Analysis: New research into ancient DNA shows that ... for the elites of Neolithic Irish society The world heritage site of ...

Carlin and his team noted that most individuals buried in the passage tombs were not close relatives, which disproves the ...

“Traditionally, it has been considered that large passage tombs like Newgrange were the burial places of special or important ...

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 ...

A new study contradicts the long-held assumption that Ireland’s Neolithic passage tombs were reserved for members of an elite ...

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

Cairn K -- Part of a 5000 years-old Passage Tomb Complex at Carrowkeel in County Sligo in the north-west of Ireland. This site is one of the most impressive Neolithic ritual landscapes in Europe ...

Centuries of antiquarians and archaeologists thought they were burial places for the elite of Neolithic Irish society ... This is the period when the Newgrange-style passage tombs were emerging.