Dating back to 5000 BCE, Carrowmore in County Sligo is one of Europe’s oldest and largest megalithic cemeteries. With more than 60 tombs, stone circles, and passage graves, it reveals the early ritual ...

A megalithic burial mound in Spain was built using “advanced engineering” 6,000 years ago, with stones weighing several times more than any used to make the UK’s iconic Stonehenge, archaeologists ...

Archaeologists have recently challenged the long-held belief that the Gunung Padang site in Indonesia is the world’s oldest ...

A new study uncovers gender bias at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria where twice as many women were buried. A multidisciplinary research team led by the Archaeometry research group of the ...

Archeologists have discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalithic tombs on Ireland and in Sweden. The kin relations can be traced for more than ten generations and ...

A detailed updated report was sent to the World Heritage Centre on 7 March 2007. This report indicates: a) The following actions have been undertaken towards the development of a management plan of ...

Megalithic architecture is associated with spread of food production in many parts of the world, but archaeological investigations have focused mainly on megalithic sites among early agrarian ...

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international research team, led from Uppsala University, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In 2003 an exchange of letters took place between the World Heritage Centre and the Maltese authorities on several issues related to the Megalithic Temples of Malta, in particular on the proposal for ...