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October 31 2005

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“Bulgaria’s 1st Catacomb Grave Unearthed” –

Sophia News Agency (Bulgaria)

“Egyptian-German project to renovate Minya monuments” –

SIS (Egypt)

“Polynesian cemetery unlocks ancient burial secrets” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Ancient Moslem manuscripts found in Spain” –

Morocco Times (Morocco)

“Parthian fire temple emerges at dam construction site in Kermanshah” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Greenhouse effect occurred 5,000 years ago: archaeologists” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Muslims desecrate bibles in Hebron” –

Jerusalem NewsWire (Israel)

“Grant will enable purchase of Iron Age weaponry” –

Driffield Today (England)

“Big Fire Temple Discovered in Kermanshah” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“International team seeks ancient fiery origins of Chesapeake Bay” –

Bay Journal (USA)

“‘Slaves Opening’, historical city dating back to Achaemenid era” –

IRNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 4.8 Quake – north of Honduras – 04:31 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Archaeologists find oldest Chinese dragon totem” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Magnitude 5.5 Quake – northern Peru – 02:10 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Bosnian explorer finds ‘Europe’s first pyramids'” –

Times of Oman (Oman)

“Magnitude 4.5 Quake – western Montana – 00:23 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Bushmen forced from desert after millenniums” –

The Age (Australia)

“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)

October 30 2005

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“Bendigo dig to unearth secrets of Chinese kiln” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“3000-year-old warrior still fighting at Gohar-Tappeh” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Famous ancient mummy sustaining decalcification” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Mysterious mummies from out of the bogs” –

Asbury Park Press (USA)

“NIOC stops excavation around Chogha-Zanbil temple” –

IRNA (Iran)

“Early Photo of Koguryo King’s Tomb Unearthed” –

Chosun Ilbo (South Korea)

“Mausoleum fears theft of treasures” –

Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Hawaii)

“Looting claims under review at Getty museum” –

CTV News/AP (Canada)

“Chinese archaeologists find one of world’s oldest observatories” –

The Asian Age/AFP (India)

“‘The Singing Neanderthals’ and ‘Inside the Neolithic Mind'” –

The Sunday Times – review (UK)

“Mighty Amazon close to running out of water” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

“Archimedes’ mirror” –

The Japan Times (Japan)

“Giving Noorjehan a facelift” –

The Sunday Express (India)

“Magnitude 4.2 Quake – offshore Oregon – 06:38 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Mel Gibson turns from Christ’s Passion to Mayan blood rites” –

The Observer (UK)

“Looking for Burnt City sat villages in Afghanistan” –

IranMania (Iran)

“Garamma: Stone writings of African Adam” –

Vanguard (Nigeria)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours -11” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

October 29 2005

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“Ancient Armenia gave faith an alphabet” –

The Boston Globe (USA)

“Climate change to hit the Med most” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Divers Unveil Treasure Pulled From Depths of Java Sea” –

The Epoch Times (USA)

“Tourists flock to volcanic eruption on largest of the Galapagos Islands” –

Macleans (Canada)

“Bushmen forced out of desert after living off land for thousands of years” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Magnitude 4.4 Quake – Guatemala – 18:55 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Ancient Greeks led the world to willow drug” –

The Western Mail (Cymru)

“5.5 magnitude earthquake rattles three Caribbean countries” –

WIStv News (USA)

“Zoroastrians mass graveyard in Yazd registered as national monument” –

Payvand (Iran)

“Night’s roots run contrary to the Bible” – [What Total Bollocks!] –

RockyMount Telegram (USA)

“Briton returns relic from Ethiopia’s ancient Magdala treasure” –

M & C News (Scotland)

“Comets Hit Early Americans, Scientist Says” –

Daily Democrat (USA)

“Fight on for ‘super-gem’ vase” –

Edmonton Sun (Canada)

“Ancient footprints” –

Albuquerque Journal (USA)

“Corpse of 25-cm dwarf of Sassanid era displayed in Kerman” –

IRNA (Iran)

“Apart from vomitoriums and orgies, what did the Romans do for us?” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Magnitude 6.4 Quake – southeast Indian Ridge – 04:05 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Vestiges revealing 13th-16th century architecture found” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“Archaeological dig uncovers local history” –

The Madison Courier (USA)

“Cuneiform Inscriptions Discovered in Haft Tepe” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“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)

October 28 2005

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“Meteorites may have caused ancient lava” –

Dominican Today (Dominican Republic)

“Clovis speakers discuss man’s origins in the United States” –

The State/AP (USA)

“Sanskrit to be accorded classical language status” –

The Hindu (India)

“Big turnout at Mammoth Site meeting” –

Waco Tribune Herald (USA)

“Ikom monoliths to change status of Cross River” –

Vanguard (Nigeria)

“Magnitude 5.5 Quake – Pakistan – 21:34 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“New find in northern Iran may be ancient musical instrument” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Centuries-old village enlisted as one of world’s most endangered sites” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Italy Says It’s Proven Vase at Met Was Looted” –

Newsday (USA)

“Dead Sea Scrolls scientists dies” –

NewKerala (India)

“Red Planet set for close approach” –

BBC Science News (UK)

“Magnitude 4.7 Quake – Guatemala – 08:31 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Underground vestige of My Son found” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“Educational CubeSats deployed from SSETI Express” –

ESA SSETI Express News (France)

“Magnitude 4.7 Quake – offshore El Salvador – 03:18 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Marine hopes for archaeologists” –

ANSA (Italy)

“Myth understood” –

Financial Times – review (UK)

“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)

October 27 2005

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“Tsunami reveals ancient temple sites” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Historic castle celebrates Okinawa heritage” –

Japan Update (Japan)

“Java Sea reveals lost treasures” –

Aljazeera (Qatar)

“Mapping pre-historic Bengal” –

The Statesman (India)

“Popping Rocks Reveal New Volcano” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

“Timber can get us out of the woods – again” –

Daily Post (Cymru)

“French Explore the History of Nishapur” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 4.4 Quake – Crete, Greece – 16:57 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“More ancient relics unearthed in central Vietnam ‘holy land'” –

Thanh Nien News (Viet Nam)

“Can new antiquities law put an end to antiquities trafficking?” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“Getty Museum tainted by looting allegations” –

WebIndia123 (India)

“Archaeologists find European pyramid” –

TVNZ News (New Zealand)

“‘No volcanic activity’ seen in quake zone” –

Gulf Times (Qatar)

“Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day to be held in late November” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“A look at how an ancient clan forged ties with Korean dynasty” –

ASahi Shimbun (Japan)

“Genetic map that could unlock secrets of human life” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

“Treasure from history’s depths” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

“Magnitude 5.4 Quake – Pacific-Antarctic Ridge – 06:01 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Restoration of dragon head ceramics in Ly dynasty” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“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)

October 26 2005

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“Osmanagaic: We have already dug out the first stair of the pyramid” –

FEN@ (Bosnia)

“Divers unveil exquisite treasure pulled from depths of Java Sea” –

Yahoo News/AFP (USA)

“Eastern Zhou grave pit unearthed in Luoyang” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“500-year-old pagoda and well found in Tuyen Quang” –

VietNamNet Bridge (Viet Nam)

“Communing with Cro-Magnons” –

ABC News (USA)

“Looking for Burnt City Satellite Villages in Afghanistan” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Ancient idols worth crores stolen from mandir in Hansi” –

WebIndia123 (India)

“Amber deposit discovered in Penghu” –

Taiwan Headlines (Taiwan)

“Mount Belinda Erupts – new satellite images” –

Earth Observatory (Earth Orbit)

“Oil exploration threatening Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Egyptian King Tutankhamen liked red wine, scientists say” –

Pravda (Russia)

“Louvre to Ebmrace Ancient Persia” –

Payvand (Iran)

“New dinosaur species discovered” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Robert Johnston, Dead Sea Scrolls archaeologist, dies at 77” –

Newsday (USA)

“Ancient group of temple towers discovered underneath central province” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

“Tale of Two Lost Cities – India has a poor record of cherishing the past” –

The Telegraph (India)

“Marshall Clagett, 89, Scholar on Science in Ancient Times, Is Dead” –

The New York Times (USA)

“New development uncovers historic site” –

Illawarra Mercury (Australia)

“Letters: World heritage” –

Financial Express (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)

October 25 2005

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“Galapagos volcano erupts for third day” –

CNN (USA)

“Guardian deities still watch over seafaring villagers” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“Athens wants the Getty Museum to return ancient artifacts” –

MPA (Greece)

“Magnitude 5.9 Quake – offshore New Guinea, PNG – 19:40 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“War, Peace And Arms Control In The Bronze Age” –

CounterCurrents (India)

“Many ancient cultures practiced mummification” –

Guymon Daily Herald (USA)

“Hawaiian groups want say on artifacts” –

Honolulu Advertiser (Hawaii)

“Smugglers develop innovative method to plunder ancient Tul Talesh” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“Excavations in ancient Daskyleion promise tourism profit for Balikesir” –

Turkish Daily (Turkey)

“Magnitude 4.4 Quake – Tarapaca, Chile – 07:40 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“China restores ruling center of Tang Dynasty in ancient capital” –

People’s Daily (China)

“Iron Age ‘industrial estate’ uncovered in Inverness” –

The Inverness Courier (Scotland)

“Magnitude 5.2 Quake – south of the Fiji Islands – 05:15 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Iran’s Kharand 3000-year-old cemetery excavated” –

Persian Journal (Iran)

“King Tu Duc’s tomb to be explored” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

“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)

October 24 2005

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“Y chromosomes reveal founding father” –

Nature (UK)

“Experts excavate oldest worked metal in Europe” –

Bnn (Bulgaria)

“Poachers Looting National Parks of Treasures” –

The Washington Post (USA)

“Pyramids of Egypt demoted to 8th place in update of Seven Wonders” –

The Herald (Scotland)

“University dates royal collection of lions” –

Daily Post (England)

“Mars closest approach to Earth for next 13 years – skymap” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Sensations Rise around 25-centimeter Dwarf of Kerman” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Protection of heritage all at sea” –

China Daily (China)

“Volcano erupts on Galapagos” –

News 24 (South Africa)

“Iron Age skeleton found on isle” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“Ancient whale temple in central province to be revived” –

Thanh Nien News (Viet Nam)

“Magnitude 4.6 Quake – Jujuy, Argentina – 02:01 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“2,000-year-old burial site found” –

The Scotsman/PA (Scotland)

“Greek Officials Demand the Return of Getty Antiquities” –

Los Angeles Times (USA)

“Archaeological sites discovered near new road in Republic” –

Belfast Telegraph (Ireland)

“Magnitude 4.9 Quake – offshore Jalisco, Mexico – 01:23 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Return of the Dead from Ancient Persia” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 11” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

October 23 2005

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“Ancient roman navy soldier surfaces” –

Beni Archeologici (Italy)

“Creationism, Science, Both Require Faith” –

The Day (USA)

“Unique Tiling Discovered in Kerman” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Timeline Of Cyprus” –

JTW (Turkey)

“Natural Selection Has Strongly Influenced Recent Human Evolution” –

ScienceDaily (USA)

“Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt: Origin of the State” –

Origenes 2 Conference (France)

“Aqueducts, Darius’ Gift to Egyptians” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 6.0 Quake – Pakistan – 15:04 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Tests fail to recreate Archimedes’ death ray” –

CTV News/AP (Canada)

“Fourth Salt Man to Lie under CT Scanner” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Earthquake Devoured ‘Anatolian’ Villages” –

JTW (Turkey)

“Artifacts celebrate women’s history” –

St. Petersburg Times (USA)

“The Da Vinci Codebreakers: The vanishing Star of David” –

The Sunday Mail (Scotland)

“Magnitude 5.6 Quake – Antofagasto, Chile – 04:49 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Terracotta army found to be guarding treasure” –

IOL/Cape Argus (South Africa)

“Long-lost Musasir Temple discovered in W. Azarbaijan: experts” –

Tehran Times (Iran)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 13” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

October 22 2005

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“Collector donates ancient ceramics” –

VNS (Viet Nam)

“Lodgings for Burnt City Historical Site” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Ancient Ritual Cauldron Unearthed in Bulgaria” –

Sophia News Agency (Bulgaria)

“‘Axis of evil’ warps cosmic background” –

New Scientist (UK)

“Surveying 110 Archeological Sites in Dhamar” –

Yemen Observer (Yemen)

“Greek and American scientists continue joint deep-sea project” –

Kathimerini (Greece)

“Archaeologists may excavate Pasargadae’s Tall-e Takht” –

Mehr News (Iran)

“10 ancient Utah sites get preservation funds” –

Deseret News (USA)

“Museum deciphers shoe-making history” –

XinhuaNet (China)

“A tragedy’s human side” –

The Mercury News (USA)

“Planets spins out of orbit” –

The Globe & Mail Review (Canada)

“Cave preserves window to last ice age” –

Star-Tribune (USA)

“Musasir Temple May Rise from Rabat Tepe Excavations” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Ancient oak is set on fire by vandals” –

Gloucestershire Echo (England)

“An intelligent design of the times” –

The Age (Australia)

“Gaza’s ancient history uncovered” –

BBC News Online (UK)

“500g Gold Bracelet Is ‘Glory of Pompeii'” –

The Dong-A Ilbo (South Korea)

“Ophelia hoists artifact from Blackbeard’s ship” –

Myrtle Beach Online/AP (USA)

“Sivand will not Inundate Ancient King Road” –

ICHNA (Iran)

“Magnitude 5.8 Quake – Banda Sea – 12:15 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“Two new temples found in Tell Mardikh” –

Champress (Syria)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 15” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

October 21 2005

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“Future of Marbles is not cast in stone” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Men fined for damaging ancient pit” –

The Tennessean (USA)

“Golden land for finding Roman treasure” –

The Western Mail (Cymru)

“Sixty years of beauty” –

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)

“Ancient monument returns from Japan” –

Korea.net (South Korea)

“New Digs Decoding Mexico’s ‘Pyramids of Fire'” –

National Geographic News (USA)

“Priceless Sasso Ferrato icon in Thessaloniki” –

ANA (Greece)

“ESA’s new Earth Images Gallery” –

ESA Observing the Earth (France)

“Roman ruins yield new data” –

Morocco Times (Morocco)

“A fern grows in the Arctic Ocean” –

SitNews (Alaska)

“Kentucky men sentenced for digging for arrowheads in national park” –

Herald-Leader (USA)

“Amazon rainforest vanishing at twice rate of previous estimates” –

The Guardian (UK)

“Headless mummy found in Lima” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

“Scientists find tracks of aquatic dinosaur” –

AZ Central (USA)

“Exhibit examines stories of those who lost their lives at Pompeii” –

MSN-Mainichi News (Japan)

“Terracotta army may be guarding buried treasure” –

The Independent (UK)

“Stone Age Cemetery, Artifacts Unearthed in Sahara” –

National Geographic News (USA)

“Ancient Greek ‘computer’ back online” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

“Volcano threatens city” –

News 24 (South Africa)

“Magnitude 4.7 Quake – Ionian Sea – 11:11 UTC” –

USGS Report (USA)

“University named as UK’s first UNESCO base” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

“Brown stole idea for Da Vinci Code, claim authors” –

The Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours – 15” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

“Weather eye on Europe – latest satellite images” –

ESA Weather Today (France)

“Astronomy Picture of the Day” –

NASA (USA)

a selection of books from our

Ancient Mysteries

“Nazca: Eighth Wonder of the World?”

Anthony F. Aveni

EU English Edition

“Ancient Nasca Settlement and Society”

Helaine Silverman

EU English Edition

“Pathways to the Gods: The Mystery of the
Andes Lines”

Tony Morrison

EU English Edition

“The Nasca
(Peoples of America)”

Helaine Silverman
&
Donald A. Proulx

EU English Edition

“Between the Lines:
The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca”

Anthony F. Aveni

EU English Edition

“The Ancient Kingdoms of Peru”

Nigel Davies

(Editor)

EU English Edition

“Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques”

Raoul D’Harcourt

New Books 2005:

“The Singing Neanderthals:
The Origins of Music, Language, Mind
and Body”

Steven Mithen

EU English Edition

“Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm
of the Gods”

David Lewis-Williams
&
David Pearce

EU English Edition

“The Celtic Gods: Comets in Irish Mythology”