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

December 20 2003 –

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“Eyes on the Solstice: Darkest day part of many cultures” –

Billings Gazette (USA)

“Spacecraft begins final leg of Mars probe” –

The Peninsula (Qatar)

“Precious ancient canoe discovered in Fujian” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Earthquake Rumbles Through Southern Lake County” –

KXTV10 News (USA)

“Ancient cliff paintings found in Inner Mongolia” –

China Daily (China)

“Mission controllers unleash Beagle” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Secrets of life buried in the ice” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Unesco World Heritage Deputy Director Visits Zeugma Ancient City” –

TurkishPress (Turkey)

“Small quake rattles near Joshua Tree” –

Monterey Herald (USA)

“Ancient treasures from golden age of mystery” –

Yorkshire Post (England)

“Minor quake hits Genaveh in Bushehr province of Iran” –

Payvand’s Iran News (Iran)

“Ancient church is saved” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 19 2003 –

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“Winter solstice no longer frightens us” –

St. Petersburg Times (USA)

“Moderate quake hits Russia’s far east island of Sakhalin” –

Ample (UK)

“Mars Express releases Beagle 2” –

ESA News (France)

“The Continuing Saga of the Aksum Obelisk” –

Addis Tribune (Ethiopia)

“Science breakthrough of the year: proof of our exploding universe” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Satellite Sees Through Space Clouds” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

“Palaeontology: Creature from the shallows” –

Nature (UK)

“Calusa built round homes – 1,500 years ago” –

The News-Press (USA)

“Geologist Refutes Jesus Inscription Claim” –

The Guardian (UK)

“NASA unveils ‘super telescope'” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

“Beagle 2 separates from mother ship” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Calusa built round homes – 1,500 years ago” –

The News-Press (USA)

“Beagle probe to fly solo to Red Planet” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 18 2003 –

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“Paleontologists’ nest egg discovered in Patagonia” –

China Daily (China)

“Quake shakes southern Iranian city” –

IRIB News (Iran)

“In pictures: Telescope pierces space dust” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient art demonstrates early man’s skill” –

Globe & Mail (Canada)

“New find, old tomb, and peeks at early Christians” –

Christian Science Monitor (USA)

“2nd Tremor Felt in Earthquake-Prone Bulgarian Area” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

“BBC Mars Lander Beagle II Web Portal – 7 days to landing” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient pottery kilns discovered in Guizhou” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Moderate earthquake hits northwestern Japan” –

CBS2 News (USA)

“Martian lander set for separation” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Archaeologists fail to find graveyard” –

Belfast Telegraph (North of Ireland)

“Viet Namese excavate ancient citadel” –

News Tribune (USA)

“Quake shakes southern city of Kazeroun in Iran “ –

Payvand’s Iran News (Iran)

“Metal detector treasures unveiled” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“NASA’s last Great Observatory gets new name” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“The Earth is cooking slowly” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

“Recent ice ages on Mars” –

Nature (UK)

“Classified Qing Dynasty letter uncovered in Liaoning” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Ancient Dolls A Hint To Early Man” –

CBS News (USA)

“Quake shakes San Francisco Bay area” –

IOL (South Africa)

“Dark energy tops science class” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient cliff paintings found in Inner Mongolia” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Oldest sculptures unearthed: Carvings show early Europeans’ prodigious skill” –

Nature (UK)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 17 2003 –

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“Beagle 2 Landing Site In 3D” –

MarsDaily (USA)

“Beliefs in magic casting a spell on educated youngsters” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Oldest evidence of photosynthesis” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient Figurines a Glimpse of Early Man” –

620 KTAR (USA)

“Spooky mystery at Bergen Museum” –

AftenPosten (Norway)

“Viet Nam Displays Ancient Citadel Ruins” –

SanLuisObispo (USA)

“Mars dust storm ‘no big deal’ for landers” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Point and shoot” –

ESA News (France)

“Borehole Temperatures to Deduce Earth’s Climatic History” –

CO2 Science Magazine

(USA)

“Stradivarius’ sound ‘due to Sun'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Christmas Day Mars Landing” –

Science@NASA (USA)

“Ancient tomb found in ditch” –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

“Ivory bird displays ancient skill” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Two Worlds, One Sun: Project EarthDial with Bill Nye” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Ancient disc declared treasure” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient Figurines Discovered From 30,000 Years Ago” –

Newsday (USA)

“Russia’s Position on Kyoto Forces Rethink in Europe” –

The Moscow Times (Russia)

“Ancient Figurines Found—From First Modern Humans?” –

National Geographic News (USA)

“World’s most mysterious book may be a hoax” –

Nature (UK)

“The Cloud-Climate Conundrum” –

CO2 Science Magazine (USA)

“1 200 years of history unearthed in Viet Nam” –

IOL (South Africa)

“UK scientists all set for New Year encounter with a comet” –

PPARC (UK)

“Ancient bridge may sink pipeline plan” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Beagle 2 Points The Way For UK In Space” –

MarsDaily (USA)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 16 2003 –

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“Site under siege to uncover past” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Archaeology concerns over Shannon Creek pipeline” –

Message Stick (Aotearoa)

“Meteorite That Killed 90% of Species May Have Hit Tropics” –

New York Times (USA)

“Dust storms threaten Mars landers” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Underground heater uncovered in Qing dynasty general’s home” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Daytime Jupiter: Jupiter is bright enough to see in broad daylight” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“A biblical city next to the Bedouin market” –

Ha’aretz (Israel)

“Coral reveals ancient origins of human genes” –

Nature (UK)

“Talk on the prehistory of Gozo” –

The Independent (Malta)

“China museum displays 6,000 years of sex” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Meteorite fragments from Antarctica boost theory of ancient asteroid” –

SanLuisObispo (USA)

“Animal magic of Rome’s Colosseum underworld” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

December 15 2003 –

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“Christmas on Mars: be there with ESA” –

ESA News (France)

“Museum boasts prints of ancient beasts” –

San Antonio Express-News (USA)

“New battle over terracotta warriors” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“X-ray view of the Red Planet” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“Sino-Korean dispute over ancient Manchuria hots up” –

Straits Times (Singapore)

“Ancient forum’s daunting task” –

International Herald Tribune (USA)

“Mars astronauts safe from radiation” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Theft Hampers Archaeology Site Protection” –

Newsday (USA)

“Ancient genes code for balance” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

“Living on Mars Time” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Tunnel linking Europe to Africa planned” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Archaeologists plan third dig at Cedar Creek” –

Wausau Daily Herald (USA)

December 14 2003 –

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“Iraq, Saddam, ‘the Anfal’ and Halabja – lest we forget” –

Kurdish exiles website (Sweden)

“The Ancient Debate Over Doubting Thomas” –

Time Magazine (USA)

“Archaeologist finds treasure of a lifetime in Guatemala” –

Portsmouth Herald (USA)

“Ice mission delights scientists” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“A new vision for our ancient past” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“In Archimedes’ Puzzle, a New Eureka Moment” –

New York Times (USA)

“Villagers demand recognition as terra-cotta warriors’ discoverers” –

China Daily (China)

“The West Yorkshire Chariot Burial” –

Oxford Archaeology (England)

“Historian thinks he has solved ancient Greek’s puzzle” –

St. Louis Post-Despatch (USA)

“China invests $72 million for preservation of Tibetan cultural relics” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Ancient machinery drove cruelty at the Colosseum” –

Sunday Telegraph (UK)

“The Mouseion revisited” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“Fossil freeway” –

Omaha World-Herald (USA)

“China endeavors to save Tibetan epic King Gesser” –

China Daily (China)

“Surviving Halloween Solar Scare” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Is there life on Mars? We’ll tell you once the Beagle has landed” –

The Observer (UK)

December 13 2003 –

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“Did mosquito bite defeat Alexander?” –

SunSpot.net (USA)

“Can dynasty detectives unearth the Medici secrets?” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

“China protects Mogao Grottoes from encroaching desert” –

China Daily (China)

“Medieval fireplace uncovered” –

ThisIsRichmond (England)

“Key to a marsupial mystery?” –

The Age (Australia)

“Idaho chock-full of ancient treasures – from 12,000 BC” –

Idaho Statesman (USA)

“Fossil find rewrites history” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

“Rotorua Lakes will be handed over to Te Arawa” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Plunder goes on across Afghanistan as looters grow ever bolder” –

The Guardian (UK)

“In ancient Olympia, for one day only” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“The 2003 Geminid Meteor Shower” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“World’s longest epic still told, sung by folk artists” –

China Daily (China)

“Ode on an Egyptian vase” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“Exiting the Martian Ice Age?” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Roman burials help to uncover the past” –

ThisIsSouthampton (England)

“Pisa’s muddy graveyard gives up a ghostly Roman fleet” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 12 2003 –

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“Metal detectorists unearth not one, but two ancient hoards in Kent” –

24-Hour Museum (UK)

“Amateur dinosaur sleuth stumbles on big find” –

Denver Post (USA)

“Oldest fossil marsupial discovered in China” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Seminole Park and ancient art” –

Del Rio News-Herald (USA)

“Has ESA’s XMM-Newton cast doubt over dark energy?” –

ESA News (France)

“10,000 stolen relics from American West recovered in probe” –

Billings Gazette (USA)

“Carbon clue implies comets orbit other stars” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Two more defendants in artifacts case to be sentenced” –

Las Vegas Sun (USA)

“Farmers seek recognition over terracotta warriors” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Nancy Movius, 93; helped excavate, explain Stone Age sites” –

The Boston Globe (USA)

“Archeologists gather in Guilin to discuss cave discoveries” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Has XMM-Newton cast doubt over dark energy?” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“Quake shakes southern highlands” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

“Saturn Rings in the New Year” –

Science@NASA (USA)

“A new era for Orkney’s ancient runes of attraction” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Why astrobiologists look to Saturn’s moon Titan” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“Scientists discover bacteria that may produce power” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Modest Geminid Meteor Shower this Weekend” –

Space.com (USA)

“Expert says Chinese myth on origin of universe originated in south” –

China Daily (China)

“FRINGE scientists use radar vision to see the Earth move” –

ESA News (France)

“10,000 artifacts recovered in probe” –

Daily Camera (USA)

“Oldest marsupial ancestor found” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Sunstorm electron clouds surrounding Earth studied” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“China farmers seek recognition for historic find” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Green-friendly Moon Policy Recovers Planet Rings” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Earthquake has NSW looking up” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

December 11 2003 –

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“Gigantic dinos ‘floated in water'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Vandalism highlights difficulties in protecting remote archaeological sites” –

AJC.com (USA)

“Fossilised footprints of elephants discovered” –

Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)

“Target Moon: World Space Agencies Detail Lunar Plans” –

Space.com (USA)

“Mummies may go home” –

Daily Post (England)

“Ancient Javanese coins wash up in London” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Last in ring of artifact thieves to be sentenced” –

Las Vegas Sun (USA)

“Scientist links man to climate over the ages” –

China Daily (China)

“Earliest known marsupial unearthed in China” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Abydos: A place with many ancient stories to tell” –

Chicago Chronicle (USA)

“Italian engineers save Afghan Buddhas” –

IOL/AFP (South Africa)

“Man changed climate for 8,000 years?” –

CNN News (USA)

“Kangaroo’s mouse-sized ancestor lived among dinosaurs” –

Ananova (UK)

“Earthquake measuring 4.5 on Richter scale rocks Crete” –

Athens News (Greece)

“The Return of the Mummy” –

Yahoo News/Forbes (USA)

“Global warming ‘already kicking in'” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

“Mars: Separation Anxiety” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“UAE’s ancient past under threat” –

Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)

“Early farmers warmed Earth’s climate” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Red sky at night was artist’s delight” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Scientists “Reconstruct” Earth’s Climate Over Past Millennia” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

“Cave colours reveal mental leap” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“New Binary Neutron Star Will Test Einstein” –

Sky & Telescope (USA)

“Online dictionary helps unravel Sumerian language” –

Daily Star (Lebanon)

“Where does Mars hide its water” –

ESA News (France)

“Authorities recover 10,000 artifacts stolen in the West” –

Las Vegas Sun (USA)

“Fifty-one ancient graves discovered in Serres” –

Athens News (Greece)

“Volcanic eruptions give the sky a rosy tinge” –

IOL/The Star (South Africa)

“‘Prehistoric man began global warming'” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)