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POWER A Launches Line of Officially Licensed Nintendo DSi XL(TM) Accessories

April 3, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

WOODINVILLE, WA, Apr 02 (MARKET WIRE) —
POWER A, the consumer products division of Bensussen Deutsch &
Associates, Inc. (BDA), today announced the launch of a line of branded
accessories that are specially designed to match the new, larger Nintendo
DSi XL(TM) game system. Each product is officially licensed by Nintendo
and helps consumers protect, maintain and personalize their new system.

“POWER A has been a long-time partner in producing high quality
third-party accessories for each new launch in our popular Nintendo
DS(TM) line,” said Steve Singer, vice president of licensing for Nintendo
of America. “Licensed POWER A Starter Kits and other accessories extend
the Nintendo brand even further, while allowing new owners to protect and
enjoy their Nintendo DSi XL from day one.”

Available at all key retailers, the new collection of accessories
highlights the portable gaming system’s sleek, grown-up feel with
matching and complementary colors like Burgundy, Dark Brown and Bronze.
The line includes:

– POWER A Starter Kit for Nintendo DSi XL
Start protecting the
Nintendo DSi XL system with this pack of essentials. The Neoprene Case
fully zips around the system and is specifically made to fit the
Nintendo DSi XL. An officially licensed Car Adaptor also works with
the Nintendo DSi(TM) system. Store up to a total of eight Nintendo
DS Game Cards in the two Tri-fold Game Cases. A universal Touch
Stylus, two Replacement Styluses, two Screen Protectors, Stereo
Earbuds and a Cleaning Cloth are also provided. Choose from Burgundy,
Bronze and Black.

– POWER A Ultimate Travel Casefor Nintendo DSi XL
Specifically
designed for the larger footprint of the Nintendo DSi XL, the Ultimate
Travel Case has a full-zip closure and is made of durable EVA material
to keep the system safe and protected. In addition to the style
factor, the case also provides storage for up to eight Nintendo DS
Game Cards and a large interior mesh pocket offers storage for other
accessories (not included). Select a favorite from Silver, Black, or
Burgundy to complement the system colors.

– POWER A Clean & Protect Kit for Nintendo DSi XL
The Clean and
Protect Kit has the tools to protect and maintain the Nintendo DSi XL
system for optimal game play. The kit includes one Game Storage Case
that holds up to four Nintendo DS Game Cards, one Touch Stylus, one
Replacement Stylus that fits in the system, two Screen Protectors made
to fit the larger screen and a Cleaning Cloth. Choose from Burgundy,
Black or Dark Brown.

– POWER A Screen Protectors for Nintendo DSi XL
Keep the Nintendo
DSi XL screens in top condition with this high-quality Screen
Protector set. The set of two protectors are precision-cut to fit the
larger screens perfectly, and help prevent scratches and fingerprints.

– POWER A Touch Stylusfor Nintendo DSi XL
Presenting the Touch
Stylus for the Nintendo DSi XL, in colors that match the game systems.
Available in Black/Burgundy or Bronze/Dark Brown, this stylus form
factor is ideal for anyone who values a larger stylus for comfort and
playability.

– POWER A Stylus 3-Pack for Nintendo DSi XL
Don’t let a lost stylus
interfere with game time — this replacement Stylus 3-Pack means a new
stylus will be close at hand when you need it most. Designed to fit in
the system. Available in Black/Charcoal/Burgundy and Dark
Brown/Bronze/White color combinations.

Known for its high quality and innovative products, POWER A creates
accessories and peripherals that meet both consumer needs and the strict
standards of quality, safety and ingenuity of its licensors. As with the
brand’s other licensed Nintendo lines, the Nintendo DSi XL accessories
are developed and manufactured to Nintendo’s specifications and therefore
carry the Official Nintendo Licensed Seal.

“At POWER A, we believe that well-designed accessories amplify the
experience people have with their game system,” said Eric Bensussen, BDA
president. “We are proud to once again partner with Nintendo to bring
essential, in-demand accessories to market in conjunction with the launch
of Nintendo DSi XL.”

About POWER A
POWER A develops authentic, innovative and high quality
accessories for video game and electronic devices that amplify the
entertainment experience for consumers. This consumer products division
of Seattle-based BDA Inc. partners with some of the most popular consumer
electronics companies in the world, including Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft
and Apple. Committed to producing the safest products possible, POWER A
carefully monitors development and quality assurance to exceed the
testing requirements of its licensors. American retailers include Apple
Stores, Amazon.com, Best Buy, GameStop, Target, Toys ‘R’ Us and Walmart.
International retailers include Carrefour, Auchan, FNAC, MediaMarkt, and
GAME and ASDA in Europe; Sears, Walmart Canada and Zellers in Canada; and
EB, Game and Harvey Norman in Australia. To learn more about POWER A
products, please visit www.PowerA.com. POWER A: Amplify Your
Experience(TM).

Media Contacts:
Alana Morgan
Barokas PR for BDA
206.264.8220
bda@barokas.com

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Farmers grew rice in China’s Yangtze Basin 4,000 years ago

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, September 18 (ANI): New findings in the form of carbonized rice have indicated that farming in the Yangtze Basin in China existed as early as 4,000 years ago.

According to a report in Epoch Times, excavation in the Xiezi Area of Hubei Province yielded a total of 402 cultural relics, including carbonized rice.

Stone tools, pottery, bronze, jade and porcelain were unearthed, as well as a number of spinning wheels, drop spindles made of clay and other textile tools.

There were also stone mounds and smelting relics such as slag.

A variety of grains and seeds were found, and experts believe there may be carbonized wheat among the plant findings at the site.

The relics were determined to be from the Neolithic Era or New Stone Age at the time of the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600-1050 B.C.) and Western Zhou Dynasty (ca. 1046-771 B.C.)

The combination of the relics that were found and their stratigraphic age provides valuable information about the diet structure, production methods, and living conditions of the inhabitants of the area during the time of the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties.

Archeological team leader, Luo Yunbin explained that there had been speculation in the past about edible rice production in the Yangtze Basin, but the new findings provide solid physical evidence that there was agricultural development in that area during ancient times. (ANI)

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Boxer Vijender Singh returns home

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Boxer Vijender Singh, who has won a bronze medal for the first time in the World Boxing Championship, returned to New Delhi on Sunday night.

Vijender made India proud at the World Boxing Championships in Milan on Wednesday by winning a bronze medal. He is the first Indian to win a bronze in the World Championships.

He had defeated Derevyanchenko Sergiy of Ukraine by 12-4 in quarterfinal round but lost to Attoev Abbos by 3-7 in the semi-final round of the 75-kilogram category.

Atoev had earlier lost to Vijender in the Asian Boxing Championship.

Vijender was given a warm welcome in the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Hordes of people gathered outside the airport to take a glimpse of the boxer.

The boxer was euphoric to see such a huge amount of crowd waiting to welcome him.

“It was a wonderful experience and I am quite elated to see such a grand welcome for me. It shows India has many people who love boxing. It feels nice to see that and win the medal,” said Vijender Singh.

Meanwhile, coach G S Sandhu proudly walked with his boxing champs claiming that boxing has started creating history from last year.

“Boxing is creating a history from last year starting from Olympics to Asian Boxing Championship and now in World Boxing Championship,” said G.S Sandhu. (ANI)

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Vijender to exchange punches with Atoev in World Boxing semi finals today

September 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Milan (Italy), Sep 11 (ANI): Beijing Olympics bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh will exchange punches with Abbos Atoev, in the semi-finals of the middle weight category of the World Boxing Championship, here on Friday night.

Singh is the first Indian to appear in the semi finals of the World Boxing Championships.

Currently ranked number two Singh punched out Sergiy Derevyanchenko of Ukraine, 12-4 on Thursday to ensure a medal for the country in the prestigious event.

Atoev is currently the light heavy weight world champion, but returned to the middle weight category this year.

National boxing coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu said, Vijender hardly loses his cool and seems in control. (ANI)

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New discovery hints ancient Egypt and Israel had ties during Early Bronze Age

September 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Jerusalem, Sept 2 (ANI): The discovery of a rare, four-centimeter-long stone fragment at the point where the Jordan River exits Lake Kinneret, has suggested a link between ancient Egypt and Israel around 3,000 BCE during the Early Bronze Age.

According to a report in the Jerusalem Post, Tel Aviv University (TAU) and University College London archeologists found the fragment.

The piece, part of a carved stone plaque bearing archaic Egyptian signs, was the highlight of the second season of excavations at Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak). he site lies along an ancient highway that connected Egypt to the wider world of the ancient Near East.

The dig, carried out within the Beit Yerah National Park, was completed there last week by a joint team headed by TAU’s Raphael Greenberg and David Wengrow from England.

Earlier discoveries, both in Egypt and at Bet Yerah, have indicated that there was direct interaction between the site – then one of the largest in the Jordan Valley – and the Egyptian royal court.

The new discovery suggests that these contacts were of far greater local significance than had been suspected.

The archeologists noted that the fragment, which depicts an arm and hand grasping a scepter and an early form of the ankh sign, was the first artifact of its type ever found in an archaeological site outside Egypt.

It has been attributed to the period of Egypt’s First Dynasty, at around 3000 BCE.

Finds of this nature are rare even within Egypt itself, and the signs are executed to a high quality, as good as those on royal cosmetic palettes and other monuments dating to the origins of Egyptian kingship.

This year’s excavations also provided new insights into contacts between the early town and the distant north, when large quantities of “Khirbet Kerak Ware” (a distinctive kind of red/black burnished pottery first found at Tel Bet Yerah) were found in association with portable ceramic hearths, some of them bearing decorations in the form of human features.

“The hearths are very similar to objects found in Anatolia and the southern Caucasus, and most were found in open spaces where there was other evidence for fire-related activities,” noted Greenberg.

“The people using this pottery appear to have been migrants or descendants of migrants, and its distribution on the site, as well as the study of other cultural aspects, such as what they ate and the way they organized their households, could tell us about their interaction with local people and their adaptation to new surroundings,” he added. (ANI)

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President Patil presents National Sports awards to 25 sportspersons

August 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Saturday presented the National Sports awards to 25 sportspersons at an impressive ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

In a unique departure from established tradition, the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was presented to three sportspersons – two boxers and a wrestler – for the first time.

The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was presented to woman boxer M C Marykom and Beijing bronze medalist boxer Vijender Singh, and to wrestler Sushil Kumar.

The country’s best boxer and four-time World Champion, MC Mary Kom, got the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna after applying for it for the past three years.

Vijender Kumar got the highest national sports award a year after he won the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics, while wrester Sushil Kumar also got the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award a year after winning India a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Sushil said the recognition would be a huge fillip for wrestling in India and the country can look forward to more medals in future.

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal received the Arjuna award for her excellent show in the last one year, as also cricketer Gautam Gambhir.

Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand achieved the rare feat of being the only sportsperson in the nation to have won the Khel Ratna, the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shree and now the ronacharya award due to Saina Nehwal’s superb performance. (ANI)

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Woman boxer Laishram Sarita Devi crowned with Arjuna Award

August 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Thoubal (Manipur), Aug 29 (NAI): Laishram Sarita Devi, a seven times gold medallist in various international women’s boxing tourneys has been bestowed with the Arjuna Award, India’s prime honour for sportspersons. arita Devi (24) hails from Thoubal in Manipur.

Inspired by the feats of Muhmmad Ali, she took up this manly sport in 2000 and literally eclipsed the swiftness of the boys and even pugilists elder to her.

This is evident from the fact that in the very subsequent year, she was called to represent India in the fist Asian Women’s Boxing Championship staged in Bangkok.

“I am very happy with my achievement. I had been nominated for the award three years ago but I did not get it. I feel it’s a little late now but I am happy to receive this award. It comes as an encouragement for me to perform better in future,” she said.

She was encouraged by her family members, which could be a key factor to her success in the ring.When we heard that she is getting Arjuna Award, I was filled with unusual emotion to learn finally the fruit of her labour has paid off. I am really proud of her,”said Thoiba Singh, husband of Sarita Devi.

She has numerous achievements to her credit. After winning a silver medal in her maiden appearance in the international arena (Asian Women’s Boxing Championship), Sarita has participated in fifteen more tournaments, winning seven gold, three silver and three bronze medals.

She works out for five to six hours a day such as sparring, punching bags and skipping to stay trim and be ever ready for a bout in the ring.

She has a desire to participate in the Olympic Games and hopes her dreams will come true.

This recent achievement of Sarita Devi is bound to lend a boost to the sporting talents in Manipur, which are abundant in several indoor and outdoor games such as boxing, judo, weightlifting, soccer, hockey and polo among others. (ANI)

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Two boxers, one wrestler to get Khel Ratna award

August 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug.29 (ANI): The President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, will confer the national sports awards on 25 sportspersons on Saturday.

For the first time, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be presented to two boxers-woman boxer M C Marykom and Beijing bronze medalist boxer Vijender Singh, and wrestler Sushil Kumar.

The country’s best boxer and four-time World Champion, MC Mary Kom, gets the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna after applying for it for the past three years.

Vijender Kumar gets the highest national award a year after he won the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics, while wrester Sushil Kumar also gets the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award a year after winning India a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Sushil said the recognition would be a huge fillip for wrestling in India and the country can look forward to more medals in future.

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal will receive the Arjuna award for her excellent show in the last one year, as also cricketer Gautam Gambhir.

Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand will achieve a rare feat when he receives the Dronacharya award.

He is the only sportsperson in the nation to have won the Khel Ratna, the Arjuna Award and the Padma Shree and now the Dronacharya award due to Saina Nehwal’s superb performance. (ANI)

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Ancient Irish skeletons could help solve mystery of rare genetic bone disease

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dublin, August 25 (ANI): Two ancient skeletons with a rare genetic bone disease unearthed from a medieval Irish graveyard may hold key insights for medical experts in solving the mysterious ailment.

The two skeletons – one around 800-years-old and the other 1,100-years-old – dug up along with the remains of more than 1,000 men, women and children from the Ballyhanna graveyard site at Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, have attracted the attention of international medical researchers.

There have only been 16 cases of the hereditary bone growth disorder, now known as multiple osteochondromas, identified in ancient remains worldwide.

Dr Eileen Murphy, an archaeology lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast, believes that the discovery of the remains – afflicted by massive bone growths – could help modern-day clinicians glean more information about that unusual debilitating condition.

According to Dr Murphy, the two cases could “help inform clinicians” in understanding the disease.

“I think it is good for clinicians to look at how diseases change and the way they turn up in the body over time. Some of the Jericho cases (dating from the Middle Bronze Age) are very old and can show if it has progressed in any way or mutated,” said Dr Murphy, who is writing a paper on the two cases.

A sample of the 800-year-old remains from Skeleton 331 known as ‘Ballyhanna Man’ was sent to a genetics unit in Italy for further examination.

“We took a sample of the bone to send off to genetics units but the DNA in the bone was too degraded,” Dr Murphy explained.

However, the research team holds hopes that in the future, a specialized laboratory may be able to extract DNA of sufficient quality for analysis to provide clues as to the evolution of the disease, which is estimated to affect one in 50,000 people.

Researchers from the Institute of Technology in Sligo and Queen’s University Belfast are collaborating on the Ballyhanna project.

The 800-year-old remains of the worst-affected man, who died aged between 25 to 35 years old, showed he would have been physically disabled due to massive bony projections.

It is likely that he would have suffered from pain and have been recognized by others as having a physically debilitating condition from a young age.

The remains of the other man, who died a few hundred years earlier aged around 35-50 years, had less prominent growths.

In both cases, they were interred in the community graveyard, suggesting they were not shunned and treated as equals. (ANI)

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Churchill statue in Paris desecrated

August 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Paris, Aug.20 (ANI): French anti-war campaigners have desecrated a statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the anniversary of Paris’s liberation from Nazi rule.
The red paint attack on the bronze hands of the 250, 000 pound statue took place at night, The Telegraph reports.

The initials RH were also daubed on the statue, perhaps a reference to Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler’s deputy, who flew to Britain at the height of the Second World War to allegedly try and make peace.

Instead, Churchill had him thrown in prison in 1941, and the war continued for a further four years.

Some in France view Churchill as a war criminal himself because of his decision to scuttle the Vichy French fleet in Tunisia rather than let it fall into the hands of Third Reich forces.

He is also remembered for ordering the Allied bombing of occupied France, which led to thousands of French deaths.

But today there was nothing but widespread anger at the attack on the statue, which is situated next to the Champs Elysee.

“There are French people who are not great fans of Churchill, but the vast majority honour and respect him and will be disgusted by this cowardly attack,” said a spokesman for Paris city hall.

The statue was unveiled in 1998 by Queen Elizabeth. The 10 foot high statue by French sculptor Jean Cardot is made of bronze and weighs two-and-a-half tons.

Its plinth bears the words: “We shall never surrender.” (ANI)

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2000-year-old statue of Greek athlete sheds light on metal corrosion

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 9 (ANI): The restoration of a 2,000-year-old bronze sculpture of the famed ancient Greek athlete Apoxyomenos may help modern scientists understand how to prevent metal corrosion, discover the safest ways to permanently store nuclear waste, and understand other perplexing problems.

That’s the conclusion of a new study on the so-called “biomineralization” of Apoxyomenos.

Best known as “The Scraper,” the statue depicts an athlete scraping sweat and dust from his body with a small curved instrument.

Scientist Davorin Medakovic and his team point out that Apoxyomenos was discovered in 1998 on floor of the Adriatic Sea.

While the discovery was a bonanza for archaeologists and art historians, it also proved to be an unexpected boon to scientists trying to understand biomineralization.

Biomineralization is the process in which animals and plants use minerals from their surroundings and form shells and bone.

Apoxyomenos was encrusted with such deposits.

“As studies of long-term biofouled manmade structures are limited, the finding of an ancient sculpture immersed for two millennia in the sea provided a unique opportunity to probe the long-term impact of a specific artificial substrate on biomineralizng organisms and the effects of biocorrosion,” according to the researchers.y evaluating the mineral layers and fossilized organisms on the statue, the researchers were able to evaluate how underwater fouling organisms and communities interacted with the statue as well as how certain mineral deposits on the bronze sculpture slowed its deterioration. (ANI)

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Sports authorities felicitate Gold medallist pugilist Suranjoy in Manipur

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Imphal, July 8 (ANI): Mayengbam Suranjoy Singh of Manipur who recently won first Asian Championship Gold medal in 15 years at the Asian Boxing Championship held in China has inspired many young people in the north-east.

Suranjoy was recently felicitated in a ceremony organised by Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Youth Affairs and Sports Department of Manipur.

Senior officials of SAI and sportspersons attended the function.

During the function, the distinguished sports personalities opined that Mayengbam Suranjoy Singh, son of M. Inakhunba Singh of Uchiwa Leirak Achouba, has brought pride not only to the State but the country as a whole.

Born in the family of sportspersons, Suranjoy started his career as a football player, however, his journey as a boxer started at the age of 15. His introduction to the sport was when he joined a boxing camp at Sagolband Lukram Leirak.

Suranjoy has always been full of confidence and determination, which was on display in his achievement. It has motivated him to strive for perfection in the years to come.

“I am very happy. This is just the beginning. I have a long way to go. This win is an encouragement and motivation for me to strive for excellence even in other competitions in the future,” said Suranjoy Singh, Asian Boxing Championship, Gold Medallist, Manipur.

Suranjoy, who clinched the Gold in flyweight category of 51 kilogram arrived in Imphal and was greeted by a large number of enthusiastic supporters of the State.

In his career, besides several Gold Medals at the State and National Level championships Suranjoy also won a bronze medal in 2004 at the Junior World Championship.

Suranjoy’s family is today proud of their son for bringing laurels to the country. They are hopeful that the younger generation would be encouraged by Suranjoy’s success.

“I feel really proud of my son as he have brought fame not for the state of Manipur but for the country as well. He got the opportunity to play in different state in the country and was chosen to even play at the international level as well. Now he has won and I feel really happy about his achievement,” said M. Inakhunaba Singh, Suranjoy’s father.

“We got a phone call from Delhi saying that he got a gold medal. I was so happy on hearing the news. I couldn’t even utter a word out of happiness,” said M. Tmpak Leima Devi, Suranjoy’s mother.

During the function, a cash reward of Rs 50,000 was give to Suranjoy for his achievement in the international arena.

Suranjoy’s achievement is undoubtedly has inspired all sport enthusiasts in the northeast region of the country. By L. C. K Singh (ANI)

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Boxer Suranjoy Singh returns home to hero’s welcome

July 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Imphal, July 1 (ANI): A grand welcome was recently accorded to gold medallist, Mayengbam Suranjoy Singh of Manipur who gave India its first Asian Championship gold in 15 years at the Asian Boxing Championship held in China.

A reception ceremony was also held at the Khuman Lampak boxing complex organised by the SAI (NERC), where the boxer was greeted by sports lovers and onlookers. Another reception ceremony was organised in honour of the boxer at Mayang Imphal, Konchak Leikai.

Suranjoy Singh, son of M. Inakhunba Singh of Uchiwa Leirak Achouba, has brought accolade not only to the state but the country as a whole.

Born to the family of sportspersons, Suranjoy started his career as a football player, however his journey as a boxer started at the age of 15. His introduction to the sport was when he joined a boxing camp at Sagolband Lukram Leirak.

His confidence and determination is visible in his achievement and it has motivated him to strive for perfection in the years to come.

Suranjoy, who clinched the flyweight category of 51 kg, said, “I am very happy. This is just the beginning. I have a long way to go. This win is an encouragement and motivation for me to strive for excellence even in other competitions in the future,” he said

Besides several Gold Medals at the State and National Level championships Suranjoy has also won a bronze medal in 2004 at the Junior World Championship.

Suranjoy’s family is today proud of their son for bringing laurels to the country. They are hopeful that the younger generation would be encouraged by Suranjoy’s success.

“I feel really proud of my son as he has brought fame not for Manipur but for the country as well. He got the opportunity to play in different state in the country and was chosen to even play at the international level as well. Now he has won and I feel really happy about his achievement,” said Inakhunba Singh. By L. C. K Singh(ANI)

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World’s first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts pulled by camels

June 28, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, June 28 (ANI): A new analysis of carts that date back to 6,000 to 5,000 years ago, has indicated that some of the world’s first farmers may have sped around in two-wheeled carts pulled by camels and bulls.

According to a report in Discovery News, the cart models, which may have been ritual objects or children’s toys, were found at Altyndepe, a Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlement in Western Central Asia near Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Together with other finds, the cart models provide a history of how wheeled transportation first emerged in the area and later developed.

“Horsepower” is a common term today, but the ancients had bull-power, followed by camel-power, researcher Lyubov Kircho explained to Discovery News.

“I think that the carts pulled by bulls were mostly used in agriculture in the 4th millennium, when the climate was more humid,” said Kircho, who is at the Institute for the History of Material Culture at the Russian Academy of Sciences.

As time went on, Kircho believes the carts carried heavy goods, such as metals, alabaster and the coveted, semi-precious stone, lapis lazuli, over long distances.

“Later, this kind of long distance transport became impossible (due to the region becoming more arid), and the people began to use the camel in the middle of the third millennium B.C.,” he added.

The earliest of the cart models he studied had two wheels with shafts linked to a yoke. Visual representations of the associated harness suggest oxen were the primary draft animals.

The carts at this stage were not driven chariot-style, but a person instead could have “directed the bulls from the side,” which Kircho says would have been “the easiest way” to control both the cart and its animal pullers.

Carts dating to the second half of the third millennium B.C. gained an additional two wheels.

“The most common type had high walls and two shafts, drawn by a single animal-a camel or, less often, a bull,” said Kircho.

The design of the carts, and the behavior of camels, suggests just a single camel pulled each cart.

The carts may help to explain apparent connections between the early residents of what is now Turkmenistan and the ancient people of south-eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan.

Wheeled transportation would have permitted travel and the sharing of goods and ideas. (ANI)

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20 K pound Mahatma Gandhi statue unveiled in Leicester

June 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Leicester (UK), June 27 (ANI): A large statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in this southeastern English city on Friday by British Home Secretary Alan Johnson amid tight security after internet protesters warned it could be defaced.

Around 1,000 people, including a large number ethnic Indians, turned up to watch the unveiling by Johnson and Hindu spiritual leader Swami Satyamitrananda of Hardwar.

The seven and a half feet tall bronze statue is placed on five-and-a-half-foot plinth.

Sculpted by Gautam Pal and shipped from Kolkata, it was placed on Belgrave Road, a thriving Indian business and shopping area in the heart of Leicester, a city known as Little India for its population of 280,000 ethnic Indians – the second largest Indian settlement in Britain after London.

Local MP Keith Vaz, one of the main drivers of the project – Indian Consul General Jordana Pavel, Leicester Lord Mayor Roger Blackmoore, the city’s second MP Peter Salisbury, several noted businessmen and councilors and members of the charity Samanvaya Parivar, attended the unveling of the 20,000 pound statue.

Women broke into spontaneous singing of ‘Raghupati Raghav’ and ‘Vaishnava Jana to’ – two of Gandhi’s favourite Hindi hymns – as the statue was unveiled before milling crowds.

Johnson said the Gandhi statue would offer ‘comfort, reassurance and serenity to people in Leicester and around the world.’

“Inclusiveness and diversity were the cornerstones of Gandhi’s beliefs long before these words became fashionable,” added Vaz.

The statue was paid for by the charity Samanvaya Parivar.

Some locals who said authorities should honour Leicester football hero Gary Lineker instead of Gandhi opposed the statue, sculpted in the famous Dandi salt march pose.

But the former England captain declared he supported Gandhi for reasons of diversity. (ANI)

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Bronze Age road found in UK

May 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 25 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered road below Swansea’s shifting foreshore that is said to be from the early Bronze Age.

Brian Price, a member of the Swansea Metal Detecting Club, reported the discovery opposite the Brynmill area to the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.

The track was woven from narrow branches of oak and alder.

It was covered in a thin layer of brushwood to provide a level walking-surface.

It was found in March when it was uncovered by storms but has since disappeared back under the marine clay.

Scientists sent a sample to the Beta Analytic Radiocarbon Laboratory in Florida, which dated it to around 4,000 years ago.

“During the early Bronze Age the climate was drier and warmer than today and the sea level was significantly lower,” the BBC quoted Andrew Sherman, assistant project officer, as saying.

“The trackway was therefore probably built through a wet, marshy environment.

“Because it has been eroded by the tide it is impossible to tell whether the entire trackway was composed of hurdles, or whether occasional hurdles were laid to cross particularly wet patches of ground,” he added.

The trust said there was very little evidence of Early Bronze Age settlements in the area with lots of funeral and ritual sites such as barrows, cairns and standing stones, but no habitation structures.

“The explanation for this may simply lie in the nature of a nomadic existence, which militates against the construction of substantial dwellings,” Sherman said. (ANI)

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Archaeologists discover pottery from 3rd millennium BC in UAE

May 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 18 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has discovered pieces of pottery dating back to the third millennium BC, among other finds in Al Dour area of in Umm Al Quwain of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to a report in the Gulf News, the team was commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development, UAE.

The finds are believed to be from the Umm Al Nar civilisation.

The archaeological team also found bronze spearheads which date back to the Iron Age in the first millennium BC.

The team also found a number of iron tridents, known to have been used in the first century BC. Some agate beads and fish bones from the same period were also found.

The national team is trying to ascertain the source of the finds.

The ministry is working in cooperation with the Department of Archaeology and Heritage in the emirate and aims to turn Al Dour into a tourism destination. (ANI)

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Archaeologists to reveal secrets of world’s oldest submerged town in Greece

May 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 13 (ANI): With the help of equipment that could revolutionize underwater archaeology, archaeologists will try to uncover the secrets of Pavlopetri in Greece, which is the world’s oldest submerged town.

The ancient town of Pavlopetri lies in three to four meters of water just off the coast of southern Laconia in Greece.

The ruins date from at least 2800 BC through to intact buildings, courtyards, streets, chamber tombs and some thirty-seven cist graves which are thought to belong to the Mycenaean period (c.1680-1180 BC).

Underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson, from The University of Nottingham, will be the first archaeologist to have official access to the site in 40 years.

Although Mycenaean power was largely based on their control of the sea, little is known about the workings of the harbour towns of the period as archaeology to date has focused on the better known inland palaces and citadels.

Pavlopetri was presumably once a thriving harbour town where the inhabitants conducted local and long distance trade throughout the Mediterranean. Its sandy and well-protected bay would have been ideal for beaching Bronze Age ships.

As such, the site offers major new insights into the workings of Mycenaean society.

The aim of Dr Henderson’s project is to discover the history and development of Pavlopetri, find out when it was occupied, what it was used for and through a systematic study of the geomorphology of the area establish why the town disappeared under the sea.

According to Dr Henderson, from the Underwater Archaeology Research Centre (UARC) in the Department of Archaeology, “This site is of rare international archaeological importance. It is imperative that the fragile remains of this town are accurately recorded and preserved before they are lost forever.”

The survey, in collaboration with Elias Spondylis of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, will be carried out using equipment originally developed for the military and offshore oilfield market but looks set to transform underwater archaeological survey and recording.

Dr Henderson and his team will carry out a detailed millimeter accurate digital underwater survey of the site using an acoustic scanner developed by a major North American offshore engineering company.

The equipment can produce photo-realistic, three dimensional digital surveys of seabed features and underwater structures to sub-millimetre accuracy in a matter of minutes.

“The ability to survey submerged structures, from shipwrecks to sunken cities, quickly, accurately and more importantly, cost effectively, is a major obstacle to the future development of underwater archaeology. I believe we now have a technique which effectively solves this problem,” Dr Henderson said. (ANI)

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Ancient henna wooing Hollywood celebrities

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 2 (ANI): Henna, which has been playing a vital role in Hindu weddings since ancient times, is becoming popular with Hollywood and other celebrities.

Also known as mehndi, it is turning into an in-thing with celebrities as a trendy alternative to traditional tattoos. Although the final result is similar to tattoo, but the mehndi experience is delightful and painless, and the images are temporary, according to acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed.

Starting with actress Demi Moore and singer Gwen Stefani, many celebrities have been seen sporting this body art, including entertainer Madonna; actresses Drew Barrymore, Daryl Hannah, Angela Bassett, Laura Dern, Kathleen Robertson, Mira Sorvino, Naomi Campbell, Trudie Styler, Nicole Eggert, Justine Bateman, Yasmine Bleeth, Liv Tyler, and Barbara Hershey; musicians The Artist Formerly Known as Prince and Sting; singers Mayte Garcia and Erykah Badu; actors Elijah Wood and Laurence Fishburne; boxers Kassim Ouma, Michael Katsidis, and Bernard Hopkins; model Nell McAndrew.

Associated with joy, celebration, festivals, and weddings, it has a recent renaissance in Hollywood.

Some popular magazines and CD covers had been decorated with henna art, besides it being seen in some Hollywood movies.

Many henna themed parties involving celebrities, including birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, nightclub events, are sometimes held in Hollywood.

Henna has reportedly been used for body art and hair dye since Bronze Age.

It finds references in India’s court records dating back to around 400 CE, in Rome during Roman Empire, in Spain during Convivienca, in medical texts of Ebers Papyrus, in Syria and Egypt in 14th century CE.

Henna as a ceremonial art form is said to have originated in ancient India. It can last anywhere from few days to few months depending on the type of the paste.

Mehndi plays a vital role in Hindu wedding and practically no marriage is considered complete without it. During earlier times, some bridal mehndi processes took four to five days to complete. It is also applied during various Hindu fasts like Karvachauth.

Rajan Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, urged the henna loving celebrities to explore some rich philosophical thought of Hinduism, which is oldest religion of the world with moksha (liberation) as ultimate goal. (ANI)

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Ancient medieval buildings found beneath Cathedral Square in Britain

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, April 29 (ANI): Archaeologists excavating beneath Cathedral Square in Peterborough, UK, have found the remains of ancient medieval buildings.

Up to six archaeologists a day have been working on the site for several weeks in preparation for the main square improvement works, which are being delivered by Opportunity Peterborough and Peterborough City Council.

One of the buildings, which probably stood until the 17th Century, may be part of the old Butter Cross – a building in the market place where butter, eggs and meat were sold.

According to city archaeologist Ben Robinson, “The results so far are outstanding. We expected to find archaeological remains in Cathedral Square, but the range and quality of finds here is superb.”

“The archaeological team is tracing the previously unrecorded history of Peterborough’s ancient market place – literally peeling back the centuries to expose the surfaces and structures that would have been familiar to medieval citizens,” he said.

Beneath the modern pavement is a series of pitched limestone surfaces that were the market place, streets and gutters of earlier times.

Pieces of pottery, leather off-cuts, building materials, part of a bronze cauldron and animal remains dating back hundreds of years have also been uncovered.

“It’s not often we get a chance to dig holes in the middle of town. Our finds are significant in the development of Peterborough because there have been very few excavations in the historic core. We are carefully excavating and recording the remains that will be affected by the development,” said senior project officer Adam Yates.

Construction work in the Cathedral Square area is still aiming to be complete by Christmas while work to create the new square will continue until Easter 2010.

According to Steve Bowyer, director of growth at Opportunity Peterborough, “The project to improve Cathedral Square is a crucial investment for revitalising the city centre and taking it forward to a brighter future.”

“The archaeology we have found has provided a great insight into the city’s past that we would not have had without this project. Wherever possible we will adjust designs to ensure that the archaeology is protected as we deliver the scheme,” he said. (ANI)

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