Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy wilds of Dartmoor, offering a clearer picture of life 5,000 years ago.

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 ...

Alepotrypa Burial Cave in Greece, used 8,000 years ago and later reused by Mycenaeans, contains ancient historical treasures ...

And an enormous pile of stones is all that now remains of the structure built by Neolithic farmers at Boreland in Knockman Wood, north of Newton Stewart. But now a 3D model of the tomb, made by ...

“Traditionally, it has been considered that large passage tombs like Newgrange were the burial places of special or important ...

Nevertheless, people met, mingled, and had children with each other throughout the Irish Neolithic period, regardless of how they buried their dead. There is no evidence that patterns of marriage ...

By integrating exciting new results from ancient DNA into archaeological models, combining archaeological and biomolecular data, we have been able to draw out a rich and complex picture of daily life, ...

An enormous pile of stones is all that remains of the structure built by Neolithic farmers at Boreland in Knockman Wood, north of Newton Stewart. Now a 3D model of the tomb has been brought to life ...

In ancient Greece people enjoyed chilled wine at social gatherings, using specially designed cooling pots called psykter.