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 ...

It was assumed for a long time that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. However, a new DNA analysis of 55 ancient skeletons from these 5,000-year-old graves suggests that they were ...

Built over 5,000 years ago, this large capped tomb marks the burial site of over 30 of Ireland's Stone Age people, the early settlers who began clearing the woods and creating the Burren.

Later archaeological excavations revealed that this stone circle was actually the foundation of a Bronze Age round house. Photograph by RM Ireland, Alamy Stock Photos “In terms of early farm ...

The 32 Stone Age cairns spread across four hills in west ... even helped found the Hellfire Club back in the day. She came to Ireland in the 1980s after her “days as a punk rocker” to marry ...

Ireland is well-known for its rich musical heritage and its vast collection of ancient musical instruments spanning more than 3000 years from the Late Stone Age through to the Early Medieval ...

From the Stone Age came prehistoric art ... This is a necropolis, a city of the dead, built in Ireland, with several grassy mounds around one grand tomb. Being a passage tomb, it tracked the ...

Roughly 9,000 years ago, Stone Age farmers were moving into mainland ... archaeologist Rowan McLaughlin of Maynooth University in Ireland. He speculates that disruptions brought by these farmers ...