Carlin and his team noted that most individuals buried in the passage tombs were not close relatives, which disproves the idea that these tombs belonged only to dynastic families.

Newgrange is a Neolithic site in Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland ... thought to be man-made Megalithic "passage tombs," thought of as underground grave sites resembling large mounds ...

Analysis: New research into ancient DNA shows that ... RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland, evidence of a possible second chamber uncovered at Newgrange Instead, in passage tombs, most biological ...

The Newgrange tomb is an even more sophisticated ... spiral carvings on the kerbstone entrance to the 5,500-year-old passage tomb. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date ...

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site ... This is the period when the Newgrange-style passage tombs were emerging. Compared to earlier tombs, Newgrange-style tombs ...

Mists of Time is a poetic visual portrait of the mythology surrounding Irelands megalithic tombs and standing stones The monumental dolmen and passage graves of Ireland once burial grounds from ...

whose findings portray a less hierarchical picture of daily life in Neolithic Ireland than previously assumed. Previous genetic evidence suggested that Newgrange and other large passage tombs like ...

They are older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, and many still dot the landscape of Ireland, including the well-known Newgrange passage tomb. Carlin and his team noted that most ...

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na ... This is the period when the Newgrange-style passage tombs were emerging. Compared to earlier tombs, Newgrange-style tombs ...