New research into ancient DNA shows that Newgrange's tombs were not just the burial places for the elites of Neolithic Irish society ...

“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 ...

The researcher say their findings ‘deconstructs the myth that only important individuals were socially active’.

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has ...

A new DNA research challenges the myth of elite burials in Ireland, revealing a complex, community-driven story behind ...

The entrance into Newgrange passage tomb mound. Derick P ... and had children with each other throughout the Irish Neolithic period, regardless of how they buried their dead.

The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labelled “passage tombs” by archaeologists because they typically feature a narrow passage leading to an internal chamber, covered by a large ...