The Medieval Book That Emerged from a Bog After 1200 Years The book that emerged from a bog after 1200 years This is the remarkable story of a medieval book that spent 1200 years in the mud. Around 800 someones had a Book of Psalms made, a portable copy fitted with a leather satchel. The …

Evidence for prehistoric human dismemberment found at Carrowkeel, Ireland The ancient people of Ireland have provided new insights into the death rites. And they’re a bit disgusting. A little disgusting. The New Zealand University of Otago ‘s Anatomy Department has studied ancient Irish funerals. The results were published in the Bioarchaeology International journal. Dr. Jonny …

Evidence of Iron Age temples uncovered at Navan Fort During an examination of the Navan Forts in Co Armagh, Queen’s boffins uncovered evidence of a huge temple complex. The discovery at Ulster’s mythical capital, known as Emain Macha, could date back as far as the Iron Age. The research was worked together by scholars from Queen’s, …

5,000-year-old Sligo tombs being destroyed by vandals, say archaeologists Five-thousand-year-old Neolithic tombs in Co Sligo are suffering damage and vandalism “on a scale never seen before” and will not survive unless action is taken immediately, archaeological experts have warned. There are 75 pᴀssage tombs in Co Sligo, almost one-third of the estimated 240 in the …

Medieval “plague” mᴀss grave discovered in north Dublin According to an Irish Central report, walkers in North County Dublin spotted bones eroding out of the surface of the ground during a period of drought this spring. Examination of the bones by osteoarchaeologist Maeve McCormick revealed they belonged to a boy who was about 12 years …

A hidden hoard of more than 6,000 silver coins found in a forest in Poland This year a forest ranger in eastern central Poland came up with a lifetime discovery — he had found a treasure hidden in a wooded area near the village of Guzów, which included thousands of silver coins. Forest worker Bogusław …

A Roman settlement at the bottom of the sea The underwater statues at Baiae are replicas but still feel “ghostly and sublime”. “You’re sure I can cross?” I had to almost shout to be heard. Wooden slats dotted the ground before me. About 30m to my right, steam rose into the sky in thick grey-white …

Researchers stunned by ‘perfect’ £300million shipwreck treasure The fortune of the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, which sunk in a fight near Portugal’s Cape St Marie in 1804, was raised in an American court after a US salvage company took 594,000 gold and silver coins worth £308 million from the site in 2007. The curator of …

Site of 18th-Century Steam Engine Uncovered in Slovakia In recent day’s Nová Baňa, approximately 40 volunteers have worked under the expert supervision of archeologists to unleash a special Potter atmospheric steam engine, the first one of its kind on the continent of Europe. In the Althandel shaft, the atmospheric steam engine was built and was …