The stone age lasted for over 2,5 million years and only ended 4.000 years ago. In this series the focus is on the Neolithic ...

The location of Carrowmore megalithic cemetery is on the Knocknarae peninsula in county Sligo, Ireland. Carrowmore is one of ...

Burial at an ancient Irish passage tomb in County Meath may not have been confined to the social elite, according to a new ...

Discover more about Newgrange and the people who were buried there. And what those people can tell us about the elites of ...

In 2020, analysis of a skull fragment discovered at Newgrange, County Meath, led to sensational claims of royal incest within the region’s prehistoric ruling dynasties. But new research suggests that ...

A new study challenges the idea that the so-called "king" buried at Newgrange was part of a royal dynasty in Ireland.

DNA from a skull found at Newgrange once sparked theories of a royal incestuous elite in ancient Ireland, but new research ...

In 2020, archaeologists in Ireland first announced a startling find at Newgrange, a giant Neolithic burial chamber 30 miles ...

New Irish-led research casts doubts over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland 5500 years ago.

Stone Age Ireland was likely not ruled over by incestuous “god-kings” 5500 years ago, as previously thought, a team of ...

New research has cast doubt on suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the people who built Newgrange 5,000 years ...