Rare Bronze Age artefacts unearthed by metal detector enthusiasts will help future generations piece together a picture of life in ancient Wharfedale. The two bronze axe heads, essential tools for ...

An Irish museum has solved the mystery of a bizarre delivery of two bronze-age axe heads delivered to curators inside a porridge box. The National Museum of Ireland was left mystified after it ...

The National Museum of Ireland recently received a surprising anonymous donation. Now, it needs to figure out where the gift came from—and not just to send a thank-you card. Someone sending a box of ...

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A BBC series which follows a year of archaeological discoveries across the country will feature a Cumbrian town. Millom will star in Digging for Britain after the team visited the area last summer.

Ken Rive, a member of the Jersey metal detecting society, made the find in a field in Trinity last month. Two axe heads have been removed from the pot and examined by staff at Cranfield University.

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