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Ireland’s Boundary Rituals and Iron Age Bog Bodies

February 14, 2014 by Val Williamson Leave a Comment

Clonycavan Man, one of Ireland's best preserved bog bodies. Image by Sven Shaw.

Some of Ireland’s bog bodies reveal clues to human history from the Neolithic to Medieval eras. Did ritual killings mark ancient Irish boundaries?

Mysterious Body in Tomb – Who Was Blanche Mortimer? [VIDEO]

February 12, 2014 by Val Williamson 3 Comments

Blanche Mortimer's effigy   shows how beautiful she was

Renovation reveals Blanche Mortimer’s 14th c. stone memorial holds a surprise: Her remains lay in the tomb behind her Sleeping Beauty visage.

Earliest European Footprints Found in Norfolk UK

February 9, 2014 by Val Williamson Leave a Comment

Footprints from prehistory associated tools 800,000 to 900, 000 years old

Fossil footprints nearly a million years old have been found in Norfolk, England. The footprints are evidence of human occupation in Northern Europe over 100,000 years earlier than believed.

Orkney’s Venus Figurines and Great Goddess Theory

January 31, 2014 by Val Williamson 5 Comments

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The discovery of Venus figurines in Neolithic Orkney creates some debate and suggests a religion centered around a goddess.

Neolithic Orkney’s Unique Archaeology: The Orkney Venus

January 29, 2014 by Val Williamson 3 Comments

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Orkney has a variety of historical art pieces and places, many of them with a mysterious past – including the enigmatic – and famous – Orkney Venus.

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