[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 10-17-08

Sat Oct 18 16:45:34 PDT 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
October 17, 2008

“The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.” 
Harry S. Truman

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Ancient Bling Went Green
http://www.livescience.com/history/081010-green-bling.html

Traces of Hunting Magic Discovered in Altai Caves
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7226/

'New pathway' for African exodus 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7668250.stm

'Devils' trails' are world's oldest human footprints
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14924-devils-trails-are-worlds-oldest-human-footprints.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news6_head_dn14924

Ancient bones show tuberculosis older than thought
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081014/sc_nm/us_tuberculosis_origins

Oldest full-body insect fossil discovered
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27186358/

New fossil reveals primates lingered in Texas
http://www.physorg.com/news143195538.html

“Other half” of Darwin’s theory passes test
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/081013_selection.htm

Details of Evolutionary Transition from Fish to Land Animals Revealed
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?org=NSF&cntn_id=112416&preview=false

Biggest Dinosaurs Grew Huge by Not Chewing Their Food
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081009-dinosaur-big.html

Ten fossils that evolved the tale of our origins
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27225171

New Results from a 1953 Experiment Offer Hints to the Origin of Life
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/17/new-results-from-a-1953-experiment-offer-hints-to-the-origin-of-life/

World's first dog lived 31,700 years ago, ate big
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27240370/

Crested Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Used "Caller ID"?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081017-duck-billed-crest.html

Bizarre Dinosaur Lured Mates With Bony Adornments
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081014-bizarre-dinosaur.html

Ancient and General History

(Historical) context is everything
http://crosscut.com/2008/10/07/mossback/18406/

Running from History
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/1907_Panic.html

FBI releases files on columnist Jack Anderson
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27136155/

India's Christians celebrate first woman saint
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/vatican.saints.ap/index.html

Yale celebrates Noah Webster's 250th birthday
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081012/ap_on_re_us/defining_a_nation

Einstein letters discussing post-war Russia go on sale
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/oct/10/alberteinstein-russia

Great Depression holds lessons for surviving tough economy
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/10/13/depression.irpt/index.html

Amazing Holocaust love story lives on
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/10/13/holocaust.love.story.ap/index.html

Uncovering north's Christian past 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7666916.stm

Researcher believes he's found key that unlocks Egypt’s advanced scientific knowledge
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080928/NEWS/809280321

John Paul was wounded in 1982 stabbing, aide reveals
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081015/people_nm/us_vatican_film_johnpaul

Discoveries at Jamestown offer new view of early settlement
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/10_15-30/REG

Drowning in debt, Titanic survivor sells mementos to pay for nursing home care
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/10/17/2008-10-17_drowning_in_debt_titanic_survivor_sells_.html

Zodiac Suspect Investigation Heads Out Of State
http://cbs13.com/local/zodiac.suspect.killings.2.841657.html

Ancient Egyptian Astronomy
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/physik_astronomie/ancient_egyptian_astronomy_120456.html

Egyptian Afterlife, Abydos
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0504/feature7/index.html

Archaeology

Antiquities dealer has colorful, checkered career
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_re_eu/eu_antiquities_dealer_1;_ylt=Avh2dwNgktODdW.QlamPlIRFeQoB

Ephesus necropolis yields rare jewelry find
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=155539&bolum=101

Ancient Roman stadium opens
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/10/Ancient_Roman_stadium_opens/UPI-74831223677328/

1900-Year-Old Buddhist Monastery discovered in Gujarat’s Vadnagar
http://deshgujarat.com/2008/10/11/1900-year-old-buddhist-monastery-discovered-in-gujarat%E2%80%99s-vadnagar/

Idaho museum unveils 16,000-year-old tools
http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=9164512

Monastery atop Church of Holy Sepulchre in danger of collapse
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=1027042

Archaeologists unearth wig-wearing musicians
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/08/content_7087153.htm

Scientists digging for history in Port Joli
http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-257455-Scientists-digging-for-history-in-Port-Joli.html

Xtampak “Old Walls” Intervened
http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2398&Itemid=150

Bas-relief of Mannaean winged man discovered in northwestern Iran
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=763819

At Your Library: It’s Archaeology Month
http://www.wickedlocal.com/harwich/news/x282363671/At-Your-Library-It-s-Archaeology-Month

Forest service archaeologist wins state preservation award
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/forest_service_archaeologist_w.html

1,700-year-old jewels uncovered in Ephesus
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=117214

Roman mosaic near Srebrenica has been found
http://www.emportal.co.yu/en/news/region/65622.html

Buddhist monastery dating to 2nd century discovered in Gujarat
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200810142023.htm

Amazonian queen excavations reveal ancient palace in Şanlıurfa
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=155812&bolum=100

Archaeological Dig Uncovers Roman Mystery
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013210144.htm

For your information, there’s more than one Rosetta Stone, says Egyptologist
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=17050

Rare Roman tombstone goes on show
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/7671372.stm

Pre-Spanish death mask dug up
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20081015-166509/Pre-Spanish-death-mask-dug-up

Scientists have new clue to mystery of sunken sub
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_us/confederate_submarine;_ylt=AtE8QSDpLvENONzHrrOu_RoPLBIF

Archaeologists unearth place where Emperor Caligula met his end 
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4962109.ece

Archaeologists discover earliest ever foundations at Hampton Court Palace from 800 years ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1078477/Archaeologists-discover-earliest-foundations-Hampton-Court-Palace-800-years-ago.html?ITO=1490

Greek scientists use lasers to clean Acropolis
http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnTRE49G2NC.html

Balhae Castle Unearthed
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200810/200810170007.html

Finding Hidden Tomb Of Genghis Khan Using Non-Invasive Technologies
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081017081030.htm

Damaged Egyptian "Mecca" To Be Restored
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081016-egypt-abydos.html

The Dead Sea Scrolls: Fragments from the Qumran Caves
http://www.archaeology.org/online/reviews/dead_sea_scrolls/

Found: Tomb of the general who inspired 'Gladiator'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/found-tomb-of-the-general-who-inspired-gladiator-963797.html

Timbers from a Viking home found in Hungate dig
http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/3740969.Timbers_from_a_Viking_home_found_in_Hungate_dig/

Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Egyptian Temple near Pomorie
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1100761771

Ancient Egypt had powerful Sudan rival, British Museum dig shows
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/3209644/Ancient-Egypt-had-powerful-Sudan-rival-British-Museum-dig-shows.html

Remains of original Budapest settlers found in Castle District
http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/remains_of_o/?cHash=8e2cde6a90

Phony biblical relics spark controversy
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2008-10-18-ossuary_N.htm

Fighting with Jaguars, Bleeding for Rain
http://www.archaeology.org/0811/etc/boxing.html

Witches of Cornwall
http://www.archaeology.org/0811/etc/witches.html

General Science

Plastic film could make house lights obsolete
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27116343/

Microscope-On-a-Chip Is One Step Closer to the Tricorder
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2008/10/gallery_scope_chip

Test explores if robots can think 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/7666246.stm

How Technology Won Sadr City Battle
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/60minutes/main4511800.shtml

Army developing ‘synthetic telepathy’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27162401/

Teaching robots to follow the leader
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27075789/

Free US wireless network a step closer
http://www.physorg.com/news143126570.html

NJIT professor's research suggests changes in underwater data communications
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/njio-npr101408.php

Social melting pots foster technological innovation
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg20026775.800-social-melting-pots-foster-technological-innovation.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news10_head_mg20026775.800

Flying Cars Near Takeoff
http://www.livescience.com/technology/081010-sb-flying-car.html

Army Orders Pain Ray Trucks; New Report Shows 'Potential for Death'
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6007823&page=1

Italian scientists assail pope's dig on 'easy money' research
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081017/sc_afp/vaticanpopeitalyscience_081017180722;_ylt=AoSJe5d3_nO6xR9Q0vCswEvPOrgF

Future planes, cars may be made of 'buckypaper'
http://www.physorg.com/news143462841.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Is anybody listening out there?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7660449.stm

How Long Until We Find a Second Earth?
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/nov/10-how-long-until-we-find-a-second-earth/

CASSINI'S CLOSEST ENCOUNTER
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1529888.aspx

Russian space chief reassures US partners
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_re_as/as_kazakhstan_russia_space

Russia says Soyuz space landings will be safe
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14918-russia-says-soyuz-space-landings-will-be-safe.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14918

Giant cyclones seen on Saturn
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27169745/

Probe to Examine Our Space in Space
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/13/ibex-heliosphere-solar.html

Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability
http://www.physorg.com/news143131502.html

Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist
http://www.physorg.com/news143119977.html

Martian weather satellite's first report
http://www.physorg.com/news143124410.html

Computer Simulations Reveal Exotic Weather on Distant Worlds
http://www.physorg.com/news143131706.html

New sunspots may signal end of solar dry spell
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14933-new-sunspots-may-signal-end-of-solar-dry-spell.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14933

Expedition set for 'ghost peaks' 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7668070.stm

Hubble re-boot expected this week
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7670412.stm

New images yield clues to seasons of Uranus
http://www.physorg.com/news143213817.html

Young planets stay hotter longer
http://www.physorg.com/news143211269.html

Lunar prospecting robot to be field tested on Hawaii's Mauna Kea
http://www.physorg.com/news143210571.html

Pentagon envisions spaceship troops
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-10-14-spacetroopers_N.htm

Clouds may have a metal, not silver, lining
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27204933/

Europe aims for re-entry spacecraft
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27197678/

Einstein's relativity survives neutrino test
http://www.physorg.com/news143295554.html

Scientists discover quantum mechanical 'hurricanes' form spontaneously
http://www.physorg.com/news143309265.html

Violent flickering in Black Holes
http://www.physorg.com/news143287642.html

21st century detective work reveals how ancient rock got off to a hot start
http://www.physorg.com/news143295407.html

Sensitive laser instrument could aid search for life on Mars
http://www.physorg.com/news143284038.html

Europe delays its ExoMars mission
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7677349.stm

New Space Telescope Has Already Found a Gamma Ray Mystery
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/17/new-space-telescope-has-already-found-a-gamma-ray-mystery/

The History of the World, Contained in a Block of Ice
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/nov/14-the-history-of-the-world-contained-in-a-block-of-ice/

A FUTURE HISTORY OF MARS
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/17/1561187.aspx

One mystery of planetary jet streams explained
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27238333/

CERN says atom smasher back in action in spring
http://www.physorg.com/news143479277.html

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Large population of endangered dolphins found off Bangladesh
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081011/sc_afp/bangladeshenvironmentwildlifedolphin_081011043258;_ylt=AsHxBBLULQAtuTD2GmayHIfPOrgF

Gates declares war on farm animal disease
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026773.500-gates-declares-war-on-farm-animal-disease.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_mg20026773.500

India's humble rickshaw goes solar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081013/sc_afp/indiatransportenvironment_081013022214

>From energy efficiency to war: thinktank sees 2030 climate future
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081012/sc_afp/climatewarmingenergyconflict_081012230754;_ylt=AgYnfm40V_Q3pDHaL73fOLjPOrgF

Warm welcome for house powered by hydrogen fuel cell
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/10/greenbuilding-greentech

New Surges In Wave And Tidal Power
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/13/tech/cnettechnews/main4517051.shtml

Planning America's First Podcar City
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/13/tech/main4518448.shtml

Biofuel Plants Feel Pinch Of Bad Economy
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/tech/livinggreen/main4511600.shtml

ITER, IAEA sign deal to move nuclear fusion research forward
http://www.physorg.com/news143109503.html

Ecologists raise alarm ahead of UN climate summit
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081013/sc_afp/polandunenergyclimateenvironment_081013200456

Amish Look To The Sun For Power
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/14/tech/main4521677.shtml

More flexible method floated to produce biofuels, electricity
http://www.physorg.com/news143210478.html

Research points to methods for recovering petroleum
http://www.physorg.com/news143305017.html

NY museum's climate change show dives into politics
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081015/sc_nm/us_usa_museum;_ylt=AuQrO88TpeCXfhf5JgTcDYchANEA

Ford expands use of biomaterials to cut foreign oil need
http://www.physorg.com/news143466195.html

West Africa has potential to develop biomass: report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081016/sc_afp/africabiomassagriculturefoodpoverty_081016204756;_ylt=AtwarOzrY9Mth6y6pRtv9n_POrgF

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

AIDS vaccine focus shifts after disappointments
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081012/sc_nm/us_aids_vaccine;_ylt=AhpUl7OJNUKnGRAPAGQ_JkAhANEA

Nano-levers could speed up hunt for superbug drugs
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14912-nanolevers-could-speed-up-hunt-for-superbug-drugs.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14912

Biologists spy on the secret inner life of a cell
http://www.physorg.com/news143089729.html

UCLA study finds that searching the Internet increases brain function
http://www.physorg.com/news143205108.html

Modern genetics vs. ancient frog-killing fungus
http://www.physorg.com/news143195705.html

Chimps: Not Human, But Are They People?
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/chimpanzees-not.html

Mind power moves paralysed limbs 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7669159.stm

Man 'roused from coma' by a magnetic field
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026783.400-man-roused-from-coma-by-a-magnetic-field.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news4_head_mg20026783.400

RNA-Based Computers Could Make House Calls on Cells
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/17/rna-based-computer.html

Hippie’ apes have a dark side, too
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27164529/

Other

The Big To-Do List--Scientific Challenges Facing the Next President
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=presidential-to-do-list

UFO sighting over Philly?
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/bizarre&id=6438701

'Yeti hairs' belong to a goat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7666900.stm

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

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/

Sacred Sites and Archaeoastronomy in the Ancient World
http://sacredsites.com/index.html

Beyond Stone & Bone Blog
http://archaeology.org/blog/

Earth Pilgrims Website
http://www.earthpilgrims.com

Wake Forest University, Museum of Anthropology Online Artifact Database
http://cairo.deacnet.wfu.edu/

Video Podcast #6: 192 Lasers, Nuclear Weapons and Fusion Power
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/video-podcast-6.html

Climate Futures Report
http://www.forumforthefuture.org/files/Climate%20Futures_WEB.pdf

ICE AGE DISCOVERIES: NEW EVIDENCE and the INVESTIGATORS (Videos)
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/index.asp

PHOTOS: Best and Worst Historic Sites Rated
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/photogalleries/best-worst-historic-sites-photos/index.html

Space Expectations [Slide Show]
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=space-expectations-von-braun

Candidate Roman Catholic Saints
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/1,28804,1850894_1850895,00.html

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