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

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November 30 –

“Taiwan to Return 1000-year Stone Buddha Head to Mainland” –

People’s Daily (China)

November 30 –

“Experts moving Bronze Age dwellings near rowing center” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

November 30 –

“Wheat in Ancient Egypt” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

November 29 –

“Few had wealth in ancient Egypt” –

Nature (UK)

November 28 –

“Bulgarian Archeologists a Step Away from Grand Discovery” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

November 28 –

“No shortage of mysteries on Venus” –

ESA News (France)

November 27 –

“More evidence for natural disaster & civilisation collapse in Americas” –

CCNet Post #1 (UK)

November 26 –

“Surviving Space: How Bugs Might Travel Between Planets” –

Space.com (USA)

November 26 –

“Jerusalem artifact may be earliest relating to Jesus’s existence” –

ABS-CBN News (Philippines)

November 26 –

“Astronomers hunt for killer asteroids” –

Detroit News (Japan)

November 26 –

“Surviving Space: How Bugs Might Travel Between Planets” –

Space.com (USA)

November 25 –

“Laboratory helps forecast frequency of giant meteors” –

CCNet Post #2 (UK)

November 25 –

“Etna’s lava flow threatening tourist refuge” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 25 –

“Martian Meteorites Made Easy” –

Sky & Telescope (USA)

November 23 –

“China Reveals First Clue in Riddle of Terra-cotta Warriors” –

People’s Daily (China)

November 22 –

“Rosetta gets the green light from review board” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

November 22 –

“Angkor Wat: Jewel of the Khmer empire” –

Bangkok Post (Thailand)

November 22 –

“Second ancient relic returned to Ethiopia” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 22 –

“Light on fake fossil” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 22 –

“Stone Age man kept a dog” –

Nature (UK)

November 22 –

“The Aksum Obelisk: A Disquietening View” –

The Addis Tribune (Ethiopia)

November 22 –

“Did quark matter strike Earth?” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 22 –

“Driving force behind Mars Express” –

ESA News (France)

November 22 –

“Ancient ‘black book’ goes online” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 21 –

“Fossil forgery’s front half revealed” –

Nature (UK)

November 21 –

“Fake fossil identified as a bird” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 21 –

“Threat from smaller asteroids may be downgraded” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

November 21 –

“Satellites spy on meteorite explosions” –

Nature (UK)

November 21 –

“China’s Boat-building Dates Back 7,500 Years” –

People’s Daily (China)

November 21 –

“Geologists find ancient material from Earth’s interior” –

Ananova (UK)

November 20 –

“The Issues of Modern Archaeology” –

Pravda (Russia)

November 20 –

“Asteroid threat reassessed” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 19 –

“Great pyramid comprises 1 million rocks” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

November 16 –

“Burial box of Jesus’ brother goes on display in Canada” –

Ha’aretz (Israel)

November 15 –

“Temple to gay love unearthed by archaeologists near Rome” –

Ananova (UK)

November 15 –

“ESA’s shortcut to a comet” –

ESA News (France)

November 15 –

“Ancient asteroid impact ‘showered debris over Britain'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 14 –

“First UK Impact Layer Discovered” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

November 14 –

“Titanic volcanic eruption seen on Io” –

New Scientist (UK)

November 14 –

“Penguin may have had airborne ancestors” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 14 –

“Weights gave ancient Olympian long-jumpers a hand” –

Nature (UK)

November 13 –

“Fossil protein breakthrough will probe evolution” –

New Scientist (UK)

November 13 –

“Ancient Pottery Workshops Unearthed in Central China” –

People’s Daily (China)

November 13 –

“Ancient iceman ‘probably killed by his own people'” –

Ananova (UK)

November 13 –

“Tomb Depicting Murals Found in Southwest China” –

People’s Daily (China)

November 13 –

“Last Chance for Leonids” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

November 12 –

“Small earthquake off White Island” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 12 –

“Fossils of Pterodactyl Dinosaur Found in Northeast China” –

People’s Daily (China)

November 12 –

“Huge temple found under Hill of Tara” –

Irish Examiner (Ireland)

November 12 –

“Israeli archaeologists find cache of Philistine vessels” –

Ananova (UK)

November 12 –

“Set your own course for the stars” –

ESA News (France)

November 12 –

“Excavation for Kalpi settlement to begin” –

Times of India (India)

November 12 –

“Scientists tap tribal wisdom to save arid lands” –

SciDev.Net (UK)

November 11 –

“Village buildings condemned after Italy quake” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 11 –

“Archaeologists report discovery of ‘lost city’ in Nicaragua” –

Northern Light/EFE (UK)

November 09 –

“Pharaonic altar unearthed in Karnak” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

November 09 –

“16 rare artifacts fished out in Alexandria” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

November 09 –

“China’s Fabulous Dinobirds” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

November 09 –

“Czech returns Egyptian antiquities after getting pharaohs curse!” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

November 08 –

“Mars to Get Closer than Ever in Recorded History in 2003” –

Space.com (USA)

November 07 –

“Stonehenge: Alternative Views” –

Pravda (Russia)

November 07 –

“Life linked to icy barrage” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 07 –

“Byzantium’s Artistic Legacy” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

November 07 –

“Burial box owner says he’ll never sell ‘archaeological link to Jesus'” –

Ananova (UK)

November 07 –

“Tools for schools: Eduspace offers new ways to teach Earth observation” –

ESA News (France)

November 06 –

“NASA’S Stardust Comet-Chaser Passes Asteroid Test” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

November 06 –

“Return of 5th-century BC Parthenon sculpture postponed” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

November 06 –

“Stone Age Relics Unearthed in Southwest China” –

People’s Daily (China)

November 06 –

“No more doubts about ESA’s Venus Express!” –

ESA News (France)

November 06 –

“Scientist fears car thieves threw away rare fossil” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 05 –

“Probe returns asteroid image” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 05 –

“New tremors hit southern Italy, people flee homes” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 05 –

“Stardust Images of Asteroid Annefrank Released” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

November 05 –

“Northern Qi Tomb Murals Unearthed Intact in N. China” –

People’s Daily (China)

November 04 –

“STARDUST Successfully Images Asteroid Annefrank During Dress Rehearsal” –

JPL/NASA (USA)

November 04 –

“Superman bug may be migrant from Mars” –

IOL (South Africa)

November 04 –

“Stardust Flyby Successful” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

November 04 –

“Karamoja to Scotland, Did We Once Speak the Same Language?” –

The East African (Kenya)

November 04 –

“Major quake rocks remote Alaska” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 04 –

“Asteroid flyby successful” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 04 –

“‘Quakes are just part of the Earth’s routine'” –

IOL/Reuters (South Africa)

November 03 –

“Detector man finds buried treasure” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 02 –

“Italian primary school flattened by quake” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 01 –

“SA-ONOY: The ghosts of ancient times” –

Sun Star (Philippines)

November 01 –

“Comet-chaser Practices on Asteroid” –

NEO Information Centre (UK)

November 01 –

“Egypt celebrates “rebirth” of ancient Alexandria Library” –

The News (Pakistan)

November 01 –

“Moa leg bone connected to a piece of history” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

November 01 –

“Probe set for asteroid flyby” –

BBC News Online (UK)

November 2002 –

“Interactive Dig: Welcome to Hierakonpolis!” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

November 2002 –

“Superior Bronze Age invaders conquered Neolithic Britain?” –

British Archaeology (UK)