Incestuous ‘god-kings' may not have ruled Neolithic Ireland after all. A previous study suggested that Newgrange, a Neolithic monument and passage tomb, may have been a burial site for god-kings and ...

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 ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Site has been excavated and restored to resemble its original construction. Dating between 3340 and 3020 BCE, NG10 potentially offered, “far-reaching consequences for our ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Newgrange prehistoric monument in Ireland is a large circular mound containing a chamber. New research has cast doubts over suggestions an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of ...

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Unlike ancient Egypt, Hawai’i, or the Inca Empire, Neolithic Ireland probably wasn’t governed by a dynasty of demi-gods who married their own siblings. This finding contradicts the narrative hastily ...

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