaches 5,000 years into past”

The Seattle Times (USA)

“Louvre to Exhibit Islamic Artifacts in Riyadh Museum”

Arab News (Saudi Arabia)

“2005 Perseid Meteor Shower look east before dawn tomorrow – skymap”

Science@NASA (USA)

“High-altitude ski slopes close as Alpine glaciers melt”

The Times (UK)

“Ancient find unearths history of French city”

IOL (South Africa)

“Melting bog may lead to ‘ecological landslide'”

The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Taking slice of ancient history”

Herald Sun (Australia)

“A Comet’s Only Cameraman”

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Face of ancient Fiji shows Pacific’s past”

SwissInfo (Switzerland)

“Research on inscriptions of ‘Karter’ underway”

IranMania (Iran)

“3,000-year-old woman’s ‘face’ revealed”

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Peru’s ancient “khipu” strings were ledgers – study”

Reuters (UK)

“Magnitude 6.2 Quake – southeast of the Loyalty Islands – 09:08 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“Unique ancient documents to be on display in Tepla monastery”

Daily Monitor (Czech Republic)

“Archeologists uncover ancient coins in heart of Athens”

Sify News (India)

“Magnitude 5.2 Quake – southeast of the Loyalty Islands – 07:02 UTC”

USGS Report (USA)

“A treasure trove of ancient relics and rare paintings”

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 34”

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images”

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day”

NASA (USA)

 


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“August 2005 – Sky Maps & Observing Notes – Northern Hemisphere”

BBC Science & Space News (UK)

“August 2005 – Sky Maps & Observing Notes – Southern Hemisphere”

BBC Science & Space News (UK)

“Myth in Marble: A tragic figure emerges from the ruins of a Roman villa”

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

“The Story of the Iraq Museum: Picking up the pieces of 40,000 years of cultural life”

Scientific American (USA)

“Special Report: The Axum Obelisk Returns, but Some Still Grumble”

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

“Cosmology: Is the Universe Out of Tune?”

Scientific American (USA)

“River of data decodes Nile cycles”

GeoTimes (USA)

“Excavations at Tel Kabri Highly Successful”

Tel Aviv University (Israel)

“Dining in the Pleistocene – Who’s on the menu?”

Geology (USA)

“Interactive Dig Field Notes 2005 – Sagalassos, the city in the clouds”

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

“Mystery Man of Stonehenge: Who was he and where did he come from?”

Smithsonian Magazine (USA)

“Here Come the Perseids!: The late-night sky will be moonless for meteor watching”

Sky & Telescope (USA)

 

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