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 ...

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 ...

New genetic research challenges the traditional view of Stone Age tombs in Ireland, revealing they were community burial ...

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 ...

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

Because megalithic monuments were obviously ... But the researchers suggest that the clusters of passage tombs in Neolithic Ireland show that disparate groups of people came together, perhaps ...

The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labelled "passage tombs" by archaeologists because they ... and social structure in Neolithic Ireland. Together, this evidence deconstructs the ...