The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site is full of fascinating prehistoric domestic and funerary architecture, ...

Nestled in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, Skara Brae is a prehistoric village that has intrigued archaeologists and ...

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

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The Unesco World Heritage-listed Heart of Neolithic Orkney blows Stonehenge out of ... the vast Ness of Brodgar settlement and the vaulting stones at Stenness, themselves part of a prehistoric ...

"Agriculture and settlement patterns were likely shaped by necessity, not just innovation." The paper also highlights how Neolithic settlements in the southern Levant clustered over thick reworked ...

MOSCOW, 15 April (BelTA - TV BRICS) - An archaeological expedition has started the third season of excavations at Chogha Golan, the largest Neolithic settlement in Iran, located at the foot of the ...

A new study contradicts the long-held assumption that Ireland’s Neolithic passage tombs were reserved for members of an elite ...

Genetic analysis of human remains within several of the tombs initially seemed to reinforce this. But our latest research has ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. One of Orkney's best-loved Neolithic sites could be set to reopen thanks to a special community campaign. The internationally famous ...