One of Britain’s most prized world heritage sites, the remote islands of St Kilda, will be threatened by vandalism, storm damage and alien species if a missile testing base is closed down, a leading heritage charity has warned.
The National Trust for Scotland said it was dismayed by proposals from the Ministry of Defence to withdraw [...]
Posts Tagged ‘iron age’
24 Jun
St.Kilda World Heritage Site faces danger
1 Feb
Hill of Tara nominated to be World Heritage Site
THE HILL of Tara is among a number of locations which have been nominated for inclusion on a list of possible Unesco world heritage sites.
Campaigners against the route of the M3 motorway in Co Meath have joined heritage groups in submitting proposals to an advisory group, set up by Minister for the Environment, Heritage and [...]
27 Jan
Celtic Hoard Found in Netherlands
Coins are often used as “index fossils” by archaeologists. An index fossil is a fossil with which paleontologists are familiar that is also known to have lived during a specific time period and in a certain environment. For this reason an index fossil can help date an entire paleontological dig site. Coins found at archaeological [...]
12 Dec
‘Oldest human brain’ discovered
Archaeologists have found the remains of what could be Britain’s oldest surviving human brain.
The team, excavating a York University site, discovered a skull containing a yellow substance which scans showed to be shrunken, but brain-shaped.
Brains consist of fatty tissue which microbes in the soil would absorb, so neurologists believe the find could be some kind [...]
3 Feb
Etruscan Italy – Iron Age
The Etruscans originated in central Italy around 900 BC and were absorbed into the Roman Empire in the 80s BC. During the first millennium BC, they developed the earliest complex society in Italy. In common with other Mediterranean civilizations of their time, the Etruscans lived in city-states, had a specialized agricultural and craft economy, and [...]
