Archive for October, 2011
Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phones
Civil liberties group raises concerns over Met police purchase of technology to track public handsets over a targeted area
Report: Industry decides food ingredient safety
Thousands of ingredients that go into food have been classified as safe by private industry alone, without any government oversight, according to a new report published Wednesday.
Pagan site saved as hydro plan is scrapped
AN ANCIENT pagan site of worship made up of a family of stones has been saved after plans for a hydro-electric power station were dropped.
Perry against Texas Confederate license plates, despite past defense of Confederate symbols
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday he opposes his state allowing specialty license plates featuring the Confederate flag — despite his past defense of the historical value of Confederacy symbols.
Lost Roman camp that protected against Germanic hordes found
German archaeologists have unearthed “sensational” evidence of a lost Roman camp that formed a vital part of the frontier protecting Rome’s empire against the Germanic hordes
The find of a lifetime: Treasure hunter digs up 200-piece haul of Viking jewellery and coins
Darren Webster dug up a 1,000-year-old casket that also held coins, hacksilver and ingots while scouring at an undisclosed location on the border between Cumbria and North Lancashire.
Ancient cooking pots reveal gradual transition to agriculture
Humans may have undergone a gradual rather than an abrupt transition from fishing, hunting and gathering to farming, according to a new study of ancient pottery.
Linn Duchaill: Ireland’s unlikely Viking capital
A windswept barley field just south of Dundalk seems an unlikely spot for Ireland’s capital. But if things had been different, Annagassan near Castlebellingham might have been the principal city on the island of Ireland.
Berlin Researchers Crack the Ptolemy Code
A team of researchers have cracked the code, revealing that half of Germany’s cities are 1,000 years older than previously thought.
It’s a new Viking invasion of Britain – but this time it’s cultural
After the discovery of a Viking burial site in Scotland, Norse history and myths are the focus of a TV saga, epic novels and a major British Museum exhibition
Northumberland’s Neolithic goats brought into modern world
Electronic collars fitted to goats that have survived on border with Scotland for at least 5000 years to find out more about them
Museums could bid for Ardnamurchan Viking finds
Museums will have the chance to bid to exhibit artefacts from the UK mainland’s first fully intact Viking boat burial.
Ardnamurchan Viking boat burial discovery ‘a first’
The UK mainland’s first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been uncovered in the west Highlands, archaeologists have said.
