– terrestrial archaeology & solar system history – news headlines archive – July 2003 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

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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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July 31 –

“Deir al-Zor: Syria’s hidden archaeological treasure” –
Daily Star (Lebanon)

July 31 –

“Site dig unearths ancient building” –
EDP24.com (England)

July 31 –

“Sunland Park property contains hundreds of dinosaur tracks” –
KOBTV.com (USA)

July 31 –

“Excavators look to unearth lost city” –
China Daily (China)

July 31 –

“Archaeologists Excited to Explore Unique Roman Tomb in Sofia” –
Novinite (Bulgaria)

July 31 –

“Aborigines to picket UK museum” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 31 –

“Mars orbiter captures view of stair-stepped mound” –
SpaceFlight Now (USA)

July 31 –

“How it was done: Thailand’s ancient palm-leaf manuscripts” –
Bangkok Post (Thailand)

July 31 –

“Ancient spring now refreshed” –
South Wales Argus (Cymru)

July 31 –

“Archaeology in Lebanon goes begging” –
Daily Star (Lebanon)

July 31 –

“British museum faces legal action over Aboriginal remains” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 31 –

“1 yr later – Soldiers Claim to See Mysterious Lake Monsters in China” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 31 –

“”Tomb Raider” Has Nothing on Real Archaeological Tech” –
National Geographic News (USA)

July 31 –

“Tough fines for rock art damage” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 30 –

“Star-gazing dropout captures Saturn skillfully on film” –
The Taipei Times (Taiwan)

July 30 –

“Stars & Planets: August 2003 – Skywatchers Guide” –
The Independent (UK)

July 30 –

“Buddhist temple stands the test of time” –
China Daily (China)

July 30 –

“Egypt determined to return all national treasures” –
KUNA/Zawya (Syria)

July 30 –

“The art of ancient Sumer” –
WSWS (USA)

July 30 –

“Satellite shows dramatic Aral loss” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 30 –

“Mysteries of a sunken city coming to light” –
NTV/MSNBC (Turkey)

July 30 –

“‘Torment’ over as skulls head back home” –
The Star/IOL (South Africa)

July 30 –

“3,000-year-old Earthenware Restored to Original Splendor” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 30 –

“Alberta’s badlands home to a dinosaur wonderland” –
Vancouver Sun (Canada)

July 30 –

“The Rise of Oxygen” –
Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

July 30 –

“Museum defends Aboriginal remains” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 30 –

“A technology to explore the galaxy” –
The Independent (Bangladesh)

July 30 –

“Saddam spoiled an ancient Eden” –
Washington Times (USA)

July 30 –

“Incubator of Life Discovered at Ocean Bottom” –
Pravda (Russia)

July 30 –

“China imposes Great Wall ban” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 30 –

“New Digging to Probe Mystery of Ancient Sanxingdui Ruins” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 30 –

“Explorers rub hands over ancient Roman cream” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 29 –

“Loch Ness Sea Monster Fossil a Hoax, Say Scientists” –
National Geographic News (USA)

July 29 –

“Aboriginal skulls handed back” –
Message Stick (Aotearoa)

July 29 –

“Iran’s Achaemenid palaces to be reconstructed on computer” –
Payvand’s Iran News (Iran)

July 29 –

“British Museum denies Egypt Rosetta Stone” –
Ananova (UK)

July 29 –

“Nessie’s Secret Is Safe” –
CBS News (USA)

July 29 –

“Dinosaur search lures Ottawa native” –
Canada.com (Canada)

July 29 –

“Ancient mounds get digital makeovers” –
The News Star (USA)

July 29 –

“2,000-year-old pot opened” –
The Guardian (UK)

July 29 –

“British museum hands back aboriginal skulls” –
MSNBC (USA)

July 29 –

“Anthropologist wants Aboriginal Heritage Act reviewed” –
Message Stick (Aotearoa)

July 29 –

“The “Fixed” Hotspot That Created Hawaii Not Stationary At All” –
Space Daily (USA)

July 29 –

“The fall and rise and fall and rise of Babylon” –
The Taipei Times (Taiwan)

July 29 –

“Ancient Roman Face Cream Found” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 29 –

“Official says ancient relics plundered in Jiroft” –
IRNA (Iran)

July 29 –

“British museum hands back Aboriginal remains” –
Message Stick (Aotearoa)

July 29 –

“Hydrothermal Vents May Persist Millions Of Years Incubating Life” –
Space Daily (USA)

July 28 –

“‘Roman Cosmetics’ Found at London Temple Dig” –
Reuters (UK)

July 28 –

“Japanese return home after earthquake swarm subsides” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 28 –

“Tribes, archaeologists at odds over prehistoric cemetery” –
Austin American-Statesman (USA)

July 28 –

“Mystique of Ba civilization lives on” –
China Daily (China)

July 28 –

“Police uncover home treasure trove” –
The Advertiser (Australia)

July 28 –

“Mystery capsule reveals 2,000-year-old Roman ointment” –
Ananova (UK)

July 28 –

“New Map of Water Ice on Mars” –
Yahoo News (USA)

July 28 –

“Learn about ancient crafts at the Dean “ –
icAyrshire (Scotland)

July 28 –

“Neolithic Grave Tells Tale of the Zhuangs” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 28 –

“‘Roman cosmetics’ found at ancient dig” –
CNN (USA)

July 28 –

“Bizarre Lost City vent is truly ancient” –
ABC News in Science (Australia)

July 28 –

“Tomb reveals Ancient Egypt’s humiliating secret” –
The Times (UK)

July 28 –

“Portrait of a doomed Sea – satellite images of Earth’s youngest desert” –
ESA News (France)

July 28 –

“Scientists divided over demise of Hubble Space Telescope” –
International Herald Tribune (USA)

July 28 –

“Archaeology: When Golan worshipers faced south” –
Ha’aretz (Israel)

July 27 –

“Marines Work to Restore Ancient Hammurabi” –
San Luis Obispo (USA)

July 27 –

“Close-up with a Cathar” –
The Japan Times (Japan)

July 27 –

“Space factories plan crystallises” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 27 –

“Fighting over cultural treasures” –
The Taipei Times (Taiwan)

July 27 –

“Intriguing celestial images arrive from GALEX” –
SpaceFlight Now (USA)

July 27 –

“Threads of history: Weaving technology in early Egypt” –
Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

July 27 –

“An astronomical decision: Scientists debate Hubble’s mission” –
Houston Chronicle (USA)

July 27 –

“BBC ‘proves Nessie does not exist'” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 27 –

“Dinosaur skeleton is most complete ever found in Idaho” –
Deseret News (USA)

July 27 –

“A green, pleasant and ancient land is being ploughed under” –
The Age (Australia)

July 27 –

“Crystals for lasers to be made in space” –
The Japan Times (Japan)

July 27 –

“Marines at the gates of Babylon work to restore the ancient capital” –
MSNBC (USA)

July 26 –

“Older than Stonehenge: prehistoric buffalo jump finds a new audience” –
Globe & Mail (Canada)

July 26 –

“Germany’s dog-eating catfish found dead” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 26 –

“Slavery: active since time immemorial” –
Dawn (Pakistan)

July 26 –

“Farmers wrecking ancient sites” –
The Guardian (UK)

July 26 –

“‘Warm spots’ on Mars could harbour life: Scientists” –
Hindustan Times (India)

July 26 –

“Planets Need Heavy-Metal” –
Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

July 26 –

“Ancient industry fights the march of progress” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 26 –

“DNA could help date ancient manuscripts” –
Cambridge News (England)

July 26 –

“Legendary dog-eating catfish dies” –
China Daily (China)

July 26 –

“Ice man Oetzi was an Italian” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 25 –

“Doubts resurface about land route through Siberia” –
San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

July 25 –

“Top of sky is receding: We may be pushing the stratosphere away” –
Nature (UK)

July 25 –

“Europe sets sights on US space monopoly” –
Dawn (Pakistan)

July 25 –

“Vitim meteorite was probably a comet” –
Novosti (Russia)

July 25 –

“Oldest modern human fossil discovered in Ethiopia” –
WSWS.com (USA)

July 25 –

“Campaign launched to protect archaeology from ploughing” –
24 Hour Museum (UK)

July 25 –

“Iceman cometh – from Italy” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 25 –

“Ancient history damaged by farmers” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 25 –

“UNESCO puts Nepal heritage sites on danger list” –
The Independent (Bangladesh)

July 25 –

“Free I.S.S. Education Kit for pupils aged 12-15 – Teacher sign-up link” –
ESA News (France)

July 25 –

“Aboriginal skeleton up to 500-years-old” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 25 –

“Idaho Man Stumbles Upon Dinosaur Bones” –
Sun Herald (USA)

July 25 –

“Museum planned for prehistoric cave art” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 25 –

“Earliest form of katakana believed discovered in Nara” –
The Japan Times (Japan)

July 24 –

“Beagle 2 Lander homepage – bookmark this link” –
ESA News (France)

July 24 –

“Boy building sand castles finds ancient treasure worth keeping” –
Tribune-Review (USA)

July 24 –

“Sanskrit’s former glory revived online” –
Rediff.com (India)

July 24 –

“The battle for the Rosetta Stone” –
The Independent (UK)

July 24 –

“New observatory rises on South African mountaintop” –
SABC News (South Africa)

July 24 –

“Bulgarian Archaeologists Partner US Peers in Under-Water Project” –
Novinite (Bulgaria)

July 24 –

“Carbon stash a vast time bomb” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 24 –

“Daily updates on the Mars Express/Beagle 2 mission – bookmark this link” –
ESA News (France)

July 24 –

“Ancient Greeks knew how to dump bad pols” –
International Herald Tribune (USA)

July 24 –

“Ancient Tooth Sparks Probe by Museum” –
Herald Express (England)

July 24 –

“China’s Oldest Grotto Grave Unearthed in SW China” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 24 –

“Earth, Mars Similarities Fuel Speculation About Life” –
Space.com (USA)

July 24 –

“Scientists study ocean currents from space” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 24 –

“Arrest over biblical forgery” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 23 –

“Radon leaks could reveal water on Mars” –
New Scientist (UK)

July 23 –

“Gandhara’s 688 relics found in museum godown” –
Dawn (Pakistan)

July 23 –

“Chocoan artifacts to get new home” –
Cibola County Beacon (USA)

July 23 –

“Ichthyosaurs ate turtle soup” –
Nature (UK)

July 23 –

“Earthquake Kills 16, Injures 400 in China’s Yunnan” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 23 –

“Jewish Yad Avshalom revealed as a Christian shrine from Byzantine era” –
Ha’aretz (Israel)

July 23 –

“Explorer sets out to prove that Noah’s flood formed Black Sea” –
The Independent (UK)

July 23 –

“Meteorites Changed Earth’s Evolution” –
Pravda (Russia)

July 23 –

“Mass extinction feared from carbon stored under Earth’s crust” –
Terra Daily (USA)

July 23 –

“Japan Alps are sinking; scientists can’t say why” –
The Japan Times (Japan)

July 23 –

“Breaking through Greenland’s ice cap” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 23 –

“A rare glimpse of Mercury” –
San Diego Union-Tribune (USA)

July 23 –

“Ascent of women: Two of the world’s leading fossil hunters” –
The Age (Australia)

July 23 –

“Ancient Chinese wall collapses, 11 dead” –
SABC News (South Africa)

July 23 –

“Forged artifacts – Israeli antiques dealer arrested” –
Topeka Capital-Journal (USA)

July 23 –

“NASA seeks to discover if comets seeded life on Earth” –
NEO Information Centre (UK)

July 23 –

“Big demand for repeat of Archaeology Week” –
Aberdeen Press & Journal (Scotland)

July 23 –

“Threatened mosaics saved by £2m grant” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 23 –

“China on schedule to launch first manned spacecraft in October” –
Space Daily (USA)

July 22 –

“Date limit set on first Americans” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 22 –

“Mars Mysteries: Scientists Await New Surprises” –
Space.com (USA)

July 22 –

“Some astronomers have too much time” –
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

July 22 –

“Heritage treasures lost though lack of listing” –
Belfast Telegraph (Ireland)

July 22 –

“Antiquities dealer arrested on suspicion of forging artifacts linked to Jesus” –
MSNBC (USA)

July 22 –

“Ancient Chinese city wall collapses, killing 11” –
Khaleej Times (India)

July 22 –

“Antiquities dealer arrested on suspicion of forging artifacts” –
Ha’aretz (Israel)

July 22 –

“1,000-year-old Buddhist stone carving discovered in SW China” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 22 –

“Zero in on stars” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 22 –

“Million-yr-old fossils find” –
News24 (South Africa)

July 22 –

“Ancient ancestor’s legacy of life” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 22 –

“Excavations at Zeugma to resume” –
NTV/MSNBC (Turkey)

July 22 –

“Earthquake Rattles Southwest China, 12 Killed” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 22 –

“Catching A Comet’s Tail In The Earth’s Upper Atmosphere” –
Space Daily (USA)

July 22 –

“Massive burial site of Silla dynasty found in Ulsan” –
The Korea Herald (South Korea)

July 22 –

“Newcastle bereft: one of its dinosaurs is missing” –
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

July 21 –

“Fossils From Cannibalistic Ancestor of Modern Man Found” –
Santa Fe New Mexican (USA)

July 21 –

“Egypt wants Rosetta Stone back from British Museum” –
The Age (Australia)

July 21 –

“Exhibition presents ritual human sacrifice in all its gory” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 21 –

“Scientists Prepare to Excavate Black Sea “ –
Yahoo News (USA)

July 21 –

“Dinosaur stolen from museum” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 21 –

“Search for Large Asteroids Nears Completion” –
Space.com (USA)

July 21 –

“City lighting steals stars” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 21 –

“Ancient DNA analysis unveils mystery of The Elephant Man” –
EurekAlert (USA)

July 21 –

“Ice-bound AMANDA maps the skies” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 21 –

“Earrings reveal ancient tradition” –
China Daily (China)

July 21 –

“Egypt demands return of ancient Rosetta Stone” –
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

July 21 –

“First stars had no planets” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 21 –

“China’s First Lunar Steps Outlined In Sydney IAU Presentation” –
Space Daily (USA)

July 21 –

“Society Unearthes Loulan’s Secrets” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 21 –

“DNA used in attempt to solve Christian mystery” –
The Guardian (UK)

July 21 –

“Ancient headache cures proven effective” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 20 –

“Ancient Ritual Poses Environmental Crisis” –
ctnow.com (USA)

July 20 –

“Library program will focus on fossils” –
The Idaho Statesman (USA)

July 20 –

“Prehistoric ‘fish lizard’ discovered in Southeast” –
Kenai Peninsula Clarion (USA)

July 20 –

“Years were longer 1.3 billion years ago: Chinese scientists” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 20 –

“Jordanian artifacts offer look at lost civilization” –
Sun Herald (USA)

July 20 –

“Father, son make fossil find on hike” –
Review Journal (USA)

July 19 –

“Scientists drill through ice caps” –
ABC Online (Australia)

July 19 –

“Cosmic mirage: Discovery of quasar with Einstein ring” –
SpaceFlight Now (USA)

July 19 –

“Test of manned mission to Mars can begin in 2005” –
InterFax (Russia)

July 19 –

“Stuffed dormice a Roman favourite” –
BBC Online (UK)

July 19 –

“Petra artefacts arrive in US for exhibition” –
The Jordan Times (Jordan)

July 19 –

“Archaeologists unearth unique objects in Veliky Novgorod” –
Novosti (Russia)

July 19 –

“Ancient tomb reveals new find” –
Omaha World-Herald (USA)

July 19 –

“Excavating truth at Ayodhya” –
Frontline (India)

July 19 –

“Welsh ‘treasures’ in heritage vote” –
BBC Online (UK)

July 19 –

“Archeological sites found in Sumbawa” –
Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

July 18 –

“Top 10 Summer Sky Targets” –
Space.com (USA)

July 18 –

“Panama: Protecting History Under Water” –
IPS (Italy)

July 18 –

“Experts say Nessie fossil is a hoax” –
The Inverness Courier (Scotland)

July 18 –

“Cousteau legend on the seas again” –
CNN News (USA)

July 18 –

“Archaeologists discover remains of child” –
Aylesbury Today (England)

July 18 –

“Research to consider emissions impact on rock carvings” –
ABC Message Stick (Australia)

July 18 –

“Man arrested in attempt to smuggle ancient coins, weapons out of Bulgaria” –
BNN (Bulgaria)

July 18 –

“Ancient Petra artifacts to debut in New York” –
The Desert Sun (USA)

July 18 –

“Ruins of 3,000-year-old village unearthed in central China” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 18 –

“Farewell To Earth And Lunar As MarsExpress Looks Back” –
Space Daily (USA)

July 18 –

“Ancient manuscript goes on the web” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 18 –

“Jewelry made with ancient objects gives new look” –
The Daily Star (Lebanon)

July 17 –

“The 2003 Perseid Meteor Shower” –
Science@NASA (USA)

July 17 –

“Eight thousand years of history beneath Terminal 5” –
Ananova (UK)

July 17 –

“Fossil find definitely not ‘Nessie’: scientists” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 17 –

“Mammoth effort to clone ice-age beast” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 17 –

“Ancient tool found at site” –
Swindon Evening Advertiser (England)

July 17 –

“5,000-year-old settlement found in Sligo” –
The Belfast Telegraph (Ireland)

July 17 –

“Child’s play key to ancient discovery” –
The Herald (Scotland)

July 17 –

“Polish your trowel and get ready for National Archaeology Days!” –
24 Hour Museum (UK)

July 17 –

“Baja California Rock Art Dated to 7,500 Years Ago” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 17 –

“Russian probe to fly on ‘winds of Venus'” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 17 –

“Keeping ancient Arab tales alive in Damascus’ Old City” –
The Daily Star (Lebanon)

July 17 –

“Astronomers find ‘cosmic vagabonds'” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 17 –

“Japanese Scientists Begin Work on Possible Mammoth Clone” –
Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

July 17 –

“Russia to launch Venus probe” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 16 –

“Fewer asteroids than expected likely to hit Earth” –
Hindustan Times (India)

July 16 –

“Dinosaur Fossil Found at Scotland’s Loch Ness” –
Reuters (UK)

July 16 –

“NASA research seeks to discover if comets seeded life” –
Spaceflight Now (USA)

July 16 –

“Beijing’s heritage to be restored” –
China Daily (China)

July 16 –

“Pensioner stumbles across Nessie remains” –
IOL (South Africa)

July 16 –

“Small Stony Asteroids Will Explode and Not Hit Earth, Study Shows” –
Space.com (USA)

July 16 –

“Underwater Archaeology Museum may receive new exhibit” –
Novosti (Russia)

July 16 –

“Supernovae Key to Mystery Dust of the Universe” –
Reuters (UK)

July 16 –

“Scientists hunt evidence of Noah’s flood, examine ancient ships in Black Sea” –
Phily.com (USA)

July 16 –

“Pensioner finds remains of Loch Ness monster” –
The Herald (Scotland)

July 16 –

“Fossil of ‘Nessie monster’ trips up pensioner” –
Daily Telegraph (UK)

July 16 –

“Arizona fire imperils ancient Indian ruins” –
CNN (USA)

July 16 –

“China’s ‘Loch Ness Monster’ resurfaces” –
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

July 15 –

“Fossil find puzzles palaeontologists” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 15 –

“Unique Dinosaur Discovered in Russia’s Amur Region” –
Pravda (Russia)

July 15 –

“Icebound telescope probes the Universe” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 15 –

“Professor helps solve engineering problems of deep-water archeology” –
Boston Globe (USA)

July 15 –

“China to build first museum on anthropology” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 15 –

“Mars closest to earth for the past 60,000 years” –
The Malta Independent (Malta)

July 15 –

“‘Gassy’ Galaxies Found With Few Stars” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 15 –

“Ancient Egyptian priest settlement uncovered” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 15 –

“NZ finds suggest cooling helped kill the dinosaurs” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 15 –

“Archaeologists on the Block?” –
Washington Post (USA)

July 15 –

“China’s ‘Loch Ness Monster’ Resurfaces” –
Reuters (UK)

July 15 –

“Intact skeleton found in ancient tomb in SW China” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 15 –

“Mars at its closest” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 14 –

“Dinos Doomed Before Asteroid Strike?” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 14 –

“Past glory preserved at the 13 mausoleums of Ming Dynasty” –
China Daily (China)

July 14 –

“Fish fossils reveal Roman trade routes” –
Nature (UK)

July 14 –

“Provinces to get control of archaeological sites” –
The News (Pakistan)

July 14 –

“Ancient Planet Discovered” –
Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

July 14 –

“Virgin Mary church remains discovered in Luxor” –
Arabic News (Egypt)

July 14 –

“Astronomers debate the Universe” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 14 –

“‘Dinos were doomed before meteors struck'” –
IOL (South Africa)

July 14 –

“Eye on the sky returns” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 14 –

“New telescope may reveal waterworlds” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 13 –

“ANU releases plans to rebuild Mount Stromlo Observatory” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 13 –

“Ancient people not to blame for extinction of mammoths” –
Amarillo Globe News (USA)

July 13 –

“Anuradhapura – cradle of Sinhala Buddhist civilisation” –
Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

July 13 –

“World’s leading stargazers gather in Sydney” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 13 –

“Rock, Scissors, Paper and Waterworlds” –
Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

July 12 –

“Celestial bonanza for stargazers on Aug 28” –
Hindustan Times (India)

July 12 –

“Seven-million-year-old missing link found” –
Pravda (Russia)

July 12 –

“Hubble unveils oldest planet” –
Times of India (India)

July 12 –

“Home of the ancient gods” –
Daily Yomiuri (Japan)

July 12 –

“Chilean experts say ‘blob’ a sperm whale” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 12 –

“Mars storm not likely to affect rovers” –
The Arizona Republic (USA)

July 12 –

“Feng Shui Notebook: Feng Shui paintings triggered good luck” –
Hindustan Times (India)

July 12 –

“Astronomers find massive, ancient planet” –
ABS-CBN.com (Philippines)

July 12 –

“Astronomers find oldest known, gaseous planet” –
Taipei Times (Taiwan)

July 12 –

“5,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in south China” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 11 –

“Ancient planet discovery challenges planet-formation ideas” –
New Scientist (UK)

July 11 –

“Ancient Egyptian Priest Compound Discovered” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 11 –

“Insight: A peep into the past by word of mouth” –
Gulf News (Dubai)

July 11 –

“Scientists ‘stunned’ by ancient planet” –
Canada.com (Canada)

July 11 –

“Atlantis Diary XI – Encore” –
Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

July 11 –

“Tampering with Nefertiti” –
Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

July 11 –

“Archaeologists begin digging at the Presidio” –
Contra Costa Times (USA)

July 11 –

“Six articles found during Ayodhya excavation” –
KeralaNext.com (India)

July 11 –

“Roman brooch find in Shetland extends ancient travel routes” –
The Herald (Scotland)

July 11 –

“Chinese Columbus Commemorated” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 11 –

“Oldest known planet found” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 10 –

“Northernmost Ice Age Art Found in U.K.” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 10 –

“Oasis on ancient Silk Road in danger” –
China Daily (China)

July 10 –

“Green light for Moon launch” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 10 –

“Lahore: Archaeology dept dives deep for gold “ –
Dawn (Pakistan)

July 10 –

“Jordan confiscates Iraqi artifacts at border” –
InsideVC.com (USA)

July 10 –

“Planet Pluto springs a surprise” –
Times of India (India)

July 10 –

“Ancient Mummy Reproduced as Statue for Museum Tours” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 10 –

“Hope for fossil excavation to find rare species” –
ABC News Online (Australia)

July 10 –

“Cosmic Firehose Caught in Action” –
Astronomy Magazine (USA)

July 10 –

“Archaeologists to start studying shipwrecks off the Isles of Scilly” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 10 –

“Mysterious Pluto keeps pressure up” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 10 –

“New Dino Species Found on Dusty Shelf” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 10 –

“Kill looters, urges archaeologist” –
Art Daily (UK)

July 09 –

“Concerned Citizens Ask for Congressional Action on Near Earth Objects” –
Space.com (USA)

July 09 –

“Ancient stoneware and ceramic fragments found by pupil in Guangdong” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 09 –

“Satellite Microwave Radar Finds Buried Objects” –
Reuters (UK)

July 09 –

“Searching for the ‘real’ waterworld” –
ESA News (France)

July 09 –

“UNESCO and Interpol step up battle against stolen Iraqi artifacts” –
UN News Center (USA)

July 09 –

“Digital Photos Used to Save Eroded Stone Sculptures” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 09 –

“Search for ancient life leads researcher to ancient sea floor” –
SanLuisObispo.com (USA)

July 09 –

“Russian scientist believes, Atlantis lies between Gibraltar and the Azores” –
Pravda (Russia)

July 09 –

“Pluto Shocks with Atmosphere Change” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 09 –

“China dinosaur cemetery yields 1,000 fossils” –
The Straits Times (Singapore)

July 09 –

“London’s Last Ancient City Gate Set to Return” –
Reuters (UK)

July 09 –

“Human settlements existed in the Amazon Basin 4000 years ago” –
EurekAlert (USA)

July 09 –

“Nasa’s second Mars rover launched” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 08 –

“Stonehenge Depicts Female Genitalia, Researchers Say” –
Reuters (UK)

July 08 –

“Bones of 25,000-yr-old man unearthed near Beijing” –
Hindustan Times (India)

July 08 –

“Action Needed to Preserve China’s Folk Cultural Heritage” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 08 –

“Secret to Incan civilisation is all tied up in knots” –
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

July 08 –

“Archeologists stumble upon tomb of ancient Mexican civilization” –
SanLuisObispo.com (USA)

July 08 –

“Confiscated artefacts returned to Yemen” –
The Jordan Times (Jordan)

July 08 –

“Stonehenge called a giant fertility symbol” –
National Post (Canada)

July 08 –

“Sacred Native American head-dress goes home” –
The Daily Record (Scotland)

July 08 –

“‘One in 10’ Iraqi treasures looted” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 08 –

“It’s not an octopus, so what is ‘the blob’?” –
ABC News in Science (Australia)

July 08 –

“Galactic dust cooling Earth? Controversial climate claim exonerates CO2“ –
Nature (UK)

July 08 –

“Bones of man from 25,000 years ago unearthed in China” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 07 –

“Nakhchivan Tombs to Be Included In ‘Cultural Heritage List'” –
Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

July 07 –

“Sunset reveals inscription on Biblical tomb” –
CNN Science & Space (USA)

July 07 –

“Tomb of Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Discovered in China” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 07 –

“Ayodhya ‘compromise’ rejected” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 07 –

“1,000 dinosaur fossils discovered” –
Times of India (India)

July 07 –

“Action needed to preserve China’s folk cultural heritage” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 07 –

“Tombs of the Pyramid builders” –
State Information Service (Egypt)

July 07 –

“Similar Solar System at 90 Light Years” –
Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

July 07 –

“Restoration Works In Momuna Khatun Tomb Finished” –
Baku Today (Azerbaijan)

July 07 –

“Algae fossil betrays time secret of 1.3 billion years ago” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 07 –

“Dinosaur graveyard found in ancient delta” –
IOL (South Africa)

July 07 –

“Ancient bull-running tradition thrives in Spain” –
Borsa Italiana (Italy)

July 07 –

“Milestone for Mars lander – Beagle 2 passes ‘Health Check'” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 06 –

“Raiders of Angkor Wat’s relics” –
Toronto Star (Canada)

July 06 –

“Buried treasure: the mysteries and majesty of Nara” –
The Japan Times (Japan)

July 06 –

“The vagina monoliths: Stonehenge was ancient sex symbol” –
The Observer (UK)

July 06 –

“NASA calls off Mars probe launch for fourth time” –
ABC News in Science (Australia)

July 06 –

“Sotheby’s faces probe on sales of temple loot” –
The Observer (UK)

July 05 –

“Fresh talks over temple dispute set” –
Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

July 05 –

“Crisis of Archaeology” –
Hindustan Times (India)

July 05 –

“Murals in Dambulla temple preserved – Chief monk” –
Daily News (Sri Lanka)

July 05 –

“Online ‘vault’ shows artifacts in 3-D” –
Arizona Daily Star (USA)

July 05 –

“Crew in Nazareth finds ancient cistern near ancient Basilica” –
Ha’aretz (Israel)

July 05 –

“Court gives archaeologists seven more weeks at temple-mosque site” –
Daily News (Sri Lanka)

July 05 –

“China jails two for razing ancient palace” –
The Straits Times (Singapore)

July 04 –

“Scholar sees strands of ancient secrets” –
The Boston Globe (USA)

July 04 –

“Wild Man of Shennongjia spotted by six people” –
Ananova (UK)

July 04 –

“Unique Nagi temple discovered in Orissa” –
Sify News (India)

July 04 –

“Atlantis Diary X – Reaction Zone” –
Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

July 04 –

“Chinese imperial tombs, rivers included on World Heritage List” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 04 –

“Dinosaur found – in museum” –
The Guardian (UK)

July 04 –

“Archaeologists plan to rebury Miami Circle to preserve artifact” –
Sun-Sentinel (USA)

July 04 –

“Americans restore ancient treasures to museum – for two hours only” –
The Independent (UK)

July 04 –

“Astronomers close in on system like our own” –
IOL (South Africa)

July 04 –

“New solar system like our own” –
Herald Sun (Australia)

July 03 –

“Ancient Aboriginal cave art find” –
CNN.com (USA)

July 03 –

“4000-year-old Aboriginal paintings found in remote cave” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 03 –

“New Dinosaur Lurks in South African University” –
Yahoo News (USA)

July 03 –

“Ayodhya: Court gives more time to Archaeologists” –
MISNA (Italy)

July 03 –

“Earliest Sauropod Dino Identified” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 03 –

“Vanished Inca may have used binary code language” –
ABC News in Science (Australia)

July 03 –

“Lost Ark replica returned” –
New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

July 03 –

“2,000-year-old Miami Circle to be buried until status is determined” –
Miami Today (USA)

July 03 –

“Court grants archaeologists 7 more weeks to report on disputed site” –
Khaleej Times (India)

July 02 –

“Ancient porcelain reveals cultural exchanges between ancient Hans,Tibetans” –
XinhuaNet (China)

July 02 –

“Stonehenge-Age Aboriginal Art Found in Australia” –
Yahoo News (USA)

July 02 –

“Ancient wine press unearthed in Jaffa dig” –
Ha’aretz (Israel)

July 02 –

“Cave reveals 4000 years of Aboriginal art” –
New Scientist (UK)

July 02 –

“Little Ice Age (Antarctica) — Summary” –
CO2 Science Magazine (USA)

July 02 –

“An ancient past, with flush toilets” –
IOL (South Africa)

July 02 –

“Kids really dig archaeology camp at Pueblo Grande” –
The Arizona Republic (USA)

July 02 –

“Celtic arrived in Britain, France with farmers” –
ABC News in Science (Australia)

July 02 –

“Extinct Language Reveals Celtic Origins” –
Discovery Channel News (USA)

July 02 –

“Cave that time forgot” –
News Interactive (Australia)

July 02 –

“Humans Settled in Upper Amazon 4,500 Years Ago” –
People’s Daily (China)

July 01 –

“NASA at your Library: a portal to Outer Space” –
Science@NASA (USA)

July 01 –

“Aboriginal rock art unearthed” –
The Age (Australia)

July 01 –

“Raided Lost Ark returns home” –
BBC News Online (UK)

July 01 –

“Language study backs theory farmers spread Celtic” –
Hindustan Times (India)

July 01 –

“Ancient Aboriginal art gallery discovered” –
IOL (South Africa)

July 01 –

“Giant Sea Creature Baffles Chilean Scientists” –
Reuters (UK)

July 01 –

“Ancient Ba Kingdom tomb found in China” –
The Australian (Australia)

July 2003 –

“Focus on Iraq: The sacking of the Baghdad museum” –
Archaeology Magazine (USA)

July 2003 –

“Interactive Dig: City in the Clouds” –
Archaeology Magazine (USA)

July 2003 –

“Riddles of the Anasazi” –
Smithsonian Magazine (USA)

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