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News Briefs 13-03-2006

Grab yourself a shovel and a tinfoil hat.

  • The first settlers on Easter Island didn’t arrive until 1200 AD, up to 800 years later than previously thought, according to new research. Better late than never.
  • Here’s another article on the Easter Island controversy, with a bit more information. Aloha!
  • Does anyone remember the ruins of an ancient civilisation discovered in a remote eastern Utah canyon almost two years ago? Here’s a reminder.
  • Also in late 2004, ancient Mayan canals were possibly spotted in satellite images. Here’s an update.
  • DNA taken from the remains of Christopher Columbus’ brother and son support the claim that bone fragments in Seville belong to the legendary explorer.
  • Could this be the next Dan Brown character? The dirt detective who tracks down missing artifacts pillaged and plundered from archaeological digs.
  • The Association of Art Museum Directors has released new guidelines for the loan of antiquities. The British Museum accidentally deleted the email as spam.
  • Here are photographs of three Inca artifacts the Peruvian government wants Yale University to return.
  • Speaking of directors, Zahi Hawass was interviewed about the research of King Tut he hijacked.
  • Whilst Zahi was getting ready for the cameras, Egyptologists discovered 3400-year-old statues of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet.
  • Buddhist texts found in Afghanistan in the 1990s, and recently translated by an Australian researcher, are the oldest ever found, illuminating the early history of Buddhism.
  • The Nepali boy claimed to be a reincarnation of Buddha has gone missing after a mysterious fire. Hrmm, coincides with the release of the Xbox 360…
  • Everyone except Richard Hoagland is celebrating the successful deployment of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will map the red planet like no other satellite has ever done (probably because they all crashed).
  • Is an anomaly on a satellite image of Mt Ararat that of Noah’s Ark, or the boy who thought he could fly?
  • NASA’s Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water on Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
  • Dark energy and dark matter may be two sides of the same coin, according to a new theory. What about three sides?
  • A UFO that looked like a shining silver pyramid was seen over Putney, UK.
  • A UFO seen over Ayutthaya in Thailand recently may have just been a meteor.
  • Does shared serpent symbolism reveal a mythological link between China and Australia — or a hallucinogenic one?
  • A repost of a Jameske news link, because it’s a brilliant article: the dark side of China’s economic boom. Are dragons grumpy when they wake up?
  • A bit of monkey magic, as stone eggs are born on Chan Dan Ya, a mountain cliff in Guizhou China, every 30 years.
  • From Cryptomundo, Nick Redfern investigates Scottish werewolf sightings. Has anyone heard from Cernig lately?
  • Let’s stay in bonny Scotland for a wee bit, and investigate the spine-tingling case of the Loch Lomond wallabies. Thankfully they’re the furry kind, and not Australian rugby players.
  • If you don’t want to go to Scotland just to see Australian fauna, then how about a wee monster tour starting with Loch Ness?
  • Which of the 52 cards in a standard set of playing cards is referred to as the Curse of Scotland … and why?
  • A species of rat-squirrel thought extinct for 11-million-years has been found alive and well (but annoyed it’s been found) in Laos.
  • Employees at Tyco Electronics (which I suspect is a front for a secret genetic manipulation lab) has taken photos of a mystery fox/wampus cat/dingo/kangaroo thing. With pics.
  • Perhaps we should have the TDG awards. A Bulgarian mystic has been decorated with a state award for his supernatural powers and charity efforts.
  • The Da Vinci Code: fact, fiction or tourism conspiracy?
  • A New Zealand journalist sits in on the Da Vinci Code court case, and writes his account of the proceedings. Very flattering photos of Brown and Baigent included.
  • In case Kat hasn’t told you already, the dvd of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire sold 5 million copies on its first day of release. Where’d you get all the cash from, Kat?

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There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Shakespeare

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