– Terrestrial Archaeology and Solar System History – News Headlines Archive – March 11 to 20 2006 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

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March 20 2006

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“New data reveals mysteries of asteroid Itokawa” –

New Scientist (UK)

“No Chinese antiquities at major museum show” –

EastDay (China)

“Trajan’s ‘Mercati’ weren’t markets” –

ANSA (Italy)

“The Origin of Norouz” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Ethiopia: Call to preserve historical sites” –

AND (South Africa)

“China to conduct high-tech survey on Great Wall” –

Daily Times (Pakistan)

“Bribery ensures spoils go to the treasure hunters” –

The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

“Magnitude 5.0 Quake – northern Algeria – 19:44 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Searching for city’s lost Cock’s Tower” –

The Western Mail (Cymru)

“Even the Romans had two-way city traffic” –

Chichester Observer (England)

“Exhibition raises China’s ire over lost artefacts” –

Mail & Guardian (South Africa)

“Mexico’s Mayan underworld proves researchers’ dream” –

Reuters AlertNet (UK)

“Environmentalists save ancient Perfume Route from destruction” –

Ha’artez (Israel)

“A life dedicated to the return of smuggled artifacts from foreign museums?” –

N.A. (Turkey)

“Heritage site facing threat of becoming sewage dump” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“China launches 3rd investigation into cultural heritage” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Ancient treasures lie beneath Indonesian seas” –

The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

“Discover treasures of the world in China” –

IOL/AFP (South Africa)

“Egyptian statue in forgery claim” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Cuncolim set to welcome Goddess Shantadurga today” –

Goa Herald (India)

“Magnitude 4.6 Quake – central Mid-Atlantic Ridge – 03:16 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Archaeologist calls for protection for Ethiopian historical sites” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 40” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

March 19 2006

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“Furnace find near stupa site” –

The Calcutta Telegraph (India)

“Man is one with Earth, nature” –

The Detroit News (USA)

“Archaeology Film Festival in Rome” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Looting of archeological treasures continues in Afghanistan” –

North Korea Times (North Korea)

“Final chapter for The Da Vinci Code case to unfold in court Monday” –

Canada.com (Canada)

“Magnitude 4.8 Quake – Mozambique – 16:23 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“A slice of stone age through tribal lens – pieces from another era” –

Calcutta Telegraph (India)

“Xi’an seeks funds for ancestral mausoleum repairs” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Qazvin, capital of Safavid dynasty known for its old civilization” –

IRNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.4 Quake – southeast of the Loyalty Islands – 10:56 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Historic observatory comes in handy again” –

The Hindu (India)

“Have a cosmic night out” –

The Sunday Times (UK)

“Magnitude 5.8 Quake – Vanuatu – 04:36 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Sassanid royal cemetery discovered at Gur” –

The Tehran Times (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 27” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

March 18 2006

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“Ruins of 4,500-year-old cities discovered in Shaanxi” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Phuket is not affected by earthquake and Tsunami hit in Indonesia” –

ThaisNews (Thailand)

“‘Hourglass’-shaped crater – new video and perspectives” –

ESA Mars Express News (France)

“DNA Tests Challenge Mormon Belief” –

The Ledger (USA)

“Sassanid royal cemetery discovered at Gur” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Ancient Aptera, on Crete, reveals buried secrets” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“Illegal Israeli Digging Under West Wall of Al Aqsa Mosque Continues” –

IMEMC News (Palestine)

“Ancient carving throws more light on Roman religious beliefs” –

The Hexham Courant (England)

“Marib Carving Restored by German Archeologists” –

Yemen Observer (Yemen)

“Exploring our inland sea” –

The Chronicle Herald (Canada)

“Run to save sacred Indian sites” –

The Jackson Sun (USA)

“UN to save ancient holy sites in biodiversity effort” –

M & C News (Scotland)

“Home of terra-cotta warriors, horses mulls subway project” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Tunnels Offer New Take on Jews’ AD 66 Uprising” –

Los Angeles Times (USA)

“Evidence of primitive human activity found in China” –

The Times of India (India)

“Ancient Egyptians carried ship kits across desert” –

The Hamilton Spectator (Canada)

“Ancient houses in Ninh Thuan province face uncertain future” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

“Magnitude 5.2 Quake – South Sandwich Islands region – 14:13 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Ruins of over 4,500-year-old cities discovered in NW China” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Defense Wraps Up Case In ‘Da Vinci Code’ Trial” –

WFTV9 News (USA)

“Earthquake preceded 1964 eruption” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

“Tracing the origins of Chile’s ancient hill art” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Pillaging Italy’s precious history” –

The Toronto Star (Canada)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 24” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

March 17 2006

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“Dinosaur egg trade ‘rife'” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“Hagar Qim on climate list” –

di-ve.com (Malta)

“Earthquake in Indonesia called deadly tsunami” –

Pravda (Russia)

“Anthropologists: Early Humans Probably Pretty Peaceful” –

Fox News (USA)

“Closing arguments begin in ‘Da Vinci’ court case” –

CTV News (Canada)

“5 rescued, 1 missing after NZ volcano erupts” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Ancient alphabet offers clue to biblical history” –

Cleveland Jewish News (USA)

“Villagers living on Indonesian volcano put on alert” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“Dealer fined $27,000 for ‘shameful’ plundering of Chinese fossils” –

The Australian (Australia)

“DOC mount evacuation of staff from erupting island” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

“Ireland and Japan cooperate in Preservation of Ancient Artworks” –

Mainichi Daily News (Japan)

“Astronomers watch the skies for threat of deadly impact” –

The Paramus Post (USA)

“Dramatic rescue as NZ volcano blows top” –

The Age (Australia)

“Rare ancient coffin in Kouklia” –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

“Comets Born of Fire, Ice” –

Sofia News Agency (Bulgaria)

“Investigating canals across time, from space” –

Harvard Gazette (USA)

“Ancient capital city in Shaanxi to protect city wall” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Magnitude 4.4 Quake – Mozambique – 07:29 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“NASA probe captures ‘cosmic growth spurt'” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“SVAK wants to promote indigenous sciences” –

NewindPress (India)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 22” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

March 16 2006

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“Global warming linked to cosmic rays” –

National Post (Canada)

“A Century of Debate” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

“Gold idols found in Tripura pond” –

New Kerala (India)

“Alaskan Volcano Is Active And Oozing Magma” –

The Post Chronicle/UPI (USA)

“Landscape’s clues about how people lived long ago” –

The Southern Star (Ireland)

“Integral catches stellar ‘corpses’ by the tail” –

ESA News (France)

“Da Vinci link may soon be revealed” –

Birmingham Mail (England )

“Water Discovery May Not Spur Space Mission” –

Newsday/AP (USA)

“Several ancient objects were found in Thalang district of Phuket” –

ThaisNews (Thailand)

“Archaeologists unearth 9,000-year-old settlement in Seydisedir” –

Turkish Daily News (Turkey)

“Magnitude 4.9 Quake – Andaman Islands, India region – 13:59 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Seven held for possessing and selling tiger skins, idols” –

New Kerala (India)

“Chinese researchers zoom in on the Great Wall” –

IOL/AFP (South Africa)

“The Golden Age of Arabic sciences” –

Ranskan Uutiset (France)

“Doubt cast on Venus catastrophe” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Story about an antique collector” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“Tang dynasty temple to be relocated” –

Zee News (India)

“Unexplained monster mysteries from the sea” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 22” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

March 15 2006

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“Three ancient idols seized” –

The Hindu (India)

“Colouring in the fossil past” –

Natural History Museum (UK)

“1000 years of missing history, book released” –

Al-Jazeera (Qatar)

“Radar altimetry revolutionises the study of the ocean” –

ESA Observing the Earth (France)

“Dinosaur Find Raises Questions about the Origin of Feathers” –

LiveScience (USA)

“Da Vinci agent warned suing authors” –

The Scotsman/PA (Scotland)

“Professor challenges Mayan calendar opinion” –

News-Journal (USA)

“1,700-year-old plaque unearthed in China” –

The Hindu (India)

“Facelift on the cards for Giza Sphinx” –

IOL/AFP (South Africa)

“Bangladesh discovers ancient fort city” –

Reuters (UK)

“Treasures from British Museum coming to Beijing” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Shahrud Plain, a Temporary Settlement during Neolithic Era” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 4.4 Quake – Zimbabwe – 18:08 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Iran fire festival passes peacefully” –

Al-Jazeera (Qatar)

“Ancient cesspit found in castle” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Archaeology film fest in Rome” –

ANSA (Italy)

“Ancient temple makes way for highway” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Investigators Crack Case Of Smuggled Dinosaur Eggs” –

NBC4 TV News (USA)

“Palmyra – Plans to Achieve Archeological Markets and Theatre” –

SANA (Syria)

“Magnitude 5.6 Quake – Mozambique – 14:19 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Aboriginal people built water tunnels” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

“Dan Brown and mystery of the well-thumbed paperback” –

The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Shiva Linga Worship Key Part of Hinduism” –

Ohmy News (South Korea)

“Magnitude 5.3 Quake – Mozambique – 11:52 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Haryana to develop ancient places of pilgrimage” –

The Hindu (India)

“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)

March 14 2006

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“New Source Suspected for Ancient Meteorites” –

Space.com (USA)

“Earthquake Rocks Indonesian Islands” –

Bernama (Malaysia)

“Hunt on for satyr’s ‘brothers'” –

ANSA (Italy)

“Ancient Artifacts as Compensation?” –

Chicagoist (USA)

“Thien Cung Grotto and a dragon story” –

Nhân Dân (Viet Nam)

“Bee Evolution Linked to Ancient Warming Period” –

LiveScience (USA)

“Along comes a spider to spin new ideas about prehistoric Alberta” –

Edmonton Journal (Canada)

“US returns 13th century coins to Saudi Arabia” –

Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)

“Comet Findings Raise Fiery Mystery” –

NPR (USA)

“Filmmaker in hot water” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“The importance of beer” –

The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

“Ancient Phoenician city not destroyed” –

UPI (USA)

“Volcano calms down in Russian Far East” –

RIA Novosti (Russia)

“Valley of Kings chamber is not a tomb, says expert” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Magnitude 4.7 Quake – Mozambique – 07:25 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“‘Da Vinci Code’ author offers peek inside” –

IHT (France)

“Magnitude 6.7 Quake – Seram, Indonesia – 06:57 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Language spoken by Li ethnic people threatened with extinction” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Recently Found Egyptian ‘Tomb’ was Actually Mummy Workroom” –

Short News (Germany)

“Magnitude 4.7 Quake – La Rioja, Argentina – 04:03 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“More vessels detained for looting ancient shipwrecks” –

The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 14” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

March 13 2006

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“Top Bulgarian Archaeologist Wants Trade in Antiquities Legal” –

Sofia News Agency (Bulgaria)

“Archaeologists find ancient Israel tunnels” –

Centre Daily/AP (USA)

“Prehistoric spider fossil named after Alberta” –

Edmonton Journal (Canada)

“Ancient coins offer clue to riverside ritual 1,300 years ago” –

Asahi Shimbun (Japan)

“Pharaonic find was mummification room, not tomb” –

Yahoo News/Reuters (USA)

“Filmmaker’s Stone Age riddle” –

The Star (Malaysia)

“8000-year-old pottery, kilns found near Shahrud” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Taipei digitally archiving historical documents, relics” –

The China Post (Taiwan)

“New legal approach draws museums into fray in fight against terror” –

Centre Daily (USA)

“Christ and copyright at crux of Da Vinci Code case” –

Express India (India)

“Magnitude 4.8 Quake – Salta, Argentina – 15:12 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“17 statues of goddess Sekhmet unearthed” –

SIS (Egypt)

“Easter Island ‘settled later'” –

The Australian (Australia)

“The life of pi” –

The Independent (UK)

“Ancient Totem Pole Going Back Home” –

Radio Sweden (Sweden)

“‘Da Vinci Code’ author takes stand in copyright lawsuit” –

IHT (France)

“Ancient Jewish Town Discovered Beneath Arab Village in Galilee” –

Arutz Sheva (Israel)

“Magnitude 5.0 Quake – Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan – 10:05 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“City Shaken: Earthquake swarm similar to 1982” –

Wanganui Chronicle (New Zealand)

“17 Statues of Ancient War Goddess Unearthed in Egypt” –

CRI Online (China)

“Magnitude 4.6 Quake – Reykjanes Ridge – 05:36 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Gospel of Judas has Church worried” –

The Advertiser (Australia)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 18” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

March 12 2006

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“4,000-year old settlement unearthed in Bangladesh” –

People’s Daily (China)

“More ancient war goddess statues found in Egypt” –

Yahoo News/AFP (USA)

“Ancient settlement unearthed” –

Asia News Network (Thailand)

“The real human lineage” –

The New Nation (Bangladesh)

“Venetian coins in an Ottoman Bath” –

The Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

“Course on museums and archaeological property” –

Times of Oman (Oman)

“Magnitude 5.6 Quake – Southwest Indian Ridge – 17:11 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Iranians’ Sassanid city discovered in Fars” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Challenges ahead for NASA’s Mars orbiter” –

Bradenton Herald/AP (USA)

“New discoveries reported in Henan’s ancient city sites” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Shamanism, Oldest Healing Tradition in the World” –

Ohmy News (South Korea)

“FSU professor uncovering ancient seafarer secrets” –

News-Journal (USA)

“The Kiwi trying to break the Code” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Looted Afghan art smuggled into UK” –

The Sunday Times (UK)

“Afghanistan: Archeologist Hunts For Third Bamiyan Buddha” –

Payvand (Iran)

“A scientist-sleuth tries to explain how the world almost ended” –

The Plain Dealer (USA)

“‘4,000-year’ old settlement unearthed in Narsingdi” –

The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 0” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

March 11 2006

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“Remains of dormitory found near Ishibutai Tomb” –

Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan)

“Out of the sand: Yemen’s Amiriya palace” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Viet Nam revives ancient bronze-casting tradition” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

“Magnitude 4.8 Quake – southern Iran – 21:23 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Gallery devoted to ancient Nubia opens in Chicago” –

The Daily Star (Lebanon)

“Were Arabs first to discover America?” –

Al-Jazeera (Qatar)

“How Islamic inventors changed the world” –

The Independent (UK)

“Hill of Tara: Court defeat clears way for motorway work” –

The Meath Chronicle (Ireland)

“Ancient star gives astronomers a glimpse into how stars formed” –

Chronicle Herald (Canada)

“Serpents reveal links between myths in Australia, China” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Magnitude 5.0 Quake – Andaman Islands region – 11:48 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Delos to see restoration?” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“Carving of ‘northern god’ found” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“From Counting to Writing” –

Science News (USA)

“NASA spacecraft enters orbit around Mars” –

China Daily/AP (China)

“1,200 year-old Duong Lam village named national relic” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“Magnitude 4.9 Quake – Galapagos Islands region – 04:49 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Verbal fireworks at NZer’s Da Vinci Code case” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Ancient temple to be relocated in Henan” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 12” –

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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“Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization”

Graham Hancock

(Photographer)

EU English Edition

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EU English Edition

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EU English Edition

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James P. Delgado

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EU English Edition

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EU English Edition

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