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At www.livescience.com/61989-famed-archaeologist-created-fakes.html ... we are told that James Mellaart faked several of his finds at Catal Huyuk and may even have had a forgers workshop

   ... The thin ribbon of purple light can be seen with the green aurora in the background - apparently some distance behind the purple

At https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/megiddo-armageddon-dna-royal... ... an undisturbed tomb near a Bronze Age palace has been unearthed at Megiddo. The city dominated a strategic pass on a major

At https://phys.org/print440153496.html ... scientists say they have solved the mysteroy as to why comets emit x-rays. Comets are regarded as cold objects whilst x-rays are

The existence of shale oil and gas in rocks of different periods must have an origin somewhere in the natural world - unless it is

At https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/astronomers-discover-galaxies... ... Astronomers discover that galaxies spin like clockwork, and are in tune with each other. Regardless of whether a galaxy is big or

At https://phys.org/print439805896.html ... core samples taken from the Mediterranean Sea at three different locations in the Gulf of Corinth provide a record of complex change

We now have evidence of water in diamonds - as an inclusion. This is said to be a pointer to water rich regions in the

William also sent in this link - www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nasa-astronaut-spent-space-now-different-dna-twi... ... NASA used astronaut Scott Kelly and his twin brother in  a space experiment - in order

William sent in this link - www.space.com/39942-africa-blob-earth-magnetic-flip.html ... via www.yahoo.com/news/m/3c650b63-eaf4-3a81-98b7-774fdfd5725b/ss_an-electro-... ... an electro magnetic blob under Africa may be telling us a flip in the

William sent in this link - www.yahoo.com/tech/super-deep-diamond-discovery-sheds-light-inner-workin... ... a large diamond dug up in South Africa contains calcium silicate perovskite trapped inside - a mineral

Jovan sent in the link https://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/three-skeleton... ... which concerns the destruction layer of Late Bronze Age Gezer, Human bones have been found in the fiery

Robert sent in this link ... https://crev.info/2018/03/earth-magnetic-field-still-decaying/ ... Robert suspects that instead of a young earth scenario the Earth's orbit may have recently changed -

A crack in Earth's magnetic field this morning and bang, the solar wind drops in ... leaving us with this    ... courtesy of http://spaceweather.com

Robert sent in this link - https://astronomynow.com/2018/03/07/new-juno-findings-amaze-scientists-s... ... The spacecraft Juno has come up with data that have surprised scientists. Robert comments, both Jupiter and

William sent in this link. I assume it will pop up elsewhere at some time but have not noticed it as yet - go to

At www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/uow-gim030218.php ... we learn that the Gobi Altai mountain range in western Mongolia seems to conflict with the mainstream storyline of the last Ice

At www.q-mag.org/neanderthal-the-painter-and-installation-artist.html ... we have already dealt, last week, with the cave paintings ascribed to Neanderthals, but we now have something just as remarkable -

Link provided by Robertus Maximus. It is the February 2018 newsletter of the AAPG (the Explorer). The piece is written by Keith James a consultant

At http://spaceweather.com (March 2nd 2018) we have a fine image of saucer clouds over Brasilia ....    ... these are pileus clouds. On warm summer