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Breaking News! is predominantly advance "gleanings" from the NEARA
Transit, abstracted by Ros Strong, with additional items from Susie Thompson and Terry J. Deveau. The NEARA Transit is a twice
yearly NEARA publication of archaeological
news and abstracts.
Suggestions and comments welcome: Email Terry J.
Deveau.
Ancient
pyramid found in central Mexico City
December 28, 2007
First
map to mention America goes on permanent display in US
December 13, 2007
Tamil
Brahmi script in Egypt
December 3, 2007
Strange medallion found
in Antigua, West Indies
November 13, 2007
Ancient temple and mural
unearthed in Peru
November 11, 2007
Norwegian
rune stone deciphered
October 5, 2007
Stone cairns in Nipsachuck Woods, RI, a complex issue for developers
August 15, 2007
Enigmatic Stone Holes of
South Dakota
July 27, 2007
Incan bones
found in Østfold, Norway
June 26, 2007
First Chickens in Americas
Were Brought From Polynesia
June 5, 2007
Ancient Rhode Island
Burial and Memorial Site Threatened
May 18, 2007
Stone cairns under
investigation in Nipsachuck Woods, RI
April 15, 2007
Paper
challenges 1491 Amazonian population theories
March 6, 2007
Gilbert Stuart
birthplace displays “Leaching Stone”
March 3, 2007
Peruvian
citadel from 400 BC is site of ancient solar observatory (Connecticut researchers claim it is the oldest in the Americas. We
need to invite them to a NEARA meeting and a tour of Mystery Hill.)
March 1, 2007
More Norse sites claimed
to have been found in Newfoundland
February 28, 2007
New
C14 dates restrict Clovis culture time window
February 22, 2007
Minnesota
artifacts could date up to 15,000 BP.
February 14, 2007
5000-year-old
skeletons discovered in an embrace
February 12, 2007
5,000
year old mounds under study in Louisiana
February 7, 2007
New research on
navigation using birefringent crystals
February 7, 2007
Neolithic site
found near England's Stonehenge
January 30, 2007
Deciphering
of earliest Semitic text
January 23, 2007
Lecture explores
Newport Tower's origins
January 23, 2007
A
new study proposed for the Upton Chamber
January 21, 2007
Ancient Weapons Discovered in
Syrian Ruins
January 16, 2007
Send the
Westford "boat stone" to a lab for forensic investigation?
(including video)
January 15, 2007
Stone
Tools found in Minn. may be 14,000 years old
January 13, 2007
Maine
Petroglyphs Under Study
January 7, 2007
13th
century text hides words of Archimedes
December 26, 2006
Incised slabs from
mounds in Tennessee making news
December 24, 2006
Religious Snake
Carving in Botswana 70,000 Years Old
November 30, 2006
Antikythera Mechanism from c.100 BC was an Astronomical
Computer
November 29, 2006
Ancient
Roman Shipwreck Dazzles Archeologists
November 14, 2006
New edition of
Ptolemy's second century AD "Geography"
September 30, 2006
Archaeological dig planned for Newport
Tower vicinity starting October 15.
September 30, 2006
3000
year old inscription found in Mexico
September 14, 2006
In Memoriam: James W. Mavor, Jr.
August 30, 2006
Neolithic men in
Greece had their own sheds
August 27, 2006
Vandalism
damages 1500 year old Arctic petroglyphs.
August 26, 2006
Remains
of Jacques Cartier settlement of 1541 unearthed.
August 22, 2006
No
Chinese settlement on Cape Breton Island say archaeologists after visiting
the claimed site
July 27, 2006
Town of Upton to vote on
purchase of chamber site
July 14, 2006
New Astronomical
Alignments Found
July 4, 2006
Archaeologists
to investigate near Newport Tower
June 22, 2006
Origins
of agriculture pushed back to 11,000 BP, and more widespread.
June 18, 2006
Solstice
alignment found at Welsh Bryn Celli Dhu chamber
June 18, 2006
New Rock Art News BLOG
— and an International Cupule Conference
June 17, 2006
Opportunity to visit Oak
Island
June 14, 2006
Web site and book launch
for claimed Chinese settlement in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
May 2, 2006
Stone celt found in southern India with Indus script on it.
May 1, 2006
Were
North American mammoths and other mammals killed off by humans 12,000 years
ago?
May 1, 2006
The
eruption of Santorini now dated about a century
earlier than previously thought.
April 28, 2006
Article
scorns report of Bosnian pyramids. (also here)
April 27, 2006
Kennewick
Man Skeletal Find May Revolutionize Continent's History
April 26, 2006
New treasure hunt may
begin on Oak Island in a few months.
April 25, 2006
Personified disk
unearthed at 4,000 year old temple in Peru
April 25, 2006
Archaeologist:
people were at South Carolina's Topper site 50,000 BP. (also here
and here)
April 24, 2006
Japanese researchers find new
giant picture on Peru's Nazca Plateau (scroll down
to the bottom)
April 20, 2006
Gloria
Farley honored by Oklahoma State Senate
April 18, 2006
Three ancient pyramids discovered in
Bosnia. (also here, here, here,
here, and here)
April 14, 2006
Were Polynesians in California
before Columbus?
April 6, 2006
Chinese
exposition to celebrate the 600th Anniversary of Zheng
He's voyages (1405-1433 AD)
April 5, 2006
Trove of
Sumerian tablets found dating to 2700-2100 BC
March 28, 2006
Public presentation on
research of ancient Chinese explorations
March 23, 2006
Who Were
The First Americans?
March 13, 2006
Century-old Columbus mystery
nearly solved
March 10, 2006
World's
oldest ship timbers found in Egyptian desert
March 6, 2006
Norumbega
Reconsidered: Mawooshen and the Wawenoc
Diaspora
March 2, 2006
"Kelp
Highway" finding lends strength to the coastal migration theory
February 19, 2006
Did first Americans come from
Europe?
February 19, 2006
NASA,
University Scientists Uncover Lost Maya Ruins -- From Space
February 15, 2006
Newly discovered
French prehistoric cave art may be 27,000 years old
February 6, 2006
Vikings
Filed Their Teeth, Skeleton Study Shows
February 3, 2006
Evidence
of earliest African slaves brought to new world
January 31, 2006
Sunken
Warship from 1694 sets off a new Mediterranean battle
January 28, 2006
Newfound
Ancient Chinese map of America: a fake?
(also here
— scroll down for English)
January 26, 2006
Neandertals were good hunters
January 25, 2006
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