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Two ancient Irish ring-forts destroyed
The Irish Department of the Environment has launched an investigation into the complete destruction of two ancient ring-forts. Senior archaeologists from its National Monuments section are liaising with gardaí in Co Cork as part of the probe. The investigation was launched … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, Cork, Ireland, Irish National Monuments, Iron Age, Kilmurry, Ring-forts
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Old Irish Bones May Yield Murderous Secrets In Pa.
MALVERN, Pa. (AP) ― Young and strapping, the 57 Irish immigrants began grueling work in the summer of 1832 on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad. Within weeks, all were dead of cholera. Or were they murdered? Two skulls unearthed at … Continue reading
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Tagged Archaeology, Cholera, Derry, Donegal, Duffys Cut, Ireland, Irish, John Stamp, Murder, Pennsylvania, Railroads, Ship Manifest, Tyrone
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Scotland: Hunters’ remains earliest known
SCOTLAND’S foremost amateur archaeologist, Tam Ward of Biggar Archaeology Group, was guest speaker at the November meeting of Lanark and District Archaeological Society. The subject of Tams talk was about the excavation work at Howburn Farm, near Elsrickle, which turned … Continue reading
Celtic Sacrifice: Galatians in Anatolia, Turkey
Following his death, Alexander’s empire broke up into smaller, competing states whose rulers sometimes hired mercenaries to supplement their own armies. In 278 B.C., King Nicomedes I of Bithynia welcomed as allies 20,000 European Celts, veterans who had successfully invaded … Continue reading
