[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 6-20-08

Sat Jun 21 21:36:16 PDT 2008

Good Morning Everyone,

Below is this week's edition of the weekly report.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
June 20, 2008

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
Mahatma Gandhi

News Articles

Paleontology and Prehistoric Studies

Wandering Neanderthals
http://archaeology.org/blog/

Primitive People: Innocent or Savage?
http://www.livescience.com//history/080613-hn-uncontacted.html

Here, there be dragons
http://www.biotechnews.com.au/index.php/id;1206205604;pp;1;fp;2;fpid;1

Ebb and flow of the sea drives world's big extinction events
http://www.physorg.com/news132757002.html

First farmers made 'lucky beads' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7457755.stm

Rare dinosaur mummy's arm and tail unveiled
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25179317/

Museum reinstalls Neanderthal mural after decades 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_en_ot/neanderthal_mural_1;_ylt=ArIgvoh5_QCJd0xDHktqDAFFeQoB

BLM announces `major' dinosaur find in Utah
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25204823/

Sarcasm Seen as Evolutionary Survival Skill
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080620/sc_livescience/sarcasmseenasevolutionarysurvivalskill

Oldest wheat found in Çatalhöyük
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=145271&bolum=101

Ancient and General History

Researcher Finds Bibles' Subtext in Design and Fonts
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/541705/

Scholar's not-impossible dream: To preserve language of the Incas
http://www.startribune.com/world/19931829.html?location_refer=World:highlightModules:4

Titanic discoverer Robert Ballard called to find lost sarcophagus
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4133540.ece

Replica of ancient ship to follow part of Argonauts' route
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/6/15/apworld/20080615085409&sec=apworld

How the Steam Engine Changed the World
http://www.livescience.com//history/080616-hs-steam-engine.html

Dig reveals vibrant trade for 18th-century Acadians
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/17/acadia-dig.html

Copernicus Book Shines At Auction
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/18/tech/main4190442.shtml

Charles Darwin: 'Is man an ape or an angel?'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/06/17/scidarwin117.xml

Hawaiian group demands restoration of the monarchy 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_re_us/palace_takeover

In Stalin's bomb lab, dreams of preservation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/sc_nm/georgia_abkhazia_institute_dc;_ylt=AlaMKbJOooN3VC7zuoKdVu4hANEA

When grain was currency
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/902/he4.htm

June 19, 240 B.C.: The Earth Is Round, and It's This Big
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/06/dayintech_0619

Archaeology

British war grave found in northern France
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/2119428/British-war-grave-found-in-northern-France.html

Insider: Guardians of Antiquity?
http://www.archaeology.org/0807/etc/insider.html

Rare Sri Lankan statue recovered in TN India
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=17684

Explorers Find 1780 British Warship in Lake Ontario
http://www.livescience.com//history/080614-ap-british-warship.html

Divers find 1780 British warship 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7454578.stm

Gold coin discovered at Colony of Avalon archaeological dig
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=143931&sc=79

Critics dub 'world's oldest church' discovery 'ridiculous'
http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080614/r_t_ani_wl_us/twl-critics-dub-world-s-oldest-church-di-37e466c.html

Earliest Londoners Arrived Earlier, Had Wealth
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/06/london-settlement.html

5000-year-old anthropomorphic figures found in Huaura, Lima
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=yLkIs9ugp/8=

Discovery of Sasanian Wall Surrounding the Khosrow Hunting Ground in Taq-e Bostan
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/June2008/15-06.htm

A Previously Unknown Achaemenid Architecture Method Discovered in Gachsaran
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/June2008/15-06-a.htm

Iron Age home unearthed in Northumberland
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/06/11/iron-age-home-unearthed-in-northumberland-61634-21054442/

Ancient Hindu temples had musical pillars
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=73015

Archaeologists continue searching for clues to Cahokia
http://www.bnd.com/living/story/369807.html

Archeological dig near Althingi
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=307676

Archeologists unearth edifice of the Mughal era
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/250267.php/Archeologists-unearth-edifice-of-the-Mughal-era

Team excavates Roman 'warehouse' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7455657.stm

Archaeologists raise Chinese merchant ship
http://uktv.co.uk/history/item/aid/597569

Digging into the Roman Legion
http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Culture&F=1&id=14391

'Virtual analysis' technology protects ancient treasures
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/culture/20080617TDY04301.htm

Discovering an archaeological site in Hadramout Valley 
http://yemenonline.info/news-769.html

TV’s Not-So-Great Pyramid
http://www.newsweek.com/id/141527

Pasargadae and Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great in Danger of Destruction
http://www.cais-soas.com/News/2008/June2008/17-06-pasargadae.htm

Stone of Destiny is fake, claims Alex Salmond
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/2136221/Stone-of-Destiny-is-fake%2C-claims-Alex-Salmond.html

Are finds artifacts or aging rocks?
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/community/goochland.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-06-17-0074.html

Ancient Egyptian official building uncovered in south 
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/213033,ancient-egyptian-official-building-uncovered-in-south.html

Archeologist visits ancient Seguin site
http://seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=f83524cbff5c5845

What are the mysterious stones emerging from Kinneret waters? 
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/993351.html

Ancient Christian "Holy Wine" Factory Found in Egypt
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/081618-egypt-wine.html

Ruins of ancient capital identified in Chengdu
http://www.china.org.cn/culture/2008-06/18/content_15847077.htm

Neolithic camp found at Wrexham quarry
http://www.wrexhamleader.co.uk/news/Neolithic-camp-found-at-Wrexham.4195472.jp

Bulgarian archaeologists excavate Thracian tomb
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/bulgarian-archaeologists-excavated-thracian-tomb/id_30015/catid_70

Workers unearth ancient tools
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=588&art_id=vn20080618060428205C997417

Web Site Following Archaeologists to the Bottom of Mut Temple's Sacred Lake
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/541851/

Ancient fort opens new chapter in First Nations' history
http://www.physorg.com/news133082175.html

2nd century “future Buddha” sculpture discovered at ancient site near Taxila
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42407&Itemid=2

Ky. grand jury indicts Ohio man in rock dispute
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/19/america/Rock-Fight.php

Coils of Ancient Egyptian Rope Found in Cave
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/20/rope-cave-egyptian.html

Ancient mummy opened: Scythian cavalier had bone disease
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/213903,ancient-mummy-opened-scythian-cavalier-had-bone-disease.html

Newfound Jain sites
http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/20/stories/2008062062272600.htm

Mapping Djoser's Step Pyramid
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/902/he2.htm

An ancient harvest in Maple Ridge
http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/mapleridgenews/news/An_ancient_harvest_in_Maple_Ridge.html

Ancient Jewelry Unearthed in Temple of Sun near Bulgaria's Sliven
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=94294

Thracian Tomb Dated on 360 Year B.C. Found in Southern Tsarevo
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1663209777

Wet weather turns Cerne Abbas chalk giant into the invisible man
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23496853-details/Wet+weather+turns+Cerne+Abbas+chalk+giant+into+the+invisible+man/article.do

Shipwreck Yields World's Oldest Salad Dressing
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/20/dna-salad-dressing.html

Mexico recovers 929 pre-Columbian pieces
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_sc/mexico_smuggled_antiquities;_ylt=AlhVJbdQcfz2fTM5PDTjhw5vieAA

Mini subs to probe odd structures in BC lake
http://www.physorg.com/news132834062.html

General Science

In 2050, your lover may be a ... robot
http://www.physorg.com/news132727834.html

Tiny science tests Russia's hi-tech ambitions 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080615/sc_afp/russiaeconomysciencenanotechnology_080615033537;_ylt=An4KtMrLRxizFlImQFrcWL_POrgF

Nature-inspired robots swim, crawl, and scuttle like animals
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/06/13/nature-inspired-robots-swim-crawl-and-scuttle-like-animals/

Plastics unite to make unexpected 'metal'
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14140-plastics-unite-to-make-unexpected-metal.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14140

Latest in car safety: airbags on the outside
http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Latest-in-car-safety-airbags.4186863.jp

'Oldest' computer music unveiled 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7458479.stm

Survey: Scientific Misconduct Underreported
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91658116

War without soldiers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24955521/

Darpa Brain Drain Costs Agency $32 Million
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/06/the-us-military.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Life's raw material can come from space
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25148774/

Get your first look at NASA’s next spacesuit
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25130313/

Phoenix Mars Lander Inspects Delivered Soil Samples
http://www.physorg.com/news132643745.html

Looking for the quantum properties of the Big Bang
http://www.physorg.com/news132570663.html

Ancient mineral shows early Earth climate tough on continents
http://www.physorg.com/news132583481.html

Roadside crater should have made more of an impact
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19826604.800-roadside-crater-should-have-made-more-of-an-impact.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_mg19826604.800

Satellites Document War, Destruction From Outer Space
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/multimedia/2008/06/gallery_warfromspace

How long can you survive in the vacuum of space?
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/2008/06/how-long-can-you-survive-in-vacuum-of.html

Sun Seems Eerily Calm
http://www.livescience.com/space/080611-sunspot-activity.html

Why NASA watches out for true UFOs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25147760/

Shuttle retirement will hurt Florida's Space Coast
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-06-13-shuttle-spacecoast_N.htm

Empty oceans, Part 1: Endless no more
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/06/10/empty-oceans-part-1-how-technology-bested-oceans%e2%80%99-bounty/

Trio of 'super-Earths' discovered 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7457307.stm

Supernovae blasts kick started stars in early galaxies
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19826604.500-supernovae-blasts-kickstarted-stars-in-early-galaxies.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news5_head_mg19826604.500

Professor Designs Plasma-propelled Flying Saucer
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611135049.htm

Accidental astrophysicists
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/33082/title/Accidental_astrophysicists

Mars team ponders whether lander sees ice or salt 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars

Large ‘Planet X’ may lurk beyond Pluto 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25244693/

Experiment Mimics Earth's Spinning Core
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/11/earth-spinning-core.html

Space cameras to monitor forests 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7459472.stm

Newly born identical twin stars show surprising differences
http://www.physorg.com/news133013782.html

Black holes have simple feeding habits
http://www.physorg.com/news133013982.html

Jules Verne refuels the ISS
http://www.physorg.com/news133006657.html

Peanut probe part of NASA mission
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_hi_te/tec_techbit_peanut_probe;_ylt=Aoae8O2pN5zVvaVjLf3RFHhvieAA

Ride's historic flight ignited passion to help 'fragile' planet
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-06-17-ride-planet_N.htm

See a huge moon illusion
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-06-17-moon-illusion_N.htm

Sun might hold secret of dark matter
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-06-17-sun-dark-matter_N.htm

New type of aurora spotted on Saturn
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14166-new-type-of-aurora-spotted-on-saturn.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14166

Meteorite could hold solar clues
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7464583.stm

Frigid future for ocean in Saturn moon
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25273114/

Summer Solstice Facts, for When "the Sun Stands Still"
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080619-solstice-facts.html

Earth May Have Supported Life Earlier in History
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/06/19/zircon-earth-water.html

Greenland ice core analysis shows drastic climate change near end of last ice age
http://www.physorg.com/news133107932.html

Chemical clues point to dusty origin for Earth-like planets
http://www.physorg.com/news133107691.html

REPORT RULES OUT SUBATOMIC DOOMSDAY
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/20/1158097.aspx

Life in outer space? Astronomers hunt aliens
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25281490/

A novel X-ray source could be brightest in the world
http://www.physorg.com/news133186063.html

Opening NASA’s X Files: The Kecksburg Incident
http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2008/06/16/opening-nasas-x-files-the-kecksburg-incident/

Mars lander loses some photos after data glitch
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=An5cgxH5FYGareSf1x7a3z9vieAA

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

G8 finance chiefs say global warming demands urgent action
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080614/sc_afp/g8economyclimate_080614163754;_ylt=Alzr2gVzCG0cLDYADCI2lzjPOrgF

US urges support for global warming fund
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_re_as/japan_g8;_ylt=AkbAi78c.WCfGVHLY3wX8EVvieAA

Climate chaos is inevitable. We can only avert oblivion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/12/climatechange.scienceofclimatechange

The cost of cleaning up fossil fuels - and the price of doing nothing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/13/carboncapturestorage.fossilfuels

Honda makes first hydrogen cars 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7456141.stm

Perfecting a solar cell by adding imperfections
http://www.physorg.com/news132854298.html

A promising step towards more effective hydrogen storage
http://www.physorg.com/news132833753.html

Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece

New kits can turn your car into a hybrid
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25104169/

Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7461707.stm

New satellite to study rising seas
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25251419/

UC Davis researcher leads climate-change discovery
http://www.physorg.com/news133013904.html

Catch-22: Feds cut climate research to save fuel 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_bi_ge/fuel_prices_noaa;_ylt=Anz0IBQLardpg4YMxxwJIoJvieAA

Inside the Solar-Hydrogen House: No More Power Bills--Ever
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=hydrogen-house

Business chiefs urge carbon curbs 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7464517.stm

A Beneficiary of High Gas Prices: Segways
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/15/tech/main4181845.shtml

How less ‘zoom zoom’ could power the future
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25283123/

Greenland Ice Shows Rapid Climate Flips, Study Says
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080619-greenland-ice.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

How bones can be tailor-made
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/12/8

Stem cell field grows despite controversy: experts 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080614/sc_nm/stemcells_dc;_ylt=AixfaA2Li7hTAojs9Yy.nEchANEA

Researchers create molecule that nudges nerve stem cells to mature
http://www.physorg.com/news132757055.html

'Daydreaming' brain is coma clue 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7452547.stm

Immune molecule that plays a powerful role in avoiding organ rejection identified
http://www.physorg.com/news132851875.html

Surgeons may get Minority Report-style display
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19826605.200-surgeons-may-get-iminority-reportistyle-display.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news7_head_mg19826605.200

Alien origin for life on Earth
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2047/alien-origin-life-earth

Scientists fighting disease with climate forecasts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080618/ap_on_sc/sci_weather_hazards

New Web resource to improve crop engineering
http://www.physorg.com/news133107630.html

Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_sc/sci_britain_mutant_mosquitoes;_ylt=AqmFBoIgvQl6McWvDKw8LFNvieAA

"Virtual man" may ease drug R&D woes: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/sc_nm/pharmaceuticals_research_dc;_ylt=AooLA3aHw.7ktiCP49Ukq84hANEA

When It Comes to Brains, Size Matters
http://www.physorg.com/news133191625.html

Other

Monster sharks 'fly' like fighter pilots
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25243866/

Great apes think ahead
http://www.physorg.com/news133006685.html

Desert plant may hold key to surviving food shortage
http://www.physorg.com/news133089931.html

Additional Informational

SciFi Channel: Visions for Tomorrow
http://www.scifi.com/visions/home.html

Graham Hancock’s Website
http://www.grahamhancock.com

Robert Schoch’s Website
http://www.robertschoch.com

John Anthony West’s Website
http://www.jawest.net

Robert Bauval’s Website
http://www.robertbauval.co.uk/index.html

Tri-City Herald’s Kennewick Man’s Interpretative Center
http://www.kennewick-man.com/index.html

Center for Archaeoastronomy Website
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/news.html

National Academies
http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/index.html

Antikythera Mechanism’s Website
http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/

The Genographic Project Website
https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/

Catalhoyuk Website
http://www.catalhoyuk.com/

Archaeological Survey of India’s Website
http://asi.nic.in/

Ancient Indus Valley Civilization’s Website
http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html

Near Earth Object Impact Hazard Website
http://star.arm.ac.uk/impact-hazard/

Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Antiquities Information System
http://www.eais.org.eg/

Minerva (International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology)
http://minervamagazine.com/index.asp

The Upuaut Project
http://www.cheops.org/

Domesday Book On-line
http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingdata

NASA Science, Science Mission Directorate Website
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/

FX Television, 30 Days
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/30days/

Hunting for a Mammoth in the Yukon [Slide Show]
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=hunting-for-a-mammoth-in-yukon

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