Ireland worker finds ancient psalms in bog

July 26, 2006 Ireland worker finds ancient psalms in bog (AP)

In this undated photo provided by the National Museum of Ireland an ancient book of psalms is seen at an undisclosed location. Ireland´s archeologists heralded as a miracle Tuesday, July 25, 2006 the accidental discovery of an ancient book of psalms -- discovered last week when an exceptionally alert construction worker spotted something as he drove the shovel of his backhoe into a bog. The approximately 20-page book has been dated to 800 A.D. to 1000 A.D. and, according to Trinity College manuscripts expert Bernard Meehan, is the first discovery of an Irish early medieval document in two centuries. Never before has such a fragile, old document been discovered buried in the soggy earth of Ireland. (AP Photo/ National Museum of Ireland, HO)

(AP) -- Irish archaeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog.

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