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Intact Roman pot discovered for first time in Ireland, reveals ancient trade relations
An extraordinary discovery of a Roman pot was made at the Drumanagh promontory fort in Ireland, the first ever found. The ...
Denmark Let Amateurs Dig for Treasure—And It Paid Off
Ole Ginnerup Schytz, an engineer in Denmark’s sleepy Vindelev agricultural area, had used a metal detector only a handful of ...
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Denmark’s Radical Archaeology Experiment Is Paying Off in Gold and Knowledge
The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing ...
Inside Irish mother and baby home where 'pot-bellied starving' orphans were 'left to die' before bodies were thrown into sewage tank pit - as dig begins for 'remains of …
The story of Tuam has left a massive stain on Ireland's conscience for over a decade after it was revealed that nearly 800 ...
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Gravity-sensing NASA probe may reveal exoplanet interiors with 100x precision
Tiny radio probe called GIRO may soon reveal what lies beneath alien worlds with 100x more accuracy than current tech.
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The son of Irish immigrants who led to the capture of Abraham Lincoln's killer
On April 26, 1865, Edward P. Doherty, one of the unheralded heroes of Irish American history, tracked down and killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Most people will know the ...