On the River Boyne, in the republic of Ireland, near Drogheda, a team from the Boyne Fishermen’s Rescue and Recovery Service came across an interesting discovery when they were out…

Evidence has been brought to light that our Stone Age ancestors developed techniques in hunter-scavenging, to fuel their evolution. The research study was carried out by a team from Baylor…

Old Sarum has been chosen as the site for the re-construction of three Neolithic huts, in an attempt to understand what they looked like and how they worked. Different construction…

Yard full of dandelions!
I’ve decided to learn how to make wine from  the dandelions in my yard! Why? When John Michael Greer was here a month ago, he suggested various kinds of reskilling to help us transition to […]

ZEN DRUIDRY – WAKING TO THE NATURAL WORLD by JOANNA VAN DER HOEVEN: A REVIEW
The sign of a mature, cultured person is that they can mix well in a wide variety of social settings and can contribute to, and benefit […]

Dr. Vivianne Crowley has sent me an email with a link to a survey she has created.
This is from her email:
I’ve been invited by the British Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion group to give a paper […]

New archaeological discoveries in Yuyao city, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, provide a clearer picture of life in China’s Neolithic age. Archaeologists are completing a 10-year dig in Tianluo Mountain…

Deer skull head-dresses, a wooden paddle, bone harpoons, and amber and shale jewellery – some of the most remarkable and complete finds from Britain’s Stone Age – will be assembled…

The Minoan culture – famous for the myth of the half-man, half-bull, Minotaur in the labyrinth – emerged on the Mediterranean island of Crete, and flourished for more than a…

zOMG!  So good! And mostly paleo.
1 medium onion, rough chopped
4 cloves of minced garlic
1 cup sliced button mushrooms
1 cup stock
1 cup mead
1 pound stewing lamb
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp red pepper jelly (this is […]

We are all given name’s by our parents. Some of us like these names, others would really have preferred their parents had been a little more inspired, but these are the names we grow up with.
My given name is […]

Many among us now are crazy for meanings, and crazed by seeking them out. The meanings of life aren’t inherited. What is inherited is the mandate to make meanings of life by how we live. The endings of life give […]

Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 74
Call to the Summer King – Natasha Burdo
Osfooras – The Moon and the Nightspirit – http://www.themoonandthenightspirit.com
Under a Beltane sun – Damh the Bard – http://www.paganmusic.co.uk
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Archaeologists have discovered previously unknown round barrows dating back 4000 years to the Bronze Age, just a few miles from Stonehenge. The finds, which also include six Pagan Saxon skeletons…

Using a new method of analysis on ancient grinding stones, archaeologists in southern subtropical China have discovered evidence that people living in Xincun 5000 years ago may have practised agriculture…

Evidence of previously undiscovered historic burial sites may have been found on the Scottish island of Iona. A geophysical survey revealed signs of burial to the south of the village,…

My favourite blog at the moment: the Tiny House Blog. Here is a photo from the blog:

Did Bronze Age initiation rites for boys ‘destined’ to become warriors involve animal sacrifice? At first, archaeologists Dorcas Brown and David Anthony were deeply puzzled. While excavating the Bronze Age…

National Geographic explorer and archaeologist Alex Geurds is currently in the field investigating a prehistoric, ceremonial center of stone circles in Central Nicaragua. Researchers will be working for the next…

According to a recent study, the bones of the middle ear could provide huge clues about our evolution and the development of modern-day humans. Darryl de Ruiter, a professor in…