Ancient DNA Reveals Irish Are Not Celts – Irish Ancestors Came From Biblical Lands – Scientists Say The possibility that ancient bones were found in County Antrim under an Irish pub in the mid-2000s has cast doubt over whether the Irish people are really linked to ancient Celts. Bertie Currie clearing the land in 2006 and made a … Continue reading Irish DNA originated in the Middle East and Eastern Europe →

Farmer looking for abandoned antlers stumbles upon largest Ever haul of Roman coins It makes rather more sense as it was loot from the various ‘barbarian’ nations crashing around Northern Europe during the period of the decline and eventual fall of the Western Roman Empire. ‘One of the largest ever hauls of treasure from the … Continue reading Farmer looking for abandoned antlers stumbles upon largest EVER haul of Roman coins →

2,000-Year-Old Sundial Unearthed in Roman Town A rare and intact 2,000-year-old Roman sundial was discovered in central Italy, engraved with the name of the man who commissioned it. Researchers from the University of Cambridge made the find during an excavation in the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas, near Monte Cassino. Inscribed on the sundial is … Continue reading 2,000-Year-Old Sundial Unearthed in Roman Town →

A Cave in France Changes What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals Rings of stone found inside a French cave were probably built 176,500 years ago by Neanderthals. A study says the structures are the oldest known human constructions, possibly altering the way we think about our ancestors. A team led by archeologist Jacques Jaubert … Continue reading A Cave in France Changes What We Thought We Knew About Neanderthals →

Bones of 13th-century saint found hidden inside the small silver coffin The bones of a Polish saint that have been lost for centuries have been re-discovered by chance during restoration work in a Christian basilica in Silesia. Conservators were working on the tomb of St. Jadwiga in Trzebnica, Lower Silesia, in southern Poland when they made the chance discovery. … Continue reading Bones of 13th-century saint found hidden inside the small silver coffin →

300 Million Year Old Enigmatic Ancient Wheel Found Deep In Mine? The rare find was made in the Ukrainian town of Donetsk, down a coal mine. As it could not be safely or successfully cut out due to the nature of the sandstone in which it was embedded, the mysterious artifact looking much like an … Continue reading 300 Million Year Old Enigmatic Ancient Wheel Found Deep In Mine? →

Orichalcum, the lost metal of Atlantis, may have been found on a shipwreck off Sicily A group of naval archeologists has uncovered two hundred ingots spread over the sandy seafloor near a 2,600-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sicily. The ingots were made from orichalcum, a rare cast metal that ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote … Continue reading Orichalcum, the lost metal of Atlantis, may have been found on a shipwreck off Sicily →

Newgrange: The Massive Irish Tomb That’s Older Than The Pyramids Yep, 5,000 years. That’s older than Stonehenge. It’s older than the great Egyptian pyramids, too. And five millennia later, it hasn’t lost any of its wonders. Newgrange was built around 3200 B.C. — hundreds of years before the Great Pyramid of Giza (2500 B.C.) and … Continue reading Newgrange: The Massive Irish Tomb That’s Older Than The Pyramids →

Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery The native Picts, a Celtic-language speaking tribe, once populated the Scottish Islands, similar to the natives that live on what is now Scotland.  Several powerful storms on Scotland’s Orkney Islands have now revealed ancient human remains in a Pictish and Viking cemetery dated back to about 1,500 years ago. To order to protect the damage … Continue reading Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery →