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Some intriguing discoveries on Skellig Michael, the lump of rock in the Atlantic Ocean offshore of Kerry on which was built an early Christian monastery

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/08/barrow-tombs-of-prehistoric-europe-built-in-bursts/1 ... it seems new dating evidence suggests the megalithic long barrows and passage tombs were built in a burst of activity over a few

At www.redorbit.com August 12th ... there is a news release from Cardiff University saying that archaeologists may have to revise some of the details regarding

Median dynasty architectural remains have been found in Azerbaijan (see www.cais-soas.com/news/ August 11th) ... a joint US/ Azerbaijani team of archaeologists have found remains  dating to the

This was sent in by member Eric Aitchison after he had received the link from Bergen, one of the Chronology members. Bergen posted it in

This story was sent in by Gary Gilligan and is interesting as it represents the problem from an astro-physicist that believes dark energy is real

Archaeologists are examining a cache of talatat blocks stored in Luxor, some 62,000 of them. They have been locked away for some years and only

Pierre Gosselin, on his blog http://pgosselin.wordpress.com August 7th ... discusses a series of tree ring proxies near the Arctic shores of Euroasia which includes the

Actually, we still know very little. The latest bit of archaeological investigation has now come to an end (see BBC News August 6th) and we know

At http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/neanderthal-bedroom-house.html otherwise Discovery News, there is a description in juvenile terminology of the discovery of a separate space set aside in a cave in

At www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/astro/almagestephemeris_main.htm is a web page with Java Script calendar and ephemeris modules for calculating geocentric luni-solar and planetary positions for an arbitrary calendar date

At www.physorg.com/print200237328. html there is a report on a geological study into the formation of the Himalayas, the movement of the Indian plate into the

www.physorg.com/print200224571.html once again, and a paper in Conservation Letters says 45 per cent of plants and animals making up the rainforest habitat will remain intact

At www.physorg.com/print200224981.html physicists use an offshoot of string theory to describe the puzzling behaviour of super conductors - material that conducts electricity without resistance. Published in

At www.physorg.com/print200126874.html there is a claim that the evolution of kangaroos was intricately tied to Australian climate change - but suitably confined to millions of

The story is reported in The Scotsman (but see also http://news.scotsman.com/news/Neolithic-stone-network-found-on.6454132.jp ) stones painted with patterns such as zigzags and chevrons have been found in

At www.physorg.com/print200123247.html ... a paper in Geophysical Research Letters (Aug 6th) claims that Saturn's aurora, a low ultraviolet glow which illuminates the upper atmosphere near

At www.physorg.com/print200126122.html (see also www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ ) is about a connection between lightning (electricity in the atmosphere) and hurricane intensification. NASA are now peering inside storms

'The Spacecraft fly-by mystery - is dark matter the culprit or is there new physics waiting to be discovered?' is another headline grabber from Casey

www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Extracts-of-Cyrus-Cylinder-found-in-China/ (see News section if story unavailable) ... it seems a British Museum curator, Irving Finkel, has identified a cuneiform text inscribed on horse bones found