Archaeologists have long assumed that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. But a new analysis of DNA from 55 skeletons found in these 5,000-year-old graves suggests that the tombs were ...

Archaeologists in central Sweden have unearthed a 5,500-year-old stone chamber containing several burials from the Early Neolithic period — but many of the largest bones, including skulls, seem to ...

Members of the ancient Irish elite practiced first-degree incest, archaeologists and geneticists analyzing genetic material from a series of Neolithic tombs have discovered. Members of the ancient ...

A new study published in Nature on November 26 has shed light on the origins, population structures, and kinship systems of ...

A new study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal suggests that archaeologists may have been mistaken about the identity of the people buried in Ireland's ancient megalithic tombs and ...

An “incredibly rare” Neolithic tomb was recently found buried under a field in the United Kingdom, officials said. The stone tomb, which is about 5,000 years old, was unearthed during an excavation in ...

Situated on the high Burren limestone plateau in County Clare, Poulnabrone Dolmen is one of Ireland’s most iconic ...

Archaeological excavations in County Clare led to the uncovering of Ireland’s first known wildcat from 5,500 years ago. The bones, uncovered during archaeological excavations in Glencurran Cave in the ...

The first directly dated wildcat bones found in Ireland have been identified, confirming that the species inhabited the ...

Ordinarily, it is the task of archaeologists to painstakingly sift through the ground in pursuit of the past. A recent project in central Germany, however, has done something altogether different.

A 5,500-year-old Neolithic tomb in Sweden contains the remains of at least 12 people, but many of their skulls and long bones are missing. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...