– terrestrial archaeology and solar system history – news headlines archive – November 1 to 10 2003 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

November 10 2003

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“Ethiopia Happy with Italian Plans to Return Ancient Obelisk” –

VOA News (USA)

“Ancient Maya stone altar recovered in Guatemala” –

EurekAlert (USA)

“‘Half-woman half-tiger’ rumour sparks riot” –

The Australian (Australia)

“Scientists hope to get more accurate Earth history” –

The State (USA)

“Earthquake Recorded In Azerbaijan” –

Baku Today (Ajerbaijan)

“Ancient myths revisited with lunar eclipse” –

The Diamondback (USA)

“Large-scale sacrificial relics site found in Tibet” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Orbdev Files Federal Suit Over Asteroid 433 Eros Claim” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

“Ancient City, ‘Little Rome’ Discovered” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

“Planet search mission cancelled” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Louise Leakey Carries on Fossil-Hunting Legacy” –

Yahoo News/Reuters (USA)

“Experts Seek Trail to Mark Ice Age Floods” –

Newsday (USA)

“Ancient secrets of the Furnace Worshippers” –

Frontiersman (USA)

“Iceberg’s end caught by Envisat” –

ESA News (France)

“Charting comets’ course could protect Earth from disasters” –

Houston Chronicle (USA)

“Preemies from the Precambrian” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

November 09 2003

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“Amateur E.V. archaeologists unearth artifacts” –

East Valley Tribune (USA)

“Red Moon dives behind Earth” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient art of weaving wheat” –

Enid News (USA)

“ESA spacecraft to reach Mars on Christmas Eve” –

InterFax (Russia)

“Architecture in the Vernacular: the Maltese apiary” –

Di-Ve.com (Malta)

November 08 2003

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“Sand ripples taller on Mars” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“Current Dig Reports” –

BBCi/Archaeology (UK)

“Lost city near Machu Picchu found” –

CNN News (USA)

“Solar flare ‘biggest on record'” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

“Stolen obelisk heading home to Africa raises issue of looted art worldwide” –

CBS2 News (USA)

“Were the ancient Romans better inventors than the French?” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Martian Invasion: Probing lively puzzles on the Red Planet” –

Science News (USA)

“Rome obelisk set for African return” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Mars-like desert could explain Viking ‘no life’ results” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“Ancient stones witness Druids’ homage to lost loved ones” –

Cotswold Journal (England)

“Scientists rediscover ruins of ancient Incan ‘suburb'” –

News-Tribune (USA)

“Obelisk looted by Mussolini begins journey to Ethiopia” –

The Independent (UK)

“Space artifacts missing in Kansas” –

CNN News (USA)

“The Sky At Night Programme Archive: Watch Online” –

BBCi/Space (UK)

“Delving into ancient depth of trance” –

The News-Press (USA)

November 07 2003

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“Planet hunters target nearby star” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Aboriginal remains returned to Warrnambool” –

Message Stick (Aotearoa)

“Meteor Shower Promises Seven Shooting Stars an Hour” –

National Geographic News (USA)

“Ancient relics unearthed at Bhera” –

Khaleej Times (United Arab Emirates)

“Tiny ice crystals may protect Antarctic ice shelves” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

“Red Moon set to dive behind Earth” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Archaeologists uncover ancient grinding tools near landfill” –

Verde Independent (USA)

“Desert tests may help solve life on Mars puzzle” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Ruins show ‘lost city’ of the Incas was part of vast complex” –

The Independent (UK)

“Elder unhappy with WA Govt’s sacred site dismissal” –

Message Stick (Aotearoa)

“Archaeological Find Boosts Cost Of Sacramento City Hall Expansion Project” –

FOX40 (USA)

“New light on Martian mystery” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Viking gods recognised” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Looted Iraqi artefacts ‘found in London'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Total Lunar Eclipse Saturday Should be Colorful” –

Yahoo News (USA)

“Ancient earrings come home” –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

“SA Govt to bolster Indigenous culture protection” –

Message Stick (Aotearoa)

“Solar flare confirmed as biggest” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 06 2003

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“More Cover for City’s Ancient Past” –

China.org (China)

“Ice cores may yield clues to 5,000-year-old mystery” –

Ohio State University (USA)

“Mass Extincions: Making an end of it” –

The Economist (UK)

“Stolen Iraq Artifacts Recovered in Raid” –

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (USA)

“Ancient Iraqi treasures found in cesspool” –

IOL (South Africa)

“The affordable Cosmic Vision” –

ESA News (France)

“Roman well found in building site” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Dark matter forms a ghost universe, new theory shows” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“Massive project launched for better protection of ancient tombs” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Voyager ‘at edge of solar system'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Explorers Rediscover Incan City Near Machu Picchu” –

Yahoo News (USA)

“Teeth cleaning: an ancient habit” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

“Were some ancient sites acoustically designed?” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Cemetery a fascinating puzzle to archaeologist” –

The Tennessean (USA)

“Britain could be heading for an ice age” –

Ananova (UK)

“Scientists: Ancient Arachnids May Have Spun Silk Like Modern Spiders” –

ScienceDaily (USA)

“Are you ready for Mars?” –

ESA News (France)

“Grass stalks fit bill for earliest toothpicks” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Iraqi ancient treasures found in Baghdad cesspool” –

MSNBC News (USA)

“Parliament on hold after citadel discovery” –

IOL (South Africa)

“Ancient man ‘used tooth picks'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Voyager 1 Offers First Direct Look At Heliosheath Before Interstellar Space” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

“Quake alert too dear for Tajiks” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Men only for Ancient Olympics revival” –

7Sport.com (Australia)

“Next ISS flight named DELTA” –

ESA News (France)

“Skeletons found at cathedral” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 05 2003

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“Guy Fawkes plot ‘was devastating'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Oldest human custom” –

EurekAlert (USA)

“See a total eclipse of the Moon” –

ESA News (France)

“Sun produces monster solar flare” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Well preserved ancient female corpse found in east China” –

Hindustan Times (India)

“Fossil points to ancient spider webs” –

CBC News (Canada)

“Space, the Reality Show: James Cameron Part III “ –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Iron Age, Achaemenian, Mauryan Antiquities Discovered At Bhera” –

Hi Pakistan (Pakistan)

“Birds get high on dinosaur breathing” –

Nature (UK)

“Mankind’s messenger on edge of solar system” –

IOL (South Africa)

“Etruscan Demons, Monsters Unearthed” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

“Astronomers fight to save mission” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Well preserved 1000-year-old female corpse found in Nanjing” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Searching for planets with life” –

ESA News (France)

“Sites of ancient culture could be destroyed in company expansion” –

Macon Telegraph (USA)

“Aborigines back UK bones panel” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Voyager 1 Approaches Solar System’s Outer Limits” –

NewsWise (USA)

“Moon mysteries of island stones” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

November 04 2003

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“Researchers Track Elec Grids To Gauge Quake Severity” –

DowJones NewsWires (USA)

“Ancient Monk’s Japanese Trip Remembered” –

China.org (China)

“Extraterrestrial Enigma: Missing Amino Acids In Meteorites” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

“US judge’s plea over Biblical writing rejected” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

“Lunar Eclipse – Saturday, November 8th. 2003” –

Science@NASA (USA)

“Bronze Age Settlement Discovered On Island” –

Western Morning News (England)

“Earth’s Temperature Response to Variations in Solar Irradiance” –

CO2 Science Magazine (USA)

“Strong quake hits northeastern Japan” –

ABS-CBN News (Philippines)

“German Firm Hired to Save Easter Island Sculptures” –

Yahoo News/Reuters (USA)

“Smallest copy of holy Quran found in Bangladesh” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Astronomers find nearest galaxy to the Milky Way” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“Couple wins iceman (Oetzi) fight” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“No dino bones about it: Debate alive and kicking” –

USA Today (USA)

“13th century artefacts found in Ha Noi’s suburbs” –

Viet Nam News Agency (Viet Nam)

“Moon eclipse on (November) 8th” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

“Growing Significance Of The Sun-Earth Connection” –

Stanford Solar Centre (USA)

“Quake jolts southern Iranian town” –

IRIB News (Iran)

“New evidence shows ancient people move above 5,000 meters” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“What is happening to the Sun?” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 03 2003

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“Earliest Stone Tools and Bones Site Discovered” –

NewsWise (USA)

“Mild Quake Shakes Limassol” –

Cypria.com (Cyprus)

“Hydrogen sulfide, not CO2, may have caused largest mass extinction” –

Penn State (USA)

“New lead in Peking Man skulls’ mystery” –

People’s Daily (China)

“UP village has visitor from the sky” –

Hindustan Times (India)

“Debate heats up on role of climate in human evolution” –

EurekAlert (USA)

“Africa’s Museums are Poor, Neglected and Plundered… “ –

The East African (Kenya)

“Lone security guard tells how he saved Bactrian treasure” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Sun on Fire, Unleashes 3 More Major Flares” –

Space.com (USA)

“Kon-Tiki adventure in space age style” –

ESA News (France)

“Seed Study Breathes Life In Old Remains” –

TBO News (USA)

“Ancient Threads, Newly Woven Silk Road Art” –

China.org (China)

“Current Space Weather – Real Time Images & Graphs” –

SOHO Earthbase (USA)

“Plague of locusts causes mass allergy attack” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Strong quake hits off Fukushima” –

The Japan Times (Japan)

“DaVinci Code Infuriates Church” –

Phenomena (USA)

“Melting polar ice shelves linked to warmer seas” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Humans Sped to U.K. After Ice Age, Study Says” –

National Geographic News (USA)

“Was Orkney the ceremonial capital of ancient Britain?” –

The Herald (Scotland)

“Ultra-Low Oxygen May Have Caused Extinctions, But Spurred Birds” –

Space Daily (USA)

November 02 2003

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“Quake rattles north-eastern Japan” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Sun more active than for a millennium” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Alexandria’s long-awaited National Museum is open” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“Archaeologists on historical mission” –

Lubbock Online (USA)

“Low oxygen may have benefited dinosaurs: expert” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“China to launch moon probing satellite in 3-5 years” –

China Daily (China)

“Lanka’s ancient past – still closely linked to life of its people” –

Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)

“NASA probe captures ‘sound’ of solar storm” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

“Grasshopper swarm kills 11 in Sudan” –

Times of Oman (Oman)

“Thirsty Africa faces food crisis” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 01 2003

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“Archaeology dig delays Rhinos stadium work” –

Democrat & Chronicle (USA)

“The last frontier: China’s far west – Silk Road roving” –

Asia Times (Hong Kong)

“Chunnel rail project yields archaeological ‘string of pearls'” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Cyprus archaeology at the Olympics” –

Cyprus Weekly (Cyprus)

“Clays Aided First Life?” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

“Low oxygen could have benefited dinosaurs” –

IOL/Reuters (South Africa)

“Cultural relics of Han Dynasty unearthed in Dalian” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Smog is in the forecast for Titan” –

RedNova (USA)

“Chicxulub discussion page: K/T Extinction Debate” –

The Geological Society (UK)

“Stone Age Code Red: Scarlet symbols emerge in Israeli cave” –

Science News (USA)

“Romans Rise from the Waters along the Danube and Sava rivers” –

IPS Arts Weekly (Italy)

November 2003

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“A Yearning for Yemen – working in the Middle East” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

“Who Destroyed Megiddo? Was It David or Shishak?” –

Biblical Archaeology (USA)

“Little Islands, Big Wake” –

Earth Observatory/NASA (USA)

“Stranger in a New Land – the first hominids out of Africa” –

Scientific American (USA)

“Pre-Christian Rituals At Nazareth” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

“Burnout: New images from Hubble preview the death of our sun” –

Discover Magazine (USA)

“Sacred Precincts: A Tartessian Sanctuary in Ancient Spain” –

Archaeology Odyssey (USA)

“Space Technology: The Asteroid Tugboat” –

Scientific American (USA)