The Newgrange tomb is an even more sophisticated “cosmic calendar” than was thought, according to new research.

New genetic research challenges the traditional view of Stone Age tombs in Ireland, revealing they were community burial ...

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

Analysis: New research into ancient DNA shows that Newgrange's tombs were not just the burial places for the elites of Neolithic Irish society The world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne is located in Co ...

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Previous genetic evidence suggested that Newgrange and other large passage tombs like it were built by a close-knit family of elite rulers who buried their dead inside these monuments.

This is the period when the Newgrange-style passage tombs were emerging. Compared to earlier tombs, Newgrange-style tombs were more architecturally complex, much larger and situated in more ...

Newgrange passage tomb. Credit: fhwrdh / CC BY 2.0 A new DNA study is challenging the long-standing myth that Ireland’s ancient passage tombs were reserved for elite burials. At Brú na Bóinne, a World ...

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has overturned this idea. By integrating exciting new results from ancient DNA ...