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November 2007
Remains of ancient synagogue with unique mosaic floor found in Galilee
By ThothWeb(ThothWeb)
The synagogue ruins are located at the foot of the Mt. Nitai cliffs overlooking the Sea of Galilee, amidst the remains of a large Jewish village from the Roman-Byzantine period. The first season of excavations there have revealed the ...
The long walk of the salamanders
Nature.com (subscription) - London,England,UK
But researchers studying their ancient history say that these usually unadventurous animals once relocated some 25000 kilometres from America to Asia — and ...
Russian sect continues underground wait for May apocalypse
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
The sect's underground shelter is thought to be well-stocked with food and other supplies. The group's members have also taken petrol and other explosive ...
Stinging jellyfish swarm hits Scotland
Reuters UK - UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Millions of stinging baby jellyfish have been spotted off Scotland just days after another swarm wiped out Northern Ireland's only Salmon ...
Rains bring moth swarm
NEWS.com.au - Australia
Swarms of moths, making the most of ideal breeding conditions after years of drought, have swept into coastal regions and Brisbane. ...
Lightning in the sky fed by underground methane
Spero News - USA
The lightning of the Catatumbo, in the north of the South American continent, is one of the biggest natural regenerators of the atmospheric ozone that ...
Temple Mount discovery leads to dispute in Jerusalem
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Out of deference to Islamic shrines, very little archaeological research has been conducted on the mount. However, underground passageways beneath al-Aqsa
Priests and secularists clash over schoolchildren
RussiaToday - Russia
The story of 30 people from a doomsday cult, who are threatening to kill themselves in an underground bunker in Russia's Penza region, has just fueled the ...
Couple unveils mysteries of ancient Sahara city ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada By LOIS LEGGE Features Writer Centuries of myth and mystery have also enveloped this ancient, faraway place, as legendary as the sun-drenched riches passing .
Ancient mystery in the Yorkshire Dales
24dash - Hereford,UK
Time detectives are trying to unravel the mystery of horses bones found buried in some lime kilns discovered in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. ..
Ancient Ones Of Beef Basin
Off-Road Magazine - USA
An even more perplexing mystery is: Why? Why did an entire civilization simply vanish without a trace? Among Indian tribes, there are numerous creation ...
Mormons, Mayans and Mystery
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... the Members of a Book Of Mormon Tour group as they stop for a visit in the villiage of El Caoba Flores, on their way to visit the ancient city of Tikal. ...
Scientist seeks to understand nuclear reactions on stars deep ...
Black Hills Pioneer - Spearfish,SD,USA
"That's where going underground helps, because you shield out all of the cosmic rays that ordinarily bathe all of us in a natural sea of radiation all the ...
VENEZUELA: Lightning in the Sky Fed by Underground Methane
IPS - Italy
By Humberto Márquez* CONGO MIRADOR, Venezuela, Nov 17 (IPS/IFEJ) - A red, yellow and orange flash illuminates a slice of the sky and Lake Maracaibo in ...
Archaeologists dig Jiroft for more inscriptions
Tehran Times - Iran
Many ancient ruins and interesting artifacts have been retrieved by archaeologists from the ancient site of Jiroft, which is known as the "archeologists ...
Ancient Maya elite binged on big game, loved furs
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... said Emery, who examined close to 80000 samples of animal bones discarded in ancient garbage dumps around excavated ruins in Guatemala, Mexico, ...
Ruins shed new light on Roman Jerusalem
MSNBC - USA
... to link the central Cardo thoroughfare with a bathhouse and with a bridge to the Temple Mount, once the site of Jerusalem's ancient Jewish temple. ...
Marvels of the Maya
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
During a visit to the Yucatán in May, guided tours of the sacred ruins could be heard in several languages. Visitors were amazingly quiet as tour guides ...
Ruins of ancient city discovered in China
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Beijing, Nov 16 (ANI): A hitherto unknown ancient city has been discovered near the city of Chongging in China. Sitting atop a mountain in the Shilongman ...
'Glow' reveals opals underground
ABC Online - Australia
Researchers say they have found a way to dramatically improve the process of finding opals in the ground. The researchers say they have discovered that ...
Clues to a weighty mystery in Egypt
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Ancient illustrations show the Egyptians relied on the Nile to transport their enormous stone obelisks, floating the carved monuments to their destinations ...
Discovery might rewrite history of Spaniards in Georgia
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
It and four other beads, plus two ancient slivers of iron, may prompt historians to reconsider the presence of Spaniards in Georgia five centuries ago. ...
Volcanoes could have caused dinosaur deaths
MSNBC - USA
The prime suspect in this ancient murder mystery is an asteroid or comet impact, which left a vast crater at Chicxulub on the coast of Mexico. ...
NASA and the Hindu concept of Time.
Kerala Online - Kerala,India
... driven by an as yet unexplained "dark energy". According to them, the current model of the Universe starts with a Big Bang, a mighty explosion of space,
Space Particles to 'X-Ray' Hidden Pyramids
Discovery Channel - USA
Physicist Roy Schwitters and his colleagues at the University of Texas, Austin, hope to find chambers hidden in underground temples built by the Mayans at a ...
Between a mountain and the Mediterranean 'Ancient Phaselis'
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
The extensive ruins are littered across a pretty rocky promontory punctured by three natural harbors, with splendid views across the deep blue water of the ...
Secret Messages of the Ancient
Javno.hr - Zagreb,Croatia
Perhaps the greatest mystery is that the pyramids are standing even today. We are not talking about the destruction of war, but the incredible fact that the
Headless skeletons reveal secrets of ancient islanders
Kazinform - Astana,Kazakhstan
Professor Glenn Summerhayes, head of archaeology at Otago University in New Zealand, agreed the arrangement was a mystery, Kazinform quotes National ...
Modern technology helps unlock ancient secrets
abc13.com - Houston,TX,USA
By Christi Myers (11/05/07 - KTRK/HOUSTON) - It's been a mystery since the time of Christ -- a tiny mummy now at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. ...
Carl Welser: Nothing devilish about Hallowe'en
Livingston Daily - Livingston,MI,USA
... the three-headed dog that guarded the gates of Hades in ancient Greek mythology. Surely some are left wondering whether there is more humor than mystery ...
Hohokam canals remain a mystery
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
I know the ancient Hohokam built the canals that our present-day systems are based on, but how did they manage to engineer all those gravity-fed canals?
Plan 9 from outer space
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Throughout the 1950s CIA files clearly document an explosion of activity by US intelligence and military bodies concerned with studying every possible
Swarm of bees kills man in Asia
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Phnom Penh - Cambodian children throwing rocks at a bee hive accidentally incited an angry swarm which attacked a group of nearby farmers, killing one man ...
Opium And Marijuana Research Go Underground
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The Biosecure Underground Growth Chamber is in a mine owned by Hudson Bay Smelting & Mining Co. Ltd. Facchini says it is a superb venue for his research. ...
Invasion of the fire ants
Paris News - Paris,TX,USA
For now, local residents should be aware those fire ant mounds are only there until the cold weather forces the ants back underground. ...
COMPUTER SCIENTIST FORGES NEW LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST MALICIOUS ...Wisbusiness.com - Madison,WI,USA
That feature has allowed botnets to grow exponentially online, with millions of infected computers bought and traded on an underground market that one ...
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