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The painting depicts wild animals being chased by half-human hunters (All images courtesy of Griffith University)

World's oldest artwork found in Indonesian cave: study

Asia / 12 Dec 19

The slate was carved with graffitti dating back to the 12th Century

Research sheds new light on 12th century graffiti

Ireland / 29 Oct 19

Boyne to Brodgar project is examining connections between the Boyne Valley and the Orkney Islands

Dozens more monuments discovered near Newgrange

Ireland / 07 Aug 19

The restoration is expected to take around eight months

Egypt displays Tutankhamun's golden coffin

World / 04 Aug 19

Find was made during excavations in 2003 (Pic: @MOLArchaeology)

Anglo-Saxon burial like UK's 'Tutankhamun's tomb'

The axe was discovered as a result of illegal metal detecting (Pic: NMI)

NMI recovers Bronze Age axe illegally detected in Adare

Ireland / 08 Apr 19

Matthew Flinders published 'A Voyale to Terra Australis'

Remains found of explorer who put Australia on the map

World / 25 Jan 19

The remains of nine post-and-wattle structures from the 12th Century were found in a dig at Dean Street

'Significant' medieval discovery at Dublin site

Dublin / 22 Mar 18

rare wall paintings inside the tomb of Old Kingdom priestess Hetpet

Rare wall paintings discovered in Egyptian tomb

Archaeology / 03 Feb 18

It is believed that the stone walls formed part of a castle built by the De Burgo family in 1232

13th Century castle walls unearthed in Galway

Galway / 15 Jan 18

Paleontologist Don Swanson pointing at rock fragment near a large horizontal mastodon tusk fragment (Pic: San Diego Natural History Museum)

Bone find suggests 'New World' much older than thought

Science / 26 Apr 17

Dr Ben Gearey (L), Dr Katharina Becker and Declan Ryan of Arbutus Bread recreate Iron Age bread-making (Pic: UCC)

Culinary insights into Iron Age life in southeast

Science / 16 Aug 16

The skeletons were discovered late last month

Four medieval skeletons discovered in Kilkenny

News / 10 Aug 16

Skeletons were discovered at site in York

York 'gladiator' had Middle Eastern origins

News / 19 Jan 16

Stonehenge is one of the most iconic archaeological monuments in the world

Massive neolithic monument found near Stonehenge

News / 07 Sep 15

Among the new discoveries are massive prehistoric pits, some of which appear to form astronomical alignments

New monuments found at Stonehenge

News / 10 Sep 14

Part of an archway at Temple of Venus has collapsed

Pompeii temple damaged by heavy rains

News / 03 Mar 14

Radar equipment is being used to look below the surface at Millmount Fort

Survey to determine if passage tomb at Louth fort

News / 25 Nov 13

A very small tobacco pipe bowl has been found - possibly dating from the 16th century (Pic: Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork)

Bronze Age artefacts found in Derry

News / 25 Sep 13

The body was found by a Bord na Móna worker two years ago

Co Laois bog body is world's oldest

News / 02 Aug 13

The structure is six metres in diameter and seven metres tall

UCD volunteers build Stone Age dwelling

News / 25 Jul 13

Richard III (1452 - 1485), King of England from 1483 and youngest brother of Edward IV

Bones of Richard III 'found under car park'

News / 12 Sep 12

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