Organisation: Museum of Natural History

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We’ve ignored Victorian builders’ contribution to Dublin’s beauty

Victorian Dublin Revealed: The Remarkable Legacy of Nineteenth Century Dublin

Sat, 14 Apr, 2012

Prehistoric mastodon tusks found in quarry

Researchers in northern Greece have uncovered two massive tusks of a prehistoric mastodon that roamed Europe more than two million years ago — tusks that could be the largest of their kind ever found.

Sat, 28 Jul, 2007

Experts uncover city beneath Alexandria

Alexander the Great founded Alexandria to immortalise his name amid his quest to conquer the world – but it was apparently not the first city on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.

Fri, 27 Jul, 2007

Four-million-year-old whale skeleton found in Italy

The skeleton of a 33-foot prehistoric whale has been found in the Tuscan countryside.

Tue, 03 Apr, 2007

Moon rock stolen from Maltese museum

A tiny moon rock believed to be worth about £3m (€4.5m) has been stolen from a Maltese museum, 30 years after US President Richard Nixon donated it to the Mediterranean island nation.

Fri, 21 May, 2004