Fri, 25 May 2012 08:55:55 -0800WeeblySat, 03 Mar 2012 03:04:59 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2012/03/a-history-of-ireland-in-100-objects.htmlThe earliest evidence of Hurling?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2012/0303/1224312677032.html
]]>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:37:48 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2012/02/plant-blooms-again-after-spending-32000-years-in-permafrost2.htmlSCIENTISTS HAVE revived a fertile plant from the remains of its 32,000-year-old fruit found deep in the Siberian ice and buried within the fossilised burrows of ancient squirrels.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0222/1224312168928.html
]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:18:12 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2012/02/piltdown-man-british-archaeologys-greatest-hoax.htmlWhen the find was revealed to be a 'cheap fraud', several eminent men – including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – were put in the frame. Now scientists aim to put an end to the mystery once and for all

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/05/piltdown-man-archaeologys-greatest-hoax
]]>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:59:16 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2011/10/linn-duchaill-irelands-unlikely-viking-capital.htmlA windswept barley field just south of Dundalk seems an unlikely spot for Ireland's capital

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15430864 ]]>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:20:23 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2011/10/ardnamurchan-viking-boat-burial-discovery-a-first.htmlThe UK mainland's first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been uncovered in the north-west Highlands, archaeologists have said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-15333852 ]]>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:02:03 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2011/10/artefacts-stolen-from-thurles-abbey.htmlA relic believed to be from the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified has been stolen from Holycross Abbey in Thurles.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1012/holycross.html ]]>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:47:45 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2011/09/did-zombies-roam-medieval-ireland.htmlTwo 8th-century skeletons with stones shoved in their mouths suggest that the people of the time thought so.
http://news.discovery.com/history/zombie-skeletons-ireland-grave-110916.html
]]>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:55:36 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2011/08/ancient-dog-skull-unearthed-in-siberia.htmlA very well-preserved 33,000 year old canine skull from a cave in the Siberian Altai mountains shows some of the earliest evidence of dog domestication ever found.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14390679


]]>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:18:13 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2011/03/the-iceman-mummy-finally-face-to-face.htmlThe link below shows the face of the famous 'Otzi the Iceman', found in the Ötzal Alps in September 1991. Recent research has completed a reconstruction of Otzi. Click the link for more.
http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/otzi-face-reconstruction-110225.html
]]>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:47:40 -0800http://www.trowelucd.com/1/post/2010/10/institute-of-archaeologists-of-ireland-autumn-conference.htmlInstitute of Archaeologists of Ireland (IAI) Autumn Conference 'A season of excavations: before, during and after'

The IAI Autumn 2010 Conference will take place from November 5th to November 6th in Days Hotel in Belfast. The conference will focus on current research that is primarily based on archaeological excavation and fieldwork.
For information regarding the venue, cost and programme of the conference visit: http://www.iai.ie/Conferences/autumn2010.html
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