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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Archaeological studies of a landscape in eastern Ireland have turned up the greatest number yet of ancient structures that remain rare in that country, and may cast light on the beliefs and burial ...

Archaeologists in Ireland have identified what they describe as the largest clustered prehistoric village ever found in Britain and Ireland, a hilltop community whose scale and planning overturn ...

A newly published paper questions the belief that burial within the ‘mega’ passage tomb of Newgrange in Co Meath was the preserve of kings and other dignitaries, who represented a dynasty that ...

Lasers have revealed hundreds of previously undetected prehistoric monuments, including five rare ones, clustered in a swath of farmland in the Irish countryside. Archaeologists discovered the ...

DUBLIN, IRELAND—According to a report in The Journal, the Carrickgollogan tomb, which is located on farmland in County Dublin, has collapsed. All of Ireland’s Neolithic wedge tombs, including the ...

It contains more than 600 homes. Archaeologists uncovered Ireland’s largest prehistoric settlement, dated 1200–400 B.C., with 600 homes. Evidence suggests a tightly organized, egalitarian community ...