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 ...

It was assumed for a long time that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. However, a new DNA analysis of 55 ...

Archaeologists have long debated who was buried in these megalithic monuments and whether the tombs served other purposes, such as rituals, ceremonies, or displays. The prevailing view was that these ...

In the green hills of southwest Britain, a quiet revolution took place over 5,000 years ago. Long before Stonehenge rose from ...

Irish folklore, like the island itself, is littered with tales of earth mounds known as fairy forts. The ancient ringforts ...

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has ...

A new analysis of ancient DNA and archaeological data suggests Ireland’s “passage tombs ... Cambridge Archaeological Journal. “These monuments were about so much more than burial ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

To mark World Heritage Day, the government announced that Birr Castle Demesne in County Offaly and Dunsink Observatory just ...

A hidden coastal gem located in a popular European country has been named the “best” to visit this summer. Zadar, located on ...

By integrating exciting new results from ancient DNA into archaeological ... the people interred in these large monuments came from many different parts of Ireland, as did the artifacts placed ...