Nation / World Briefly

Published: Saturday, March 03, 2007

Archaeologists uncover remains of marketplace





The main building was a hollow square with a rock-cut reservoir in the center. The building had 12 rooms - probably shops - and a small temple with an open-air altar.

Total lunar eclipse to turn moon amber tonight

LONDON - The moon will turn shades of amber and crimson tonight as it passes behind the Earth's shadow in the first total lunar eclipse in three years.

The eclipse will be at least partly visible from Asia to the Americas, although those in Europe, Africa and the Middle East will have the best view.

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, blocking the sun's light. The event is rare because the moon spends most of its time either above or below the plane of Earth's orbit.

Earth's shadow will begin moving across the moon at 2:18 p.m. CST today, with the total eclipse occurring at 4:44 p.m. CST and lasting more than an hour.

Observers in eastern North America and South America will find the moon already partially or totally eclipsed by the time it rises over the horizon this evening.

The next total lunar eclipse will occur Aug. 28.

Compiled from wire reports