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document.write('<TD width=100% BGCOLOR=FFCC00><FONT FACE=Verdana SIZE=2 COLOR=000000><B>The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map</B></FONT></TD></TR>');
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document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Northamerica</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">08/02/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>13,000 Native American artifacts stolen from Southern Illinois refuge</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413806" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>Thousands of Native American artifacts were stolen then sold for profit. An Illinois man has been convicted of not only stealing those artifacts, but causing devastating damage to the Cypress Creek Wildlife Refuge where he found them.  The Southern Illinois refuge, two hours from St. Louis, is prote ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Northamerica</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">07/02/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>US Military Veterans Working on Archaeological Project</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413805" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>U.S. military veterans are sorting through a massive government archaeological collection that has been neglected for decades, with the hope of archiving the stone tools, arrows and American Indian beads that were found beneath major public works projects.  The collection dates to the 1930s, when th ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Events</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">03/02/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>The Fifth Megalithomania Conference, May 8th - 9th, Glastonbury</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413804" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>Hugh Newman writes: A lot has been happening since the sad passing of John Michell and last year\'s conference. From discoveries of megaliths and unusual earthworks in Ukraine and the news that the ‘Garden of Eden’ has been unearthed in the middle-east, the last conference helped unlock some remarkab ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Tv</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">02/02/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>Forthcoming archaeology programmes on BBC Radio 4</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413803" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>Mike Pitts let me know of the following three programmes he made, coming up on BBC Radio 4, the first being: In Pursuit of Treasure  Sunday 7 Feb, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4  Archaeologist and broadcaster Mike Pitts delves into the sometimes murky  world of the metal detector, from harmless amateur histor ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Photography</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">02/02/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>Megaliths; visiting ancient Britain and Ireland, a book for Japanese readers</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413802" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>Aska has let us know about the first comprehensive book about megaliths of Britiain and Ireland to be published in Japan. I got on to the author Hideharu, who was keen to tell us about his book: "My first trip to the British Isles was in 1993 to Ireland. Next, to Scotland in 1998 and I was very much ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Recentdisc</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">30/01/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>Evidence of Ancient Amazon Civilization Uncovered</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413801" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>As a result of the deforestation of the Amazon basin, a startling discovery has been made. Hidden from view for centuries, the vast archaeological remains of an unknown, ancient civilization have been found. ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Recentdisc</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">24/01/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>Stable climate and plant domestication linked</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413800" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>Sustainable farming and the introduction of new crops relies on a relatively stable climate, not dramatic conditions attributable to climate change. Argument based on evolutionary, ecological, genetic and agronomic considerations, demonstrates why climate change is not the likely cause of plant dome ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Archaeology</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">24/01/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>Wild Iberian Horses Contributed to Origin of Current Iberian Domestic Stock</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413799" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>The earliest known domestic horses are around 4,600 years old. They were originated in the steppes between modern Ukraine and Kazakhstan.  Using this evidence, two different hypotheses have been suggested:  1) domestic horses spread from this area over the rest of Eurasia;  2) horse domestication oc ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Archaeology</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">24/01/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>Giant cattle to be bred back from extinction</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413798" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>Aurochs were immortalised in prehistoric cave paintings and admired for their brute strength and "elephantine" size by Julius Caesar. But despite their having gone the way of the dodo and the woolly mammoth, there are plans to bring the giant animals back to life. ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="FF0000"><b>Recentdisc</b> :</font>');
document.write('<font FACE=Verdana size="1" color="FF0000">24/01/2010</font>');
document.write('<br><font FACE=Verdana size="2" color="000000"><b>Most British men are descended from ancient farmers</b></font><br>');
document.write('<a href="http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413797" target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Verdana ><b>The first farmers to arrive in Britain outbred the native hunter-gatherer men and have left their mark in modern males\' Y chromosome. Most men in Britain are descended from the first farmers to migrate across Europe from the Near East 10,000 years ago, scientists say. ...</b></font></a></font><br><br>');
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