While the artifacts unearthed in the Newgrange group are purely prehistoric, there are “far more layers of activity” at the Knowth group of 30 monuments, says Tuffy, ...

Carrowmore megalithic cemetery, located on the Knocknarae peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland, is one of the four major ...

In a nutshell A new study challenges the idea that the so-called “king” buried at Newgrange was part of a royal dynasty, arguing that the archaeological and genetic evidence doesn’t support claims of ...

Newgrange, a nearly 15,000-square-foot mound, was built 1,000 years before Stonehenge and 500 years before the Great Pyramids of Giza.

Ireland’s oldest grave is more than 9,000 years old The Limerick burial site dates back to between 7,530 BC and 7,320 BC and contained the oldest polished ax in Europe.

Analysis: new technology allows researchers to recreate and study the acoustics of megalithic structures like Newgrange. Believe it or not, Newgrange sounds a lot like my office. How do I know this?