[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 8-8-08

Fri Aug 8 22:41:52 PDT 2008

Good Morning Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
August 8, 2008

“It is said that the future is always born in pain, the history of war is the history of pain.  If we are wise what is born of that pain matures into the promise of a better world.  Because we learn that we can no longer afford the mistakes of the past.”
Babylon 5

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Ancestor of T-Rex dinosaur unearthed in Poland
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_poland_dinosaur

Ancient moss, insects found in Antarctica
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26014040/

Study uses genetic evidence to trace ancient African migration
http://www.physorg.com/news137087625.html

Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline
http://www.physorg.com/news137087805.html

Plant-Eating Dinos Grew Fast to Fend Off
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/planteatingdinosgrewfasttofendofftyrannosaurs

Caveman vs. Modern Human: Who Would Win Olympic Gold?
http://www.livescience.com/history/080806-human-evolution-olympics.html

Lizard love: 110-year dinosaur descendant to become daddy
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/06/lizard.reproduces/index.html

Austrians fete voluptuous, prehistoric Venus
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_sc/sci_austria_voluptuous_venus;_ylt=Ag7EbnrUJXTldu6T8z7YPo1vieAA

2.5 million-year-old mastodon unearthed in Romania
http://www.physorg.com/news137419393.html

Sifting through the sands
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080802/FRONTIERS/742043041/1036/NEWS&profile%3D1036

Ancient Shark's Bite More Powerful Than T. Rex's
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080804/sc_livescience/ancientsharksbitemorepowerfulthantrexs

Ancient and General History

Museum: Civil War surrender document no photocopy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080802/ap_on_re_us/civil_war_surrender

What the Romans did for us
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7537766.stm

Solzhenitsyn, chronicler of Soviet gulag, dies
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080804/ap_on_re_eu/obit_solzhenitsyn

Fragmentary Knowledge
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/14/070514fa_fact_seabrook

How the Olympics Changed the World
http://www.livescience.com/history/080804-hs-olympics.html

Japan marks anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080806/wl_nm/japan_hiroshima_dc

Genocide report accuses ex-French president
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/05/rwanda.france.ap/index.html

Egypt to test fetuses from King Tut's tomb 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/06/egypt.tutankhamun.ap/index.html

The secret of Maya green
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article4473373.ece

Egyptologists debate Pharaohs’ names, pyramid theories
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=15267

Love of Milk Dated Back to 6000 B.C.
http://www.livescience.com/history/080806-milk-history.html

European woman 'arrived in New Zealand before Captain Cook'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/2505026/European-woman-arrived-in-New-Zealand-before-Captain-Cook.html

Rest in peace, Seti
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/909/heritage.htm

Could Confederate surrender paper be original?
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20080807_Could_Confederate_surrender_paper_be_original_.html

Archaeology

Ancient palace found in dig on hill
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/769194?UserKey=0

Furnished Nazi bunkers surface in Denmark, 60 years on
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080803/lf_afp/denmarkgermanywwiihistoryarchaeology_080803042100

ANCIENT BURIAL SITE DISCOVERED IN BATU NIAH
http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20080801/tts-burial-site-research-993ba14.html

12th century chapel revealed
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED03%20Aug%202008%2014%3A50%3A12%3A020

Preservation project marks 468th birthday of Jerusalem's Zion Gate
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331116860&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Rock Art Marks Transformations In Traditional Peruvian Societies
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804111634.htm

Greek Mummy Found in Lead Coffin
http://www.livescience.com/history/080804-greek-embalming.html

154 years of excavations in ancient city of Sardis
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=110758

Bid to unearth Saxon mystery
http://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/display.var.2414643.0.bid_to_unearth_saxon_mystery.php

The Giza guru
http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/517580.html?nav=5010

Undated American Indian skeleton to be repatriated
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417867

Looters plunder wrecks in the 'graveyard' of the Atlantic
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2489763/Looters-plunder-wrecks-in-the-graveyard-of-the-Atlantic.html

Possible Shakespearean theater found in London
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_on_sc/britain_finding_shakespeare_1;_ylt=AqEOvIItC_b59H1sfOpysc9FeQoB

Archaeologists unearth Thracian carriage
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=nw20080806123015589C395782

Prehistoric mom and dad
http://technology.iafrica.com/news/science/1064661.htm

German scientists dig for their own Stonehenge
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL623035920080806

Scientists use CT technology to virtually reconstruct Hadropithecus skull
http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/article.php?q=08072907

American Indian artifacts found
http://www.gazette.net/stories/08062008/potonew211252_32456.shtml

Korean Archaeologists Discover Ancient Relics in Iran's Gilan Prov.
http://english.kbs.co.kr/mcontents/culture/1538730_11676.html

Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great Requires Constant Monitoring of Moisture
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/August2008/05-08.htm

Huge olive press from 6th century uncovered in Galilee
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331213268&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

4,000-year-old Canaanite warrior found in Sidon dig
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=94781

Egypt gets 3000-year-old statue back from Dutch
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/04/africa/ME-Egypt-Netherlands-Antiquities.php

Underwater archaeology a new field of exploration
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/science/stories/2008/08/05/sci_lepper05_ART_08-05-08_B5_QGATG44.html?sid=101

There's no new 'Jones' without Ford, says Lucas
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/07/film.george.lucas.ap/index.html

Archeologists find vast ancient city in Afghanistan
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1146186

1,900-year-old chariot discovered in Bulgaria
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26073544/

Auschwitz falling into ruin, say Poles in cash plea
http://news.scotsman.com/world/Auschwitz-falling-into-ruin-say.4360311.jp

City was a place of murder and butchery
http://www.galwaynews.ie/4595-murderous-city

New light on the history of Ephesus
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=111785

Protesters on Kauai halt construction near ancient remains

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