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DNA from skeletons ‘challenges perceptions and understanding of ancient England’

Ancient DNA extracted from skeletons in burial sites across England shows evidence of mass migration from Europe and movement of people from as far as West Africa, challenging perceptions that English ancestors lived in small elite groups, ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Anchor discovered during offshore wind farm work may date from Roman times

An anchor discovered during survey works for an offshore wind farm could date from Roman times, an archaeologist has said. The 100kg (15 stone 10lbs) wrought iron anchor, which is more than two metres (6ft 6ins) long, was discovered ...

26 Sept 2022 at 10:35

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KAS features Kilkenny's female artists in upcoming lecture

A lecture titled 'Kilkenny Women Artists' is scheduled to take place on September 28 at Kilkenny Archaeological Society at 8:00pm. The talk by Catherine Marshall will cover the careers of female Kilkenny artists from Mildred Anne ...

22 Sept 2022 at 22:33

New insight into Galloway Hoard to be revealed in Aberdeen exhibition

People will be able to gain a new insight into one of the country’s most important archaeological finds when newly revealed images of the Galloway Hoard go on display. Aberdeen Art Gallery will feature the images of gold ...

28 Jul 2022 at 13:00

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Rare zodiac coin found off Israel’s coast

Israel’s Antiquities Authority said it has discovered a rare 1,850-year-old bronze zodiac coin during an underwater survey off the coastal city of Haifa. The coin bears the image of the zodiac sign Cancer behind a ...

26 Jul 2022 at 18:40

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Reunion and celebration at Oideas Gael Language Culture and Summer School

Oideas Gael’s annual Scoil Samhraidh Teanga and Cultúir (Language and Culture Summer School) took place in Gleann Cholm Cille last week. This special flagship event is the highlight of Oideas Gael’s course ...

03 Aug 2022 at 22:33

Ancient stone circle unearthed in Cornwall

Archaeologists have found evidence of a previously unknown stone circle within a prehistoric ritual site in Cornwall. A team of volunteers cleared Castilly Henge near Bodmin of bracken and scrub so ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

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Archaeologists find 9,000-year-old shrine in Jordanian desert

Archaeologists have found a 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. The ritual complex was found by a team of Jordanian and French archaeologists in a ...

23 Feb 2022 at 09:55

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Archaeological works will not impede Muff-Quigley's Point Greenway

Fears that archaeological works could halt the progress of the Greenway between Muff and Quigley's Point have been allayed. The matter arose at Monday's meeting of Donegal County Council ...

31 May 2022 at 12:33

Falklands veterans back on islands to assist survey of battlefields

Veterans and archaeologists are part of a team carrying out the first ever archaeological survey of battlefields on the Falklands. The Falklands War Mapping Project is a collaboration ...

07 Apr 2022 at 17:55

‘Bodies in bog’ man and woman may have crossed medieval Scotland

Two people whose remains were among 14 bodies found in the latrine of a Roman bath house may have come from the other side of medieval Scotland, new research suggests. The skeletal ...

28 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Researchers ‘confident’ they have found James Cook’s ship after two centuries

The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is “confident” they have found the final resting place of the research vessel used by British explorer Captain James Cook. On ...

03 Feb 2022 at 05:25

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