An ancient burial site has been revealed to be the earliest ... and artefacts and burial practices implied even locations in Ireland. The university said the findings highlighted "the ...

In County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne ... antiquarians and archaeologists thought they were burial places for the elite of Neolithic Irish society.

Palaeontologists from South Africa have announced the discovery of the oldest known burial site in the world, containing the remains of a distant human relative. Until now, it was believed that ...

The previously oldest burials were found in the Middle East and Africa and contained remains of Homo sapiens which were around 100,000-years-old. But the burial in South Africa found underground ...

The Flagstones site, a circular enclosure in Dorset, England, now predates Stonehenge according to new research, suggesting that it could possibly be the oldest ... as burial grounds — have sparked ...

In County Meath in eastern Ireland ... site of Brú na Bóinne. The late 4th millennium BC megalithic tombs have been labelled “passage tombs” by archaeologists because they typically feature a narrow ...

The oldest woman in Ireland has sadly died at the age of 109 ... with funeral on Sunday at 12pm in St Mary’s Church, Castlefin. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The family notice ...