– terrestrial archaeology and solar system history – news headlines archive – October 11 – 20 2003 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

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October 20 –

“Lost & Found: Near-Earth Asteroid Spotted after 66 Years” –

Space.com (USA)

October 20 –

“Cervantes Mission to ISS – Live ESA Webcast” –

European Space Agency (France)

October 20 –

“Ancient Lizardlike Reptiles Are Found” –

Gadsden Times (USA)

October 20 –

“Spaceship Soyuz-TMA successfully docks to ISS” –

RIA Novosti (Russia)

October 20 –

“Mystery force flattens trees close to Ruby” –

Anchorage Daily News (USA)

October 20 –

“The man who ‘discovered’ Everest” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 20 –

“Submerged ancient temples to be shifted in Himachal” –

Hindustan Times (India)

October 20 –

“Mystery of the Calusa” –

Herald Tribune (USA)

October 20 –

“Ancient distillery to unveil mystery of origin of China’s spirit making” –

China Daily (China)

October 20 –

“Cometary panspermia explains the Red Rain of Kerala” –

Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA)

October 20 –

“Unearthed: a luxury Roman villa with chapel and granny flat” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

October 20 –

“Fossils of ancient lizard-like reptiles found in Argentina” –

Anchorage Daily News (USA)

October 20 –

“ESA’s Integral discovers hidden black holes” –

European Space Agency (France)

October 20 –

“Medieval Climate Not So Hot” –

ScienceDaily (USA)

October 20 –

“Ancient carved ‘faces’ found” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 20 –

“Two Magical Mornings” –

Science@NASA (USA)

October 20 –

“Alexander the Great’s treasure found in Kabul” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

October 19 –

“Shiloh excavations reveal true colors of ancient people” –

Nation & World (USA)

October 19 –

“The medieval schools of Fez — Morocco’s intellectual heritage” –

The Jordan Times (Jordan)

October 19 –

“Cervantes Mission to ISS – Live ESA Webcast” –

European Space Agency (France)

October 19 –

“Archaeologist shows how ancients made tools” –

The News Tribune (USA)

October 19 –

“China, Brazil ready for second space launch” –

People’s Daily (China)

October 19 –

“Dinosaur hunter stocks museum” –

Omaha.com (USA)

October 19 –

“ACT researcher traces ancient lifestyles with digital mapping” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

October 19 –

“Secrets in the sand” –

Star-Telegram (USA)

October 19 –

“Ancient people carried rations to building site” –

Columbia Daily Tribuune (USA)

October 19 –

“Former home of ancient Tibetan man of letters found” –

XinhuaNet (China)

October 19 –

“Artifacts are uncovered at Harmon Lake” –

Bismarck Tribune (USA)

October 19 –

“An X-class solar flare erupted today near sunspot 484” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

October 19 –

“Indonesian volcano comes back to life” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

October 19 –

“Martian Chronicles IX: Haywires” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

October 19 –

“The mystery of Brazoria Woman: Is she the oldest North American?” –

Star-Telegram (USA)

October 19 –

“Scientist delves into rich cultural heritage” –

Times of Oman (Oman)

October 18 –

“Iran revives trading spirit of ancient Silk Road” –

The Independent (Bangladesh)

October 18 –

“Cervantes Mission to ISS – Live ESA Webcast” –

European Space Agency (France)

October 18 –

“Martian Chronicles VIII: Torture Tests” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

October 18 –

“Lasers reveal Stonehenge’s ‘art gallery'” –

The Guardian (UK)

October 18 –

“Against all odds: Zahi Hawass Dig Days” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

October 18 –

“Space ship Soyuz to be blasted off from spaceport Baikonur to ISS” –

ITAR/TASS (Russia)

October 18 –

“A (Parthenon) Marbles mop-up” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

October 18 –

“Bone belonged to ancient 6ft newt” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

October 18 –

“Russian Archeologist finds ancient palace in Turkmenistan” –

InterFax (Russia)

October 18 –

“Erectus Ahoy: Prehistoric seafaring floats into view” –

Science News (USA)

October 18 –

“Al-Hilaliyya: Performing an ancient epic” –

Daily Star (Lebanon)

October 18 –

“Ancient Egyptian treasures on show in Shanghai” –

XinhuaNet (China)

October 18 –

“Mission heads for space station” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 18 –

“Archaeologist turns west to save Siberian culture” –

Japan Times (Japan)

October 17 –

“Mars Express 69 Days Out From MOI” –

Space Daily (USA)

October 17 –

“Robin Hood’s grave ‘dug up'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 17 –

“Cayce Group Hunts Atlantis” –

Phenomena Magazine (USA)

October 17 –

“Baiheliang: Ancient Hydrologic Station” –

China.org (China)

October 17 –

“Lasers reveal invisible Stonehenge carvings” –

New Scientist (UK)

October 17 –

“Mutant Pollen Clue To Ancient Fallout” –

National Geographic News (USA)

October 17 –

“Battle of Bannockburn stirrups unearthed” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

October 17 –

“Major ancient find reported in Turkmenistan” –

ITAR/TASS (Russia)

October 17 –

“Rock lost in space for 66 years” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 17 –

“Archaeologists to excavate unknown Santa Fe cemetery” –

KOBTV News (USA)

October 17 –

“Earthquake kills two, injures six in southwest China” –

People’s Daily (China)

October 17 –

“Purple frog delights scientists” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 17 –

“Coast road works stumble across ancient cemetery” –

Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)

October 17 –

“Rumsfeld defends ‘holy war’ general” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

October 17 –

“Archaeologists to excavate unknown Santa Fe cemetery” –

KOBTV News (USA)

October 17 –

“South American glaciers’ big melt” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 17 –

“City dig unearthes Roman treasures” –

Worcester Standard (England)

October 17 –

“Early Evidence Of Fire Found” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

October 17 –

“Earthquake kills two” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

October 16 –

“Lasers uncover Stonehenge secrets” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 16 –

“China vows new space mission within two years” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

October 16 –

“Ghost crab fossils haunt area beaches” –

EurekAlert (USA)

October 16 –

“Long-lost near-Earth asteroid spotted” –

New Scientist (UK)

October 16 –

“Ancient Egyptian Treasures to Debut in Shanghai Expo Center” –

China.org (China)

October 16 –

“Did Darwin evolve his theory?” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 16 –

“Natural History Museum Displays Artifacts of Ancient City Petra” –

VOA News (USA)

October 16 –

“China hails space hero” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 16 –

“Miami Circle archaeological find will be reburied” –

Miami Herald (USA)

October 16 –

“Houses beneath houses as another Sydney is revealed” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

October 16 –

“Britain and France in dispute over cave art” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

October 16 –

“Astronaut lands safely” –

XinhuaNet (China)

October 16 –

“Fossilised albatross colony discovered” –

The Guardian (UK)

October 16 –

“State plans to rebury ancient Miami Circle to protect it” –

Sun-Sentinel (USA)

October 15 –

“Ancient mutant pollen out for the count” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

October 15 –

“Ancient grizzly bones found” –

Vancouver Sun (Canada)

October 15 –

“Mummy find brings notice to archaeologist” –

Times Union (USA)

October 15 –

“Our ancient archives go on the web” –

Northampton Today (England)

October 15 –

“Ancient Hungarian ceramic jars on display at Jabriya” –

Kuwait Times (Kuwait)

October 15 –

“Mission Possible: Asteroid Tugboat Backed for Trial Run” –

Space.com (USA)

October 15 –

“1,200 year-old slab from Mayan ruins site in southern Mexico” –

China Daily (China)

October 15 –

“China hails its first man in space” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 15 –

“Martian History: Written in Stone” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

October 15 –

“2,500-year-old Dong Son civilisation grave excavated in Phu Tho” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

October 15 –

“China greets world from space” –

XinhuaNet (China)

October 15 –

“Always New Joy to Be Found in Ancient Ruins” –

New York Times (USA)

October 15 –

“Astronaut Yang meets journalists before takeoff” –

People’s Daily (China)

October 14 –

“Garbage Dump Set Up Inside Peru’s Nazca Lines” –

NewsDay (USA)

October 14 –

“100-million-year-old dinosaur fossil found in northeast China” –

People’s Daily (China)

October 14 –

“On the wild boar trail” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 14 –

“Indian artifact collector admires adaptability of ancient cultures” –

Daily Register (USA)

October 14 –

“Shangdu city uncovered” –

China Daily (China)

October 14 –

“China pulls plug on live broadcast of manned space launch” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

October 14 –

“Exhibit Showcases Ancient City of Petra” –

Gadsden Times (USA)

October 14 –

“China space launch counts down” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 14 –

“Scientists in Boulder unravel an ancient mystery” –

Rocky Mountain News (USA)

October 14 –

“100-million-year-old dinosaur fossil found in China” –

Hindustan Times (India)

October 14 –

“University of Colorado Scientists Search for Artifacts in Melting Glaciers” –

AScribe (USA)

October 14 –

“Well preserved ancient heating wall found in North China” –

XinhuaNet (China)

October 14 –

“The British Museum is falling down – tripped up by an ancient sandal-clad foot” –

The Times (UK)

October 14 –

“Archaeologists wrap up work at Natural Bridge Caverns” –

Houston Chronicle (USA)

October 14 –

“Oman hopes more archaeological sites will be included in World Heritage List” –

Gulf News (UAE)

October 14 –

“Study Brings New Light To Ancient Chaco Culture” –

KRQE News (USA)

October 14 –

“New findings at Erlitou site” –

XinhuaNet (China)

October 14 –

“What’s up in Space – October 14 2003” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

October 14 –

“Fossil albatrosses reveal sea-level rise” –

Nature (UK)

October 13 –

“Ancient human bones found” –

Miami Herald (USA)

October 13 –

“Delta Block: Update on the Underwater Stone Platform at Andros Island” –

ParaNormal.com (USA)

October 13 –

“Astronomers date Universe’s ‘cosmic jerk'” –

New Scientist (UK)

October 13 –

“Leonid 2003 Will Be Weak But A Double Show” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

October 13 –

“Ancient Tribes Carried Corn From Afar” –

620KTAR News (USA)

October 13 –

“Launch of Ariadna to boost advanced space research in Europe” –

ESA News (France)

October 13 –

“Cause for Optimism: Part III” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

October 13 –

“The Cambrian Explosion – Life’s lucky ‘kick start'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 13 –

“Gobi desert setting for historical China space flight” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

October 13 –

“Ancient remains found in central Florida peat farm” –

Naples Daily News (USA)

October 13 –

“Catastrophes shaped Alaska” –

Anchorage Daily News (UK)

October 12 –

“Ancient remains found in central Florida peat farm” –

The Gainsville Sun (USA)

October 12 –

“Bio-piracy in the Amazon” –

Aljazeera (Qatar)

October 12 –

“Picking up the pieces in Baghdad” –

The Art Newspaper (UK)

October 12 –

“Archaeology student finds mounds may be an overlooked treasure” –

The Advocate (USA)

October 12 –

“Something fishy about ancients’ shift to meat” –

IOL/Sunday Argus (South Africa)

October 12 –

“Quake hits Rann of Kutch” –

The Hindu (India)

October 11 –

“China readies to put ‘taikonaut’ into orbit” –

Aljazeera (Qatar)

October 11 –

“Ancient remains found in Kissimmee” –

Orlando Star-Banner (USA)

October 11 –

“Quake jolt central Iran” –

IRIB (Iran)

October 11 –

“Anti-weathering material developed in China to protect ancient frescos” –

People’s Daily (China)

October 11 –

“NASA tests laser-powered plane” –

BBC News Online (UK)

October 11 –

“Strong earthquake rattles northern Japan” –

Hindustan Times (India)

October 11 –

“Mars orbiter shoots oblique view of Olympus Mons” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

October 11 –

“Archaeological theft: creating artifacts on the ground” –

Daily Star (Lebanon)

October 11 –

“Museum recovers stolen artifact offered on eBay” –

Topeka Capital-Journal (USA)

October 11 –

“Hand mix-up a left-over from the caveman times” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

October 11 –

“Boudica – The original Iron Lady rides again” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

October 11 –

“Delta Block: Huge Underwater Mystery Triangles in Bahamas” –

ParaNormal.com (USA)

October 11 –

“Roman cup leads to discovery of ancient fort of Hadrian’s Wall” –

AGI (Italy)

October 11 –

“Quake Swarm Rattles The East Bay” –

KTVU News (USA)

October 11 –

“Goryeo celadon cargo found in shipwreck” –

The Korea Herald (South Korea)

October 2003 –

“Meltdown in the North – glaciers melting, permafrost thawing” –

Scientific American (USA)

October 2003 –

“Satellite maps reveal the variations in earth’s gravity” –

Scientific American (USA)

October 2003 –

“Human Spaceflight: China’s Great Leap Upward” –

Scientific American (USA)

October 2003 –

“New ideas about the most mysterious power in the Universe” –

Discover Magazine (USA)