DNA from a skull found at Newgrange once sparked theories of a royal incestuous elite in ancient Ireland, but new research ...

In 2020, analysis of a skull fragment discovered at Newgrange, County Meath, led to sensational claims of royal incest within ...

Ancient bones from an Irish 'god-king' are neither god nor king, and are not evidence of a royal family, a new study suggests ...

Burial at an ancient Irish passage tomb in County Meath may not have been confined to the social elite, according to a new ...

A new study challenges the idea that the so-called "king" buried at Newgrange was part of a royal dynasty in Ireland.

In 2020, archaeologists in Ireland first announced a startling find at Newgrange, a giant Neolithic burial chamber 30 miles ...

New Irish-led research casts doubts over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland ...

U nlike ancient Egypt, Hawai’i, or the Inca Empire, Neolithic Ireland probably wasn’t governed by a dynasty of demi-gods who ...

The burial site contains 30 graves filled with rare artifacts, including an ornate casket believed to have belonged to a prominent woman, archaeologists said.