Carlin and his team noted that most individuals buried in the passage tombs were not close relatives, which disproves the ...

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has overturned this idea. By integrating exciting new results from ancient DNA ...

A reanalysis of ancient DNA shows that a major cultural change took place in Ireland after four centuries of farming.

A new study contradicts the long-held assumption that Ireland’s Neolithic passage tombs were reserved for members of an elite ...

“Traditionally, it has been considered that large passage tombs like Newgrange were the burial places of special or important ...

The remains of 1,000 massive stone burial sites, mainly from the Neolithic period, are scattered across Ireland. Most of these marvelous structures are over 5,000 years old. They were built out of ...

New York-based Studio Bucky has created a furniture collection informed by Ireland's ancient megalithic tombs from reclaimed ... reinforce the concept of passage, transforming everyday objects ...

Ireland is a land rich with mystery and ... if it approved the inauguration of a worthy high king. The megalithic passage tomb at Tara, the Mound of the Hostages, is the oldest monument on the ...

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labeled "passage tombs" by archaeologists because they typically ...