Archaeologists

Evie Numan, 10, picked the piece up at a National Trust estate in Surrey, thinking it was a rock.

Girl on National Trust site walk discovers 6,000-year-old artefact

Ronnie and Alfie found the 2kg of ambergris on Leven beach (Pic: Ronnie Humphreys)

Father and son duo discover rare ambergris on beach walk

The wreck of the Klein Hollandia (Photo: Cathy de Lara)

Shipwreck off UK coast identified as 17th century Dutch warship

Minister for Communities Deirdre Hargey was joined by the Mayor of Mid and East Antrim, Councillor Maureen Morrow and Colum McNicholl, JPM Contracts Ltd, for the formal re-opening of the Great Tower at Carrickfergus Castle.

Great Tower reopens after £1m conservation project at Carrickfergus Castle

The human remains found at Hillsborough Castle

Human remains found at Hillsborough Castle

Bronze age round house magherafelt

Archaeologists dig up details of Magherafelt's rich past

Dunluce Castle is close to the site of an ancient graveyard where it is suspected hundreds of Spanish sailors who drowned with the Armada are buried

Bid to unearth Dunluce burial ground of Spanish Armada sailors

Mandatory Credit - Andrew Paton/Presseye Foundations of a house thought to belong to the Gaelic O'Hagan clan, some 700 years ago, have been uncovered by the Department of the Environment (DOE) at Tullaghoge. (LtoR) Principal Archaeologist Dr John O'Keeffe, Environment Minister Mark H Durkan and Tony McCance from Mid Ulster District Council.

Environment Minister hails Tullyhogue houses find as ‘a first for Ireland’

Dr John O'Keefe, principal inspector of historic monuments at the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) holds bronze age pottery at Tullaghoge Fort: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Tullaghogue Fort artefacts date back over 7,000 years

Window on the past from city’s oldest building

Two of the archaeologists, Charlene Conway and Marie Parrish pictured starting work on the Apprentice Boys of Derry Siege Museum site at Society Street on Monday morning. INLS3214MC021

Archaeologists on site at Walker Garden find French pottery

Free admission to Carrickfergus Castle excavation announced

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Three week excavation at St Augustine’s

Archaeologists gather to reflect on Londonderry’s 400th birthday

Important discovery on Rathlin Island

Neolithic remains delay work on by-pass