– terrestrial archaeology and solar system history – news headlines archive – June 2002 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

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June 30 –

“English and Welsh are races apart” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 30 –

“Looting remains a threat at Native American archaeological dig site” –

Journal Now (USA)

June 30 –

“Search on for 60 ancient sunken vessels” –

The Star Online (Malaysia)

June 30 –

“A rare discovery – historic burial practices in Bahrain” –

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

June 30 –

“‘Histories’ tells unnerving stories of heritage slipping away” –

Boston Globe (USA)

June 30 –

“Archaeologists uncover seven ancient bronze dildos in Han Dynasty tomb” –

Ananova (UK)

June 29 –

“12,000-year-old house post discovered in ruins” –

The Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan)

June 29 –

“India’s ‘miracle river’ – the ancient Saraswati” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 29 –

“The Tunguska meteorite mystery is still unveiled” –

Pravda (Russia)

June 29 –

“Remains of bronze age burial pit discovered in Republic of Ireland” –

Ananova (UK)

June 28 –

“Les astéroïdes constituent le principal risque naturel pour la Terre” –

Le Monde (France)

June 28 –

“Who created the Baja California’s cave paintings” –

The News Mexico (Mexico)

June 28 –

“Bones are ‘not St David’s’ experts say” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 28 –

“Explorer Wade Davis on vanishing cultures” –

National Geographic News (USA)

June 28 –

“2452-year-old glass beads found in Narsingdi” –

The Independent (Bangladesh)

June 28 –

“Fossils suggest Earth recovered quickly from ancient asteroid impact” –

Boston Globe (USA)

June 28 –

“‘Oldest’ hard-shelled fossil discovered” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 28 –

“Earth bounced back quickly after the dinosaur’s doom” –

MSNBC (USA)

June 27 –

“Multiplication Tables Exist in China 2,200 Years Ago” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 27 –

“Vulcan in the twilight zone” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 27 –

“Scientists find ancient rainforest” –

New York Times (USA)

June 27 –

“Mud brick tomb at Sakkara” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

June 27 –

“A cave in South Africa may rewrite human history” –

The Economist (UK)

June 27 –

“Earliest forecast of lunar eclipses recorded in China” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 27 –

“Chasing a comet’s tail” –

June 26 –

“Archaeological dig probing for an ancient way of life” –

South Bend Tribune (USA)

June 26 –

“Ancient bird-like footprints found” –

New Scientist (UK)

June 26 –

“Romans preferred small-scale systems for drainage” –

UniSci (USA)

June 26 –

“Neanderthals had a taste for mammoth steaks” –

The Independent (UK)

June 26 –

“Multiplication tables exist in China 2,200 years ago” –

Xinhuanet (China)

June 26 –

“Cosmic Ice Ages? Researchers say asteroid impact could alter climate” –

CCNet Post #1 (UK)

June 25 –

“Largest Bronze Age metal factory discovered in Middle East” –

UCSD News (USA)

June 25 –

“Neanderthal clues from mammoth find” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 25 –

“Mysterious pipes left by ‘ET’ reported from Qinghai” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 25 –

“Astronomers Search for Vulcanoids” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 25 –

“Bronze Age factory discovered in Jordan” –

National Geographic News (USA)

June 25 –

“Mammoth remains point to Britain’s earliest butchery site” –

Ananova (UK)

June 25 –

“4,000 year-old rock carving wearing away” –

Aftenposten (Norway)

June 24 –

“Where Did the Comets Go?” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 24 –

“Viking treasure hoard yields astounding finds” –

China Daily (China)

June 24 –

“Crusader palace found in Cyprus” –

The Times (UK)

June 24 –

“Fish’s sixth sense could help robots navigate oceans” –

UniSci Daily (USA)

June 24 –

“Chinese scientists to head for suspected ET relics” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 24 –

“NASA to explore comets with close encounters” –

Washington Post (USA)

June 23 –

“Ancient silver ingots recovered in East China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 23 –

“Referee! That asteroid was miles offside” –

The Observer (UK)

June 23 –

“Prehistoric villages found in Arizona” –

SunSpot.net (USA)

June 23 –

“Palenque gives up secrets of Maya culture” –

TheNewsMexico.com (Mexico)

June 23 –

“Risen from the deep – the sunken treasures of old Alexandria” –

The Times (UK)

June 23 –

“Lost capital of Scotland uncovered” –

The Sunday Herald (Scotland)

June 22 –

“Comet vanishing act puzzles scientist: not where we expect them to be” –

CNN (USA)

June 22 –

“Close shave by asteroid” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

June 21 –

“Solstice dawns over Stonehenge” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 21 –

“Another week, another rogue asteroid” –

The Edmonton Sun (Canada)

June 21 –

“Scholars plumb disappearing temple mound” –

Corpus Christi Caller-Times (USA)

June 21 –

“Stonehenge open for Summer Solstice” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 21 –

“Earth has ‘close shave’ from large asteroid” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

June 21 –

“4,000 year-old temple holds clue to solstice theory “ –

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

June 21 –

“Asteroid’s near-miss with Earth” –

New Scientist (UK)

June 21 –

“Stockpiling rocks as weapons may have preceded sculpting them into tools” –

Nature (UK)

June 21 –

“Parliament warns Italy over return of Axum Obelisk” –

Addis Tribune (Ethiopia)

June 21 –

“Impacts Worry Internet Users” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 21 –

“10,000 year-old American Indian sites discovered” –

TheNewsObserver.com (USA)

June 20 –

“Earth has close call with an asteroid” –

MSNBC News (USA)

June 20 –

“Asteroid ‘within a whisker’ of hitting Earth” –

IOL (South Africa)

June 20 –

“Comet Mission on Launch Pad” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 20 –

“China baffled by ‘alien’ pyramid” –

CNN (USA)

June 20 –

“Space rock’s close approach” –

BBC News Online (UK)

June 20 –

“Archaeological looting: US gets tougher on lucrative crime” –

Christian Scientist Monitor (USA)

June 20 –

“Winking Star Betrays Asteroids?” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 20 –

“Joint team to excavate Tsushima digs” –

The Japan Times (Japan)

June 19 –

“A close asteroid flyby” –

Sky & Telescope (USA)

June 19 –

“Chinese scientists to head for suspected ET relics” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 19 –

“Asteroid 2002MN gives Earth a close shave” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 20 –

“Quest for ancient sailors’ skills” –

CNN (USA)

June 19 –

“Decoding Indus Valley script” –

Times of India (India)

June 19 –

“Thinking robot escape attempt thwarted” –

Ananova (UK)

June 19 –

“So, pyramids, or something else?” –

Pravda (Russia)

June 17 –

“Archaeologists ‘uncover hidden pyramids’ in Uzbekistan” –

Ananova (UK)

June 17 –

“Ancient Measuring Tool Unearthed in West China” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 17 –

“Oldest intact sarcophagus found in Egypt” –

IOL (South Africa)

June 17 –

“Fossil leaves suggest asteroid killed dinosaurs” –

Ananova (UK)

June 17 –

“World’s oldest boat found in desert” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

June 14 –

“Mammoth tusk found on Krasnoyarsk territory” –

Pravda (Russia)

June 14 –

“Rare Meteorite Found” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 14 –

“Ancient secret of the Salt Road” –

The Daily Telegraph (Australia)

June 13 –

“3000-year-old hill has buried the secrets of Iran’s first kingdom” –

The Tehran Times (Iran)

June 13 –

“Ancient vessel retraces voyages of the past” –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

June 13 –

“The Big Question: Sizing up the asteroids” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

June 13 –

“Youngest Asteroid Family Discovered” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 13 –

“Ancient city comes to light after 4,000 years in the sand” –

The Daily Star Online (Lebanon)

June 12 –

“Fragments in space traced back to ancient asteroid collision” –

San Diego Union-Tribune (USA)

June 12 –

“Dig shows extensive Roman sea trade with India – Silk Road equal” –

CNN News (USA)

June 12 –

“Solar effects on Holocene climate” –

CO2 Science Magazine (USA)

June 11 –

“Origin of Amur River Valley civilization explored” –

XinhuaNet (China)

June 11 –

“Fossils point to asteroid causing dinosaurs’ demise” –

New Scientist (UK)

June 11 –

“Antiquities dealer sentanced” –

Archaeology.org (USA)

June 11 –

“Heavy and Light Air Detected in Comet” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 11 –

“Origin of Heilongjiang River Valley Civilization Explored” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 10 –

“30,000 year-old signs of prehistoric Man found on Qinghai-Tibet plateau” –

People’s Daily (China)

June 10 –

“Jade find may solve 200-year-old mystery” –

The News Mexico (Mexico)

June 09 –

“Late Inca outpost is found in Peru” –

Los Angeles Times (USA)

June 08 –

“New Discoveries: Bahariya find” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

June 08 –

“Historic treasures uncovered at Inca citadel of Machu Picchu” –

Globe & Mail (Canada)

June 07 –

“Asteroid tsunamis could be huge” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

June 07 –

“Ingenious Amateur Asteroid Hunter” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 07 –

“Archaeologists unearth 1,700 year-old canal system near Florida lake” –

Sun Sentinel (USA)

June 07 –

“More evidence for mass extinction” –

Nature (UK)

June 07 –

“Maya mysteries unraveled through study of underground rivers” –

The News Mexico (Mexico)

June 07 –

“Eruptions Get Bigger for Mass Extinction” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 07 –

“Egypt’s pyramids face multiple threats” –

Zawya.com

(Egypt)

June 06 –

“Inca stronghold of Cota Coca uncovered in Peruvian cloud forest” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

June 06 –

“First Strike or asteroid impact? The urgent need to know the difference” –

Space.com (USA)

June 06 –

“Hubble Sees Heat Again” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 06 –

“Heracleion emerges from the seabed” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

June 06 –

“Fossil eggs found in Romania” –

Ananova (UK)

June 06 –

“Guatemala Jade find may solve 200 year-old mystery” –

CNN News (USA)

June 05 –

“4,000-year-old seal of Egyptian pharaoh found on Scottish estate” –

The Independent (UK)

June 05 –

“Hubble’s infrared camera brought back to life” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

June 05 –

“Age of Craters on Mars” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 05 –

“Collection of Scythian and Sarmat gold exhibited in Bashkiria” –

Pravda (Russia)

June 05 –

“Cosmic Weather Killed Dinosaurs?” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

June 05 –

“Holocene climate record in North America” –

CO2 Science Magazine (USA)

June 04 –

“Siberia Ice Maiden guards her secrets” –

The Moscow Times (Russia)

June 04 –

“Cosmic Rain Destroyed Dino World” –

Space Daily (USA)

June 04 –

“New research shows humans have been in Britain longer than once thought” –

Ananova (UK)

June 03 –

“Rewriting the ‘Bible of Egyptology'” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

June 01 –

“Athens yields further ancient secrets” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

June 01 –

“Siguen los enigmas en Guanahacabibes” –

Periódico Guerrillero (Cuba)

June 01 –

“2 USF archaeological dig reveals secrets of primitive people” –

The Tampa Tribune (USA)

June 2002 –

“Earliest rock salt exploitation: a salt mountain in the Spanish Neolithic” –

Antiquity (UK)

June 2002 –

“Pictographs in Russian cave: Holocene age for supposed Pleistocene fauna” –

Antiquity (UK)

Summer 2002 –

“Excavations at Cricklade, Wiltshire, 1975” –

Internet Archaeology (UK)