May 2020 News Headlines
UPDATE May 01 2020 - Good News! Picti is now out of hospital and did not need to go onto a ventilator. She will take a few weeks to recover but is back home. Helen and I are still in lockdown at work in Germany, and John has almost recovered from what was first thought to be nasty flu but is likely to have been Covid-19. He remains to be tested as none available yet.....
The news we can put up will be much reduced but please do keep sending in alerts about news stories so we can make it as good as we possibly can - P & H & J
"Global Cooling Event 4,200 Years Ago Spurred Rice’s Evolution, Spread Across Asia"
NewsWise (USA )
"Evidence suggests prehistorical Iranians migrated to Americas"
Tehran Times (Iran )
"Archaeological findings provide key proof of Chinese civilization origin"
China.Org (China )
"Chemical Analysis Detects Dairy in Hunter-Gatherer Pots"
Archaeology Magazine (USA )
"Bones in a Bulgarian cave prove Homo sapiens came to Europe much earlier"
RFI (France )
"Archaeology shows how ancient African societies managed pandemics"
The Conversation Trust (UK )
"Over 10,000 petroglyphs identified in northwest Iran"
Tehran Times (Iran )
"Archaeology offers clues to pandemic rebounds from the past"
PhysOrg (USA )
"Archaeologists find Neolithic quay near Newgrange"
Irish Central (Ireland )
"From fish to rat: how early humans' tastes changed on long trip to Australia"
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia )
"1,700 Year Old Board Game Found in Early Iron-Age Norwegian Burial Mound"
Sputnik News (Russia )
"Cahokia's rise parallels onset of corn agriculture"
Illinois News Bureau (USA )
"After 12 years, a giant pre-Hispanic jar tells its story"
Mexico News Daily (Mexico )
"Over 10,000 Extremely Rare Relics Unearthed From Ming Battlefield"
Ancient Origins (Australia )
"Oshnavieh, an archaeologist’s paradise"
Tehran Times (Iran )
"The Grand Egyptian Museum receives 42 pieces of Khufu's second ship"
Egypt Today (Egypt )
"Was history's greatest fossil fraudster a Lewes solicitor?"
The Argus (England )
"COVID-19 Burial Reveals Ancient Skeleton, Artifacts In Iran"
Radio Farda (Iran )
"During tough times, ancient ‘tourists’ sought solace in Florida oyster feasts"
Heritage Daily (UK )
"Drones aid exploration of buried, pre-Hispanic settlements in Michoacán"
Mexico News Daily (Mexico )
"Archaeologists discover 3,600-yr-old Egyptian teenage mummy littered with bridal jewelry"
IB Times (Singapore )
"Archaeologists unearth secret tunnel at Østerport Station"
The Copenhagen Post (Denmark )
"The Hittites' fast war chariots threatened mighty Egypt"
National Geographic (USA )
April 2020 News Headlines
UPDATE April 01 2020 - As Helen and I are working in Frankfurt and cannot get back to UK until Covid-19 pandemic infection controls are lifted. Picti has developed a nasty cold and is being tested in the next few days. Helen and I are in lockdown in our offices and are all OK.
The news we can put up will be much reduced from that in previous years, but please do keep sending in alerts about news stories and they will be put up whenever possible - Polly
"Israeli Archaeologists Find Hidden Pattern at ‘World’s Oldest Temple’ Göbekli Tepe"
Ha'aretz (Israel )
"Unearthed Ancient British chieftain and probable shaman reveal secrets about old burial rituals"
The Independent (UK )
"Ancient tomb uncovered in Central Link works to be moved 10m"
Malta Today (Malta )
"Study Suggests Tooth Shapes Can Track Genetic Relationships"
Archaeology Magazine (USA )
"Archaeological survey aims to spotlight cultural sequence in northwestern Iran"
Tehran Times (Iran )
"New Site Identified For Battlefield Of Hannibal’s First Great Victory"
Ancient Origins (Australia )
"ASI officials wary of large number of snakes, scorpions in Golconda fort post-lockdown"
The New Indian Express (India )
"Diverse livelihoods helped resilient Levänluhta people survive a climate disaster"
Heritage Daily (UK )
"Prehistoric Peoples of the Baltic Had Oddly Broad Cuisines"
Ha'aretz (Israel )
"Historic haul of Australian amber fossils includes ants, spiders and fornicating flies"
ABC Science News (Australia )
"Iranian Archaeologists Discover Ancient Bas-Relief in West"
Tasnim News Agency (Iran )
"Ancient Britons didn't eat hares or chickens -- they venerated them"
WRAL (USA )
"Who lived near Pömmelte, the 'German Stonehenge'?"
Deutsche Welle (Germany )
"Fossilised seal tooth found on Portland beach reveals fate of Australia's 'true' seals"
ABC News (Australia )
"Royal tombs untouched by grave robbers"
The Korean Times (South Korea )
"Amazonian crop domestication began at least 10,000 years ago"
UPI (USA )
"EUS returns two seized statues to Kingdom"
The Phnom Pehn Post (Cambodia )
"Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications"
Nature (UK )
"Egypt launches virtual tours of archaeological sites amid COVID-19 outbreak"
Daily Sabah (Turkey )
"Skull of a toddler is the oldest known fossil of the earliest human, Homo erectus"
ABC Science News (Australia )
"Modern humans, Neanderthals share a tangled genetic history, study affirms"
Science Daily (USA )
"Archaeologist casts new light on ancient people of western Mexico"
Mexico Daily News (Mexico )
"Revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past"
PhysOrg (USA )
"Göbekli Tepe, Birth of Civilization and Religion"
Ancient Origins (Australia )
"Exploring ideology on a Pictish carved stone"
Current Archaeology (UK )
"Hawass: New antiquities' website is Egypt’s gift to the world"
Egypt Today (Egypt )
"A Genome Study Has Caught Humans And Neanderthals Having Lots of Sex All Over Eurasia"
Science Alert (USA )
"Yemen’s Houthis: Saudi coalition destroyed 475 archaeological sites"
Middle East Monitor (Yemen )
"Ingeniously Engineered ‘Watercourts’ Fueled Florida’s Calusa Kingdom"
Ancient Origins (Australia )
"Mysterious ancient ritual site dating back 5000 years discovered in Iraq"
The Express (UK )
"Istanbul's Rezan Has Museum presents 44 archaeological artifacts in 3D"
Daily Sabah (Turkey )
"The Antikythera Mechanism Research Project"
Cardiff/Athens Universites (Cymru/Greece )
[In October 1900, Captain Dimitrious Kondos was leading a team of sponge divers near the the island of Antikythera off the coast of Greece. They noticed a shipwreck about 180 feet below the surface and began to investigate. Amongst the artifacts that they brought up was a coral-encrusted piece of metal that later archaeologists found was some sort of gear wheel.
letter , and another paper about the mechanism was published in 2008 , detailing the findings of Prof. Mike G. Edmunds of Cardiff University. Using high-resolution X-ray tomography to study the fragments of the anomalous Antikythera Mechanism, they found that it was in fact a bronze mechanical analog computer that could be used to calculate the astronomical positions and various cycles of the Moon - as seen from the Earth: - Ed]
Part of the Antikythera Mechanism
Copyright © 2006
2000-year-old analog computer recreated
VIDEO
More Antikythera Mechanism Information & Commentary:
"Human Skeleton Found on Famed Antikythera Shipwreck"
Scientific American (USA )
"Scientists decipher purpose of mysterious astronomy tool made by ancient Greeks"
CBC News (Canada )
"Beyond the Antikythera mechanism"
Nature Blogs (UK )
"Archimedes’ legendary sphere brought to life"
Nature News (UK )
"Discovery about the Antikythera Mechanism reveals surprising advances in early Greek science"
University of Puget Sound (USA )
"World's oldest computer is more ancient than first thought... "
The Daily Mail Online (UK )
"New international mission ready to explore Antikythera shipwreck"
eKathimerini (Greece )
"Return to Antikythera: Divers revisit wreck where ancient computer found"
The Guardian Science Blog (UK )
"In search of lost time"
Nature (UK )
"World’s First Computer Displayed Olympic Calendar"
Wired Gadget Lab (USA )
"Antikythera Mechanism - World's earliest existing analogue computer"
HotnHit News (India )
"In search of lost time"
Nature (UK )
"Imaging the Antikythera Computer"
Wired Gadget Lab (USA )
"Decoding an Ancient Computer: Greek Technology Tracked the Heavens"
Scientific American (USA )
"2,000 Year Old Computer Yields Her Secrets"
Wired Gadget Lab (USA )
"Watch a video explaining the Antikythera mechanism"
Nature (UK )
"Antikythera mechanism"
Wikipedia (USA )
"World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years"
Wired Gadget Lab (USA )
"Antikythera: A 2,000-year-old Greek computer comes back to life"
The Guardian Science Blog (UK )
Google image search results for The Antikythera mechanism
Google (USA )
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