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Scientists map woolly mammoth's DNA - Charleston Daily Mail


WASHINGTON -- Scientists for the first time have unraveled much of the genetic code of an extinct animal, the ice age's woolly mammoth, and with it they are thawing Jurassic Park dreams. Their groundbreaking achievement has them contemplating a once ...


19 Nov 2008

'Bible's Buried Secrets' Presents Nothing New, Says Scholar - Christian Post


A two-hour documentary that claims to have “new discoveries that shake the foundation of biblical archaeology” presented nothing new, says at least one Bible expert. “In sum, the program was well done and well illustrated,” commented Dr ...


19 Nov 2008

Tiny primate rediscovered 80 years after it was thought to be extinct - Daily Mail


On a misty mountaintop on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists have observed one of the planet's smallest and rarest primates - 80 years after it was thought to have become extinct. The pygmy tarsier is a mouse-sized big-eyed animal that ...


19 Nov 2008

New penguin species found in New Zealand - Science Centric


Australian and New Zealand researchers have used ancient DNA from penguin fossils to make a startling discovery that may change the way we view species extinctions. A team from the University of Adelaide, the University of Otago and Canterbury Museum ...


19 Nov 2008

God of mystery Gaps in our Apollo's history make it a focus of debate ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer Blog


When federal agents raided four museums in Los Angeles last month to seize artworks allegedly involved in smuggling, it raised a natural question. Could the Cleveland Museum of Art be next? If so, one artwork would have to be considered a prime ...


19 Nov 2008

Louvre halts bid to borrow statue Cleveland artwork was stolen, Greeks ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer Blog


Under the threat of a boycott from Greece, the Louvre Museum in Paris has withdrawn a request to the Cleveland Museum of Art to borrow and exhibit an ancient bronze statue of Apollo, which Greece believes may have been illegally acquired. Timothy Rub ...


19 Nov 2008

US museum to return looted art to Italy (AP via Yahoo! News)


YAHOO - US museum to return looted art to Italy (AP via Yahoo! News)A U.S. museum will return 14 ancient treasures ranging from Etruscan jewelry to a Medieval cross that authorities say were looted or stolen from Italy.


19 Nov 2008

'New' Penguin Species In New Zealand Found Using Ancient DNA From Fossils (Science Daily)


YAHOO - Australian and New Zealand researchers have used ancient DNA from penguin fossils to make a startling discovery that may change the way we view species extinctions.


19 Nov 2008

Cleveland Museum of Art strikes deal with Italy to return 14 ancient artworks (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)


YAHOO - Cleveland Museum of Art strikes deal with Italy to return 14 ancient artworks (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)In the first agreement of its kind between the Cleveland Museum of Art and a foreign government, the museum today agreed to return 14 artworks to Italy after officials proved the objects had been illegally excavated or exported.


19 Nov 2008

Ancient turtle discovered on Skye (BBC News)


YAHOO - Ancient turtle discovered on Skye (BBC News)The earliest turtles to live in water have been discovered on - and named after - the Scottish island of Skye.


19 Nov 2008

Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Oceans (SpaceDaily)


YAHOO - Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Oceans (SpaceDaily)An international team of scientists who analyzed data from the Gamma Ray Spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey reports new evidence for the controversial idea that oceans once covered about a third of ancient Mars. "We compared Gamma Ray Spectrometer data on potassium, thorium and iron above and below a shoreline believed to mark an ancient ocean that covered a third of Mars' surface ...


18 Nov 2008

13:44 (BST), 18/11/2008 GO!View Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS For Immediate Release From ancient civilisations ... (gamesindustry.biz)


YAHOO - 13:44 (BST), 18/11/2008 GO!View Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS For Immediate Release From ancient civilisations ... (gamesindustry.biz)From ancient civilisations to the world’s greatest air battles, GO!VIEW now brings PSP™ users some of the most interesting stories in history with programming from The History Channel.


18 Nov 2008

GEARFUSE » Ancient Vampire Killing Kit Sells Big


Ancient Vampire Killing Kit Sells Big. By Vince Veneziani; November 19, 2008; Comments (0). Filed under: Hardware, Internet. This is some cool shit right here. A real vampire-killing kit from the 1800s has sold at auction for $15000. ...


19 Nov 2008

New Evidence of Ancient Oceans on Mars | 80beats | Discover Magazine


Space | New data from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter supports the long-debated theory that Mars once (or twice) had vast frozen oceans on its surface. The location of cer.


19 Nov 2008

Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Ancient Remains, Contemporary Politics


You'd think that the whole issue is rather farcical: why would ancient findings be relevant to the politics of the modern world, after all, aren't we rational pragmatists who can't be bothered by primordial myths and legends? ...


19 Nov 2008

Global Voices Online » Uzbekistan: Khiva, the ancient town


Akmal writes a story about ancient Uzbek city Khiva, “a fascinating place - one of the world’s largest open air museums.” # · KZBlog reports that in another move to expand the ruling Nur Otan Party's control over Kazakhstan’s politics ...


19 Nov 2008

Archaeologists find ancient babies’ beakers in Sicilian necropolis ...


Among the most exciting finds are skeletons of newborn babies placed inside funerary amphorae along with the ancient version of babies’ beakers, namely small terracotta vases equipped with spouts to function as feeding bottles. ...


18 Nov 2008

Vampires N' Things: Ancient Vampire Killing Kit Sells For 15K


An authentic vampire-killing kit from the s has sold for a whopping in an auction this week The kit contains.


18 Nov 2008