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Wolves Of Alaska Became Extinct 12,000 Years Ago, Scientists Report
July 4, 2007 The ancient gray wolves of Alaska became extinct some 12,000 years ago, and the wolves in Alaska today are not their descendents but a different subspecies, an international team of scientists ... > full story -
Egypt's Lost Queen: First Identification Of A Pharaoh Found In The Valley Of The Kings Since King Tut
June 28, 2007 Archaeologists in Egypt have unveiled a 3,500-year-old mummy now positively identified as Hatshepsut, one of history's few female pharaohs. Using computed tomography (CT) scanning and ongoing DNA ... > full story -
Tasmanian Tiger Extinction Mystery
June 26, 2007 Could the world-fabled Tasmanian Tiger have survived beyond its reported extinction in the late 1930s? Australian researchers hope to find out by extracting and analyzing DNA from animal droppings ... > full story -
Demonic Possession And Miraculous Healing
June 25, 2007 Latest research into health in medieval Europe -- taking in everything from demonic possession to miracles of healing -- is to be revealed at the University of ... > full story -
Archaeologists Discover Gold Processing Center On The Nile
June 19, 2007 Archaeologists have discovered a gold processing center along the middle Nile, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500 B.C. The center, along with a cemetery ... > full story -
Ancient Etruscans Were Immigrants From Anatolia, Or What Is Now Turkey
June 16, 2007 The long-running controversy about the origins of the Etruscan people appears to be very close to being settled once and for all, according to a leading geneticist. He describes strong evidence that ... > full story -
Ancient Rome Rebuilt Digitally
June 11, 2007 Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni will officiate at the first public viewing of "Rome Reborn 1.0," a 10-year project to use advanced technology to digitally rebuild ancient Rome. An international team of ... > full story -
2008 World Monuments Watch List Of 100 Most Endangered Sites
June 9, 2007 Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites was recently announcedby the World Monuments Fund This year's list highlights three critical man-made threats: political conflict, unchecked urban and ... > full story -
West African Ocean Sediment Core Links Monsoons To Global Climate Evolution
May 31, 2007 Monsoons, the life-giving, torrential rains of Asia and Africa, have an ancient, unsuspected connection to previous Ice Age climate cycles, according to scientists at the University of California, ... > full story -
Anthropologist Discovers Ancient Tomb In Honduras
May 31, 2007 Anthropologists have found a previously unknown tomb in Copán, Honduras, dating back to the 7th century A.D. that contained the skeleton of an elite member of ancient Maya society in the city. ... > full story
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