-terrestrial archaeology and solar system history – news headlines archive – September 21 – 30 2003 – new discoveries about ancient civilisation under ancient skies –

we strive to update them daily …

September 30 –

“Dino discovery promises big things” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 30 –

“On-site protection key for 7,600-year-old canoe” –

China Daily (China)

September 30 –

“Space station stay shows humans could go to Mars” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

September 30 –

“Ancient Book of Psalms returned to Ethiopian owners” –

Sun-Sentinel (USA)

September 30 –

“Geological team finds parts of meteorite” –

NewIndPress.com (India)

September 30 –

“Lottery cash saves statue of Queen Nefertiti’s daughter” –

The Guardian (UK)

September 30 –

“Britain to return plundered Ethiopian book” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 30 –

“How whites exploited Africans and denied them history” –

The Daily Nation (Kenya)

September 30 –

“Earthquake delivers dawn jolt to New Zealand” –

The Star (Malaysia)

September 30 –

“China prepares astronauts for first manned launch” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 30 –

“Al-Azhar launches project to rescue manuscripts” –

State Information Service (Egypt)

September 30 –

“Aftershocks continue as Japan residents begin cleanup” –

Arab Times (Kuwait)

September 30 –

“Mars Attack: Humans could survive on Red planet” –

Times of India (India)

September 30 –

“Roman souvenir of Hadrian’s wall found” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 30 –

“Egypt retrieves seven statues, falcon-shaped Horus mummy” –

SIS (Egypt)

September 30 –

“Quake jolts Canterbury awake” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 30 –

“Kolkata Calcutta varsity preserves ancient manuscripts” –

Central Chronicle (India)

September 29 –

“Turkey jails beachcomber’s father on suspicion of smuggling antiques” –

Aljazeera (Qatar)

September 29 –

“Hubble Glimpses New Moons around Uranus” –

Scientific American (USA)

September 29 –

“More strong earthquakes hit north Japan” –

XinhuaNet (China)

September 29 –

“Aztec Ruins seek input on master plan” –

Daily Times (USA)

September 29 –

“Northwest Passage: Ice surprise prompts study cash” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 29 –

“Head lice key to clothing history” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 29 –

“Prehistoric Sea Creature Discovered” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

September 29 –

“ESA awards the first Aurora mission design contracts” –

ESA News (France)

September 29 –

“Scientists say meteorite rips through home” –

Houma Today (USA)

September 29 –

“Quake rocks southern Siberia” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

September 29 –

“What Iron Can Tell Us about Mars” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

September 29 –

“Ancient tombs of Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed in Shaanxi” –

XinhuaNet (China)

September 29 –

“New method developed for dating archaeological pottery” –

EurekAlert (USA)

September 29 –

“GSI team finds fragments of meteorite in coastal Orissa” –

Hindustan Times (India)

September 29 –

“Ancient Tombs Unearthed In West China” –

Bernama (Malaysia)

September 29 –

“SMART-1 Leaves Earth On A Long Journey To The Moon” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

September 29 –

“Ancient Rome brought to life at historic festival” –

The Sentinel (England)

September 29 –

“History has bestowed China with priceless cultural heritage” –

Bahrain Tribune (Bahrain)

September 29 –

“Tribes haven’t claimed artifacts at Moundville” –

Gadsden Times (USA)

September 29 –

“Aerial muck splatters Huia home” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 29 –

“Artifacts: Digging for history lessons” –

SunSpot.net (USA)

September 29 –

“Ancient stone figurines found in Henan” –

People’s Daily (China)

September 29 –

“The Drake Equation Revisited: Part I” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

September 29 –

“Dinosaur claws unearthed in west Qld” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 28 –

“Scientists fight to save ancestral bone bank” –

The Observer (UK)

September 28 –

“Meteorite crashes to earth in India” –

IRIB (Iran)

September 28 –

“Moab men charged with digging up Anasazi ruins” –

KUTV News (USA)

September 28 –

“Japanese team to probe Bamiyan” –

Daily Yomiyuri (Japan)

September 28 –

“The search for Atlantis ‘ends at Ayia Napa'” –

Sunday Telegraph (UK)

September 28 –

“Prehistoric munitions factory found” –

Anchorage Daily News (USA)

September 28 –

“British, Egyptian archaeologists map out regions beneath Pyramids” –

Zawya (Kuwait)

September 28 –

“Special report: history shows hurricanes are not rising” –

New Scientist (UK)

September 28 –

“Geologists check Osceola for signs of prehistoric impact” –

Columbia Daily Tribune (USA)

September 28 –

“First European mission to moon launched” –

The Age (Australia)

September 28 –

“Meteorite wrecks houses in India” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 28 –

“3rd archaeological excavation gets underway in Iran’s city of Takab” –

Payvand (Iran)

September 28 –

“Some bright Auroras this past week – and more to come” –

SpaceWeather.com (USA)

September 28 –

“Ancient Stone Age Sites Found Under the Sea” –

MediaDrome (UK)

September 28 –

“Meteor hits in eastern India” –

The Age (Australia)

September 28 –

“Secondary shocks hit Russia’s Western Siberia after violent quake” –

TerraDaily (USA)

September 28 –

“Hunt on for meteorite remains” –

Indian Express (India)

September 28 –

“Tribes haven’t claimed Moundville artifacts” –

Herald Tribune (USA)

September 28 –

“Indians test ancient herb recipe as a contraceptive” –

Sunday Telegraph (UK)

September 28 –

“‘Meteorite’ probably just space junk: astronomer” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 28 –

“Ninnemann to discuss anthropology/astronomy in the ancient Southwest” –

Daily News (USA)

September 28 –

“Europe’s lunar adventure begins” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 28 –

“Earthquake registered 400 kilometers south of Novokuznetsk” –

InterFax (Russia)

September 28 –

“Honduras hunts for moon rock thieves” –

CNN News (USA)

September 28 –

“Europe’s first mission to the Moon” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 28 –

“Jumbo Prehistoric Guinea Pig Fossil Found” –

MediaDrome (UK)

September 28 –

“Area professor breaks new ground on Maya” –

San Antonio Express-News (USA)

September 27 –

“Ion Drive to the Moon” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

September 27 –

“Discovered: Europe’s biggest amphitheatre after the Coliseum” –

The Independent (UK)

September 27 –

“Meteorite lights up evening sky in Orissa” –

Hindustan Times (India)

September 27 –

“13th Century tablet could lead to lost archives of Ramses II” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 27 –

“County gets archaeological sites in land swap” –

Venice Gondolier (USA)

September 27 –

“More earthquakes felt in Japan” –

Radio Australia (Australia)

September 27 –

“Ancient coins, relics found in Sungai Melaka” –

The Star (Malaysia)

September 27 –

“Finding Nemo 8: Ocean Enigmas” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

September 27 –

“Ramses II-Hittites king peace agreement found in cuneiform” –

Arabic News (Egypt)

September 27 –

“Meteor causes panic in Orissa” –

The Tribune (India)

September 27 –

“Roman ‘gladiatorial combat’ site unearthed in Spain” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 27 –

“‘Extinct’ tiny worm eaters found in Cuba” –

Straits Times (Singapore)

September 27 –

“Found: Afghanistan’s Bactrian hoard of 20,000 gold objects” –

The Art Newspaper (UK)

September 27 –

“Archaeology Month events scheduled” –

DesMoines Register (USA)

September 27 –

“Strong aftershock jolts Japan” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

September 26 –

“Stone Age cave, mound found on Margallas” –

Dawn (Pakistan)

September 26 –

“University to Hold Onto Meteorite from Paragould” –

KATV News (USA)

September 26 –

“Landslide monitors in ancient Machu Picchu, Peru” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 26 –

“Japanese quake strength upgraded” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

September 26 –

“Northern Climate, Ecosystems Driven By Cycles Of Changing Sunlight” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

September 26 –

“Egypt bans new excavations by foreign scholars” –

Taipei Times (Taiwan)

September 26 –

“‘Alien’ stars invade Milky Way” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 26 –

“Spanish Archaeologists Uncover Large Roman Amphitheater” –

VOA News (USA)

September 26 –

“Secrets of the moon ready for revelation” –

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

September 26 –

“Chasing the Baghdad loot” –

Radio Netherlands (Netherlands)

September 26 –

“Envisat observes resurgent ozone hole” –

ESA News (France)

September 26 –

“Geologists’ Work in South America has Silver Lining” –

WOAI.com (USA)

September 26 –

“Dinosaur holy grail in outback” –

NineMSN (Australia)

September 26 –

“Early Andean cultures part of intensive silver industry” –

EurekAlert (USA)

September 26 –

“Massive earthquake injures over 300 people in Japan” –

VNA (Viet Nam)

September 26 –

“New Roman Empire theater unearthed” –

IRIB (Iran)

September 26 –

“Yeti’s ‘non-existence’ hard to bear” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 26 –

“Icons stored in Agia Sophia damaged due to neglect” –

Athens News (Greece)

September 26 –

“Finding Nemo 7: Critter Catches” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

September 26 –

“100-million-year-old fossils found in western Qld” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 26 –

“When’s the next quake? Answer goes to the dogs” –

Straits Times (Singapore)

September 26 –

“Lake Reveals Evidence of Pre-Incan Silver Industry” –

Scientific American (USA)

September 26 –

“Ice cap meltdown warning” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 26 –

“Paleontologist Offers New Theory On Dinosaur Extinction” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

September 26 –

“Earthquakes hit Japan” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 25 –

“Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued” –

MyTelus (Canada)

September 25 –

“Archaeology team off to Afghanistan” –

The Japan Times (Japan)

September 25 –

“Violent Mesoamerican Rituals Revealed” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

September 25 –

“European Moon mission set for blast off” –

New Scientist (UK)

September 25 –

“Australian museum staffer stole 2,000 artefacts” –

Daily Observer (Oman)

September 25 –

“Why Did Ancient Britons Stop Eating Fish?” –

National Geographic News (USA)

September 25 –

“Dogs may serve as quake alarms” –

Cape Times (South Africa)

September 25 –

“The day ancient Britons left their fish suppers” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

September 25 –

“‘Sage’s’ backyard yields major find” –

China Daily (China)

September 25 –

“Eight Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northern Japan” –

VOA News (USA)

September 25 –

“Nepal’s historic temple collapses” –

Radio Australia (Australia)

September 25 –

“Ancient ‘lady’ returns to museum in Iraq” –

Casper Star Tribune (USA)

September 25 –

“Archaeologists turn up prehistoric finds” –

Salisbury Journal (England)

September 25 –

“Te Awamutu home latest to be hit by mystery substance” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 25 –

“Evidence for new theory on dinosaur extinction” –

Princeton University(USA)

September 25 –

“Queen’s sheds new light on ancient Britain” –

Belfast Telegraph (Ireland)

September 25 –

“Scientists question whether humans caused extinction of mammoths” –

CentreDaily (USA)

September 25 –

“Archaeology team to depart for Iraq” –

Copenhagen Post (Denmark)

September 25 –

“Rich fossil haul from ancient beaver pond” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

September 25 –

“Sagittarius being eaten by Milky Way” –

CNN News (USA)

September 25 –

“Late Iron Age silver deposit found at Nanguniemi, Inari, Finland” –

Siida (Finland)

September 25 –

“Researchers trace Down’s syndrome in ancient skeleton” –

Ananova (UK)

September 25 –

“Dinosaur-era fish fossils found in Thailand” –

Straits Times (Singapore)

September 25 –

“Finding Nemo 6: Living By Vibration” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

September 25 –

“Prehistoric beavers roamed far and wide” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 25 –

“Europe heads for the Moon” –

SwissInfo (Switzerland)

September 25 –

“3,500-year-old necropolis found near Modena” –

AGI (Italy)

September 25 –

“Ancient art of American Indians gets major show in New York” –

WBZ4 News (USA)

September 25 –

“Fiji moves to stop exploitation of indigenous population” –

Radio Australia (Australia)

September 25 –

“Archaeology: Fish off the menu” –

Nature (UK)

September 24 –

“Waiting For A Supernova” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

September 24 –

“Railway builders careful to protect Tibet’s ‘sacred lake'” –

China Daily (China)

September 24 –

“5,000-year-old ‘Mona Lisa’ returns to Iraq” –

Times of Oman (Oman)

September 24 –

“10,000-year-old cemetery shows ancient nomads putting down roots” –

Daily Telegraph (UK)

September 24 –

“Biological Weapons Date To Classic Age” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

September 24 –

“ESA’s SMART-1 satellite ready for lift-off” –

ESA News (France)

September 24 –

“Secret Chambers in Mexican Pyramid?” –

Para-Normal.com (USA)

September 24 –

“New dinosaur discovered in Morocco” –

IRIB (Iran)

September 24 –

“Arctic ice shelf fractures” –

Nature (UK)

September 24 –

“Why Did Ancient Britons Stop Eating Fish?” –

National Geographic News (USA)

September 24 –

“Iraqi police recover looted 5,000-year-old Uruk mask” –

DeepikaGlobal (India)

September 24 –

“UO scientists rebuild ancient extinct gene” –

The Oregonian (USA)

September 24 –

“‘Oldest’ dinosaur fossil found” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 24 –

“‘Extinct’ mammal pops up in Cuba” –

IOL (South Africa)

September 24 –

“Jawbone find muddies human evolution debate” –

The Age (Australia)

September 24 –

“Space rock’s close call” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 24 –

“Deep Water Megalithic Stones and Structures Near Western Cuba” –

Earthfiles (USA)

September 24 –

“Gamma rays may have devastated life on Earth” –

New Scientist (UK)

September 24 –

“Euro jawbone rattles Neanderthal debate” –

ABC News in Science (Australia)

September 24 –

“Ancient Buddhist ‘pregnancy statue’ stolen in Shiga” –

Mainichi Daily News (Japan)

September 24 –

“Largest Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Up, Draining Freshwater Lake” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

September 24 –

“This dinosaur lived 180m years ago!” –

Aljazeera (Qatar)

September 24 –

“Possible Roman olive press found in rubble wall” –

Times of Malta (Malta)

September 24 –

“2004 ‘World Monuments Watch List’ announced” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

September 24 –

“‘Extinct’ animal found alive and well in Cuba” –

Ananova (UK)

September 24 –

“Over 130 aftershocks jolt Dominican Republic” –

XinhuaNet (China)

September 24 –

“Gamma-ray burst linked to mass extinction” –

Nature (UK)

September 24 –

“Iraq’s Sumerian Mona Lisa found in shallow grave” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

September 24 –

“In Egypt, Archaeologists Fly Kites to Protect Ancient Site” –

National Geographic News (USA)

September 24 –

“Fossil find a winner: Moroccan dinosaur 180 million years old” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

September 23 –

“Request to get artifacts expected to be denied” –

Honolulu Advertizer (USA)

September 23 –

“Priceless Iraqi artefact returned” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 23 –

“Antarctic ozone hole big but not a record, says Niwa” –

Stuff (New Zealand)

September 23 –

“5,000-Year-Old Sculpture Returned to Baghdad Museum” –

VOA News (USA)

September 23 –

“Bonehunters dig up oldest dinosaur ever” –

IOL (South Africa)

September 23 –

“Neanderthal hunters rivalled human skills” –

New Scientist (UK)

September 23 –

“Police seize $50m antiquities” –

Arab Times (Kuwait)

September 23 –

“Building Smart New Space Ships For The Early 21st Century” –

SpaceDaily (USA)

September 23 –

“Arctic ice shelf splits” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 23 –

“Romania-Found Human Fossils “The Oldest in Europe”” –

Novinite (Bulgaria)

September 23 –

“Antique Iraqi mask returned” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

September 23 –

“Entrepreneur Donates Priceless Chinese Antiquities” –

PR Newswire (USA)

September 23 –

“Aurora: the future of space exploration” –

ESA News (France)

September 23 –

“Researchers date ‘oldest cemetery'” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 23 –

“High Tide on Europa” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

September 23 –

“Extraordinary archaeological finds uncovered” –

Nettavisen (Norway)

September 23 –

“Strong earthquake rocks Dominican Republic” –

IOL (South Africa)

September 23 –

“Fossils From Oldest European Found” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

September 23 –

“Magnitude 4.1 quake rocks Wellington” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 23 –

“Celtic Artifacts on display” –

News-Daily (USA)

September 23 –

“Earliest British cemetery dated” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 23 –

“34,000-year-old jaw is the oldest known fossil of modern man” –

Times of Oman (Oman)

September 22 –

“‘Ice Age time capsule’ unearthed in the US” –

IOL (South Africa)

September 22 –

“Local dig reveals ancient pottery: Artifacts could date to 2000 BC” –

Beaufort Gazette (USA)

September 22 –

“Galileo probe plunges into Jupiter” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

September 22 –

“Human fossils set European record” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 22 –

“Alaska archeologists uncover ancient tool” –

CBC News (Canada)

September 22 –

“Students to see transit of Venus in UK on June 8, 2004” –

New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

September 22 –

“Early Mars Was Frozen – But Habitable: Part II” –

Astrobiology Magazine (USA)

September 22 –

“The fight to save battlegrounds from invasion of metal detectors” –

The Independent (UK)

September 22 –

“French cave bones show Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon hunted same prey” –

EurekAlert (USA)

September 22 –

“Earthquake rocks Thailand” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

September 22 –

“Poachers Illegally Taking Fossils in South Dakota” –

Sun Herald (USA)

September 22 –

“Long wait for Jupiter return” –

BBC News Online (UK)

September 22 –

“Scientists: Ancient Himalayas Even Older” –

Discovery Channel News (USA)

September 22 –

“SMART-1: the first spacecraft of the future” –

ESA News (France)

September 22 –

“Remnants of tribe’s short stay unearthed” –

News-Leader (USA)

September 22 –

“Peking Man’s skullcap on display in China” –

IOL (South Africa)

September 22 –

“Race to save ancient fort site hit by massive fire” –

The Scotsman (Scotland)

September 22 –

“150 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossils Found in Switzerland” –

VOA News (USA)

September 22 –

“Galileo crashes into Jupiter” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 21 –

“Moderate quake rocks Pakistan” –

Times of India (India)

September 21 –

“The Theft of Ancient Cities” –

Newsday (USA)

September 21 –

“Fossilized skull of Peking Man exhibited” –

XinhuaNet (China)

September 21 –

“Galileo spacecraft crashes into Jupiter” –

SpaceFlight Now (USA)

September 21 –

“‘Cupid’ and the Archaeological Imagination “ –

China.org (China)

September 21 –

“Officials fight fossil hunting” –

Rapid City Journal (USA)

September 21 –

“Galileo probe to collide with Jupiter today” –

Central Chronicle (India)

September 21 –

“Ancient earth formed the core for discoveries: Fossil hunt a big draw” –

Courier-Journal (USA)

September 21 –

“Magnitude 5.5 quake jolts Tokyo” –

The Japan Times (Japan)

September 21 –

“Chilean archaeologist brings wealth of experience to Ridgecrest” –

Daily Independent (USA)

September 21 –

“NASA’s Galileo on crash course with Jupiter” –

ABC News Online (Australia)

September 21 –

“Britain’s drowned landscapes: when the UK was linked to Europe” –

The Observer (UK)

September 21 –

“Isabel death count soars” –

Herald Sun (Australia)

September 2003 –

“Debating ‘Illegal Archeology’” –

Art News (USA)

September 2003 –

“Ransoming Iraqui Artifacts” –

Archaeology Odyssey (USA)

September 2003 –

“Saving the Timbuktu Manuscripts” –

Science in Africa (South Africa )

September 2003 –

“Faking Biblical History” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

September 2003 –

“The Egyptian origin of the Greek alphabetic numerals” –

Antiquity (UK)

September 2003 –

“Great Mysteries of Human Evolution” –

Discover Magazine (USA)

September 2003 –

“Solstice at the Stones” –

Archaeology Magazine (USA)

September 2003 –

“A replica of an ancient ship goes to sea” –

Time Asia Magazine (USA)

September 2003 –

“3,000-year-old huts of Israelites found in Egypt” –

Biblical Archaeology Review (USA)

September 2003 –

“Zahi Hawass fights to recover Egypt’s plundered treasures” –

Egypt Today (Egypt)

September 2003 –

“Incoming: Earthbound Asteroids – the future of Spaceguard” –

Popular Science (USA)