[Jawlist] Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report 10-24-08

Sat Oct 25 14:28:06 PDT 2008

Good Evening Everyone,

Below is this week's edition.  Enjoy!

Steve Detwiler

Science, Archaeology and Ancient History Weekly Report
October 24, 2008

“Light up the Darkness.” 
I am Legend (The Movie)

News Articles

Paleontology, Evolution and Prehistoric Studies

Prehistoric drug kit is evidence of Stoned Age
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4969360.ece

Volcanoes May Be Original Womb of Life
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081020/sc_livescience/volcanoesmaybeoriginalwomboflife

Rock records dino 'dance floor'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7680444.stm

Study of polar dinosaur migration questions whether dinosaurs were truly the first great migrators
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/uoa-sop102108.php

Fine-feathered dino sported bizarre bird tail
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27324139/

The world's 7 deadliest dinosaurs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23526147

The Christian Man's Evolution: How Darwinism and Faith Can Coexist
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-christian-mans-evolution

Creationists declare war over the brain
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026793.000-creationists-declare-war-over-the-brain.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_mg20026793.000

Russians the first potters on earth?
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=72896&sectionid=3510212

World's Oldest Cooked Cereal Was Instant
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/24/cereal-neolithic.html

Tiny Skull Shows a Dino in Transition to Vegetarianism
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/24/tiny-skull-shows-a-dino-in-transition-to-vegetarianism/

Ancient and General History

Archaeologists rethinking history of 1,000-year-old Alaska village
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/oct/19/archaeologists-rethinking-history-1000-year-old-vi/

U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081020/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_ufo

Airliner had near miss with UFO
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7679145.stm

Oct. 21, 1879: Edison Gets the Bright Light Right
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/10/dayintech_1021

Montpelier and the Legacy of James Madison
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/montpelier.html

Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls?
http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c347_a13745/The_Arts/Museums.html

"Amazing" Rock Art May Revise Australian History Books
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081022-australia-rock-art.html

New archaeological discovery rewrites earliest Chinese characters dating
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/25/content_10248133.htm

Artefacts discovery might lead to lost tribe
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/10/24/asia/OUKWD-UK-PHILIPPINES-ARCHAEOLOGY.php

Archaeology

Archaeologists finish 3-year study of remote canyon
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4552067

Ancient artwork relic discovered in Bangladesh
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1437747.php/Ancient_artwork_relic_discovered_in_Bangladesh_

Unearthing ancient history in Beirut
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20081018-167118/Unearthing-ancient-history-in-Beirut

The treasure trove making waves 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7675866.stm

Japanese researchers unearth world's oldest cremation site in Syria
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20081018p2a00m0na013000c.html

Archaeologists meet in Rome to show off their latest finds and discuss new techniques
http://news.mywebpal.com/partners/680/public/news931113.html

Ancient temples, mural found in Collud-Zarpán's archaeological complex, Lambayeque
http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=ZKG4V7jAo+4=

Bronze age 'treasure' found at gravel site
http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/articles/1/5891

Program Allows Virtual Tour of Ancient Roman Cologne
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,584005,00.html

Megalithic burial sites found
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nagpur/Megalithic_burial_sites_found/articleshow/3616745.cms

The World's First Temple
http://www.archaeology.org/0811/abstracts/turkey.html

Andrew Curry on "The World's First Temple?"
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli_tepe_andrew_curry_qa.html

Ancient Spindle with Runes Discovered in Reykjavík
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16567&ew_0_a_id=313919

Sun reveals cross carved into stone slab on St Kilda
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/894698?UserKey=

Archaeologists discover possible Roman site in Northwest Hungary
http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/archaeologis/?cHash=521d920cc0

Amazing Archaeological Discovery in the South of Sakar Mountain
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_802616557

Iranian, Italian archaeologists excavating sites near Persepolis
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=180525

Archaeologists from Mainz University uncover ancient governor's palace in Turkey
http://www.idw-online.de/pages/de/news284370

Archaeologists Find Unique, Early US Relic Of African Worship
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081021120755.htm

Lot could be Confederate graveyard
http://www.scsun-news.com/news/ci_10771819

Amazing Archaeological Discovery in the South of Sakar Mountain
http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_802616557

Bone tool is state’s oldest, archeologists say
http://www.uindy.edu/news/?p=810

Study: Da Vinci Codex old but not moldy (Update)
http://www.physorg.com/news143811439.html

Egyptologists use high-tech software to analyze construction of Great Pyramid
http://www.physorg.com/news143788675.html

Roman columns found on riverbed
http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-10-21_121267535.html

The Man Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Pyramid
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/nov/22-the-man-who-went-up-a-hill-and-came-down-a-pyramid/

Drugs Found in Hair of Ancient Andean Mummies
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081022-drug-mummies.html

Dig at Augustus Temple re-examines remnants of Roman triumphs
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=156584&bolum=100

Novgorod Archeologists Find 12th Century Hoard
http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7280/

Swedish archaeologists find Iron Age wooden artifacts
http://www.thelocal.se/15176/20081023/

Dig at Petersburg's Battersea finds 4,000-year-old artifacts
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-23-0204.html

Greece unearths Neolithic home, household equipment
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=greece-unearths-neolithic

Traces found of long-lost temple hall
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200810240310.html

Ancient cave draws MSU archaeologists to southeast Montana
http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=6402

Clue to medieval church uncovered 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7685803.stm

Archaeologists baffled by tantric varsity
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Patna/Archaeologists_baffled_by_tantric_varsity/articleshow/3630551.cms

Datça to seek return of ancient sculptures
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=156623&bolum=101

Schools, libraries see hundreds of requests to ban books
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-10-22-challengedbooks_N.htm

Britain's 'most important archeological' discovery found in desk drawer
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3242724/Britains-most-important-archeological-discovery-found-in-desk-drawer.html

Boosts for museum, zoo touted as step forward for U.S., Iraq
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-10-24-museum-zoo_N.htm

General Science

Saudi university supercomputer lures researchers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081019/sc_nm/us_saudi_supercomputer;_ylt=Agk9lDdVMihPNrP8X5n4yqIhANEA

Flying Underwater, Staying Dry
http://www.physorg.com/news143731660.html

Ten innovations inspired by nature
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27285982

Physicists find a new state of matter in a 'transistor'
http://www.physorg.com/news143823997.html

Solar Refrigeration: A Hot Idea for Cooling
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=solar-refrigeration

Air Force Makes Push For Drone Operators
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/23/national/main4540269.shtml

Pentagon explores submersible aircraft for commando operations
http://www.physorg.com/news144074195.html

Communications revolution for isolated Pacific nation
http://www.physorg.com/news144071113.html

Physics, Earth and Space Sciences

Lawless China flouted guidelines over space debris
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg20026782.700-lawless-china-flouted-guidelines-over-space-debris.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_mg20026782.700

Astronauts could mix DIY concrete for cheap moon base
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14977-astronauts-could-mix-diy-concrete-for-cheap-moon-base.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news8_head_dn14977

U.S. to study possible space-based defense
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081018/sc_nm/us_missiles_usa_space;_ylt=Ai.ymPmIiJa4jl7L8M_DYPQhANEA

Retired astronaut Bean's art is other worldly
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/19/MN0E13FNVM.DTL&type=science

Ambitious, Expensive, European Mars Rover Gets Postponed
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/ambitious-expensive-european-mars-rover-gets-postponed/

Strange weather on 'hot Jupiters' explained
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27286220/

Congress cancels novel satellite program
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27286093/

Scientist Uses Tracer to Predict Ancient Ocean Circulation
http://www.physorg.com/news143730119.html

Scientists map soils on an extinct American volcano
http://www.physorg.com/news143723517.html

Less ice in the Arctic Ocean 6000-7000 years ago
http://www.physorg.com/news143738391.html

Space tech helps to find natural resources
http://www.physorg.com/news143727120.html

India launches first Moon mission
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7679818.stm

NASA Returns to the Moon with Instruments on Indian Spacecraft
http://www.physorg.com/news143816287.html

India's unmanned moon mission may launch race for lunar landgrab
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/oct/21/spaceexploration-india

‘Dead’ planets might be livable after all
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27312434/

Geobiologists Discover Unique 'Magnetic Death Star' Fossil
http://www.physorg.com/news143818456.html

Robotic ants building homes on Mars?
http://www.physorg.com/news143815934.html

Serendipitous observations reveal rare event in life of distant quasar
http://www.physorg.com/news143820225.html

Sun's protective 'bubble' is shrinking
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3222476/Suns-protective-bubble-is-shrinking.html

Study probes clouds' climate role 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7682836.stm

POSTCARDS FROM SPACE
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/21/1577741.aspx

UN agency publishes first world map of shared aquifers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081022/sc_afp/environmentwaterun_081022180942;_ylt=AnmuhZGHQduflVdctsnx8ZXPOrgF

EU-Mediterranean conference on water set for October 29
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081022/sc_afp/environmentwatereumediterranean_081022164722;_ylt=Ak4dhL0pGsoTTP47NKChDfHPOrgF

Goce gravity flight slips to 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7592689.stm

Designing Computer Therapy For Astronauts
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/24/tech/main4543450.shtml

Space Telescope Sees Starquakes: Vibrations in Distant Stars
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/24/space-telescope-sees-starquakes-vibrations-in-distant-stars/

Disappointing News: No Icy Patches in the Lunar Craters
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/24/disappointing-news-no-icy-patches-in-the-lunar-craters/

Look east to see ghostly Zodiacal Light
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27366555/

Stephen Hawking retiring from prestigious post
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27359713/

Russian spacecraft builder hit by financial crisis
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27359520/

NASA unveils new lunar rover built for endurance
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081025/sc_nm/us_space_rover

Environment, Climate Change and Alternative Energy Sources

Sparse plug-ins for electric cars spark creativity
http://www.physorg.com/news143649638.html

Typhoons bury vast amounts of carbon dioxide at sea
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14982-typhoons-bury-vast-amounts-of-carbon-dioxide-at-sea.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14982

FUSION PROJECTS HANG IN LIMBO
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/20/1572183.aspx

Squeezing more synthetic fuel from abundant supplies of coal
http://www.physorg.com/news143722693.html

Alternative fuels may drain dwindling water supplies
http://www.physorg.com/news143719019.html

Offshore Wind May Power the Future
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=offshore-wind-may-power-the-future

Geoengineering: How to Cool Earth--At a Price
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=geoengineering-how-to-cool-earth

For National Security, Get Off Oil
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=is-oil-a-threat

Today's Alternative Energy
http://www.sciam.com/report.cfm?id=alternative-energy

Methane hydrates: Energy's most dangerous game
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/10/07/f-forbes-naturalgas.html

Scientists to probe fragile Antarctic ice shelf for global sea rise clues
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1078189/Scientists-probe-fragile-Antarctic-ice-shelf-global-sea-rise-clues.html

New Solar Energy Material Captures Every Color Of The Rainbow
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081016132836.htm

Mass. Firm Opens Algae-Growing Greenhouse
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/21/tech/cnettechnews/main4535437.shtml

Electric Eel Cells Inspire Energy Source
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/21/electric-eel-energy.html

Do we need to go nuclear to stay green? 
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14999-do-we-need-to-go-nuclear-to-stay-green--.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news8_head_dn14999

Fish farming in Malawi's dustbowl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7683748.stm

Spain's ex-prime minister blasts 'new religion' of climate change
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081022/sc_afp/spainclimateenvironmentwarmingpolitics_081022212905

Tokyo leader berates countries on climate change
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081022/sc_afp/japanclimatewarming_081022075904;_ylt=AmHh.V47RiPiJ_Jz1Yt6ZWfPOrgF

Carbon project brings sustainable hope to remote tract of Amazon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081022/sc_afp/brazilenvironmentamazon_081022160351;_ylt=Ap5BKG4DVdxQYh_zKMkV1fnPOrgF

"Green" Burial: From Ashes To Reef
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/23/tech/livinggreen/main4540779.shtml

Australia plans electric vehicle network
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081023/sc_afp/australiausautoenvironmentelectric_081023162941;_ylt=Asfvk2Elo3f72R8PEXgGMwPPOrgF

2 greenhouse gases on the rise worry scientists
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2008-10-24-greenhouse-gases_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Scientists dismayed by vanishing of 7 whales
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/25/killer.whales.ap/index.html

Biological, Genetics and Medical Sciences

College Team Creating Anticancer Brew
http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1589720/college_team_creating_anticancer_brew/index.html

The disease legacy of our distant ancestors
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026784.100-the-disease-legacy-of-our-distant-ancestors.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_mg20026784.100

For the Greater Good, Ten Pioneers Will Post Their Genomes on the Internet
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/20/for-the-greater-good-ten-pioneers-give-up-genetic-privacy/

Survey: Nearly 70 percent of public supports embryonic stem cell research
http://www.physorg.com/news143732274.html

'Space invader' DNA infiltrated mammalian genomes
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14992-space-invader-dna-infiltrated-mammalian-genomes.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14992

Scientists enhance immune system attacks on cancer
http://www.physorg.com/news143824648.html

Scientist turns to ink-jet printer for a new heart
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081021/sc_afp/sciencejapantechnologymedicine_081021065115;_ylt=AucmYSUd.Ht0jR85LXYVsrLPOrgF

Thousands volunteer to expose DNA secrets to the world
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn15001-thousands-volunteer-to-expose-dna-secrets-to-the-world.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news6_head_dn15001

Scientists grow mouse prostate from a single cell
http://www.physorg.com/news143901637.html

Egyptian Mummies Yield Earliest Evidence of Malaria
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/10/23/mummies-malaria.html

Experimental Drug May Reverse the Destructive Progress of MS
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/23/experimental-drug-may-reverse-the-destructive-progress-of-ms/

Genome-wide study uncovers an increase of genetic distances towards Northern Europe
http://www.physorg.com/news144038870.html

Other

Research suggests gorillas smarter than previously thought
http://www.physorg.com/news143724330.html

The Future of Food: How Science Will Solve the Next Global Crises.
http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/ff_futurefood_1611

The Hyped Panic Over 'War of the Worlds'
http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=fwn6zpjwm6trlsgy8kjcr6lxrhxffm1w

What Is the Future of Time?
http://discovermagazine.com/2008/nov/21-what-is-the-future-of-time/

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/

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/

BIGFOOT SIGHTING IN RUSSIA? (Video)
http://zeitgeist.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/13/1540113.aspx

Göbekli Tepe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe

6 Blue-Sky Ideas for Revolutionizing the Automobile
http://discovermagazine.com/photos/20-6-blue-sky-ideas-for-revolutionizing-the-automobile/

VIDEO: Ancient Temples Found in Peru
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081020-temple-video-ap.html

Gallery: Shortlisted pictures of unsustainable living
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn15002-gallery-shortlisted-pictures-of-unsustainable-living-.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_dn15002

'Fishbowl' spaceships and giant stars: The week in space
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn15039-week-in-space

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