Neolithic man first discovered the principles of beauty in art, stated Sir Herbert Road in the second Charles Eliot Norton lecture at New Lecture Hall last night. Completely abstract geometrical ...

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

Catalhoyuk Research Project Catalhoyuk art (a conservator ... of Catalhoyuk’s ancient soil for clues about how these Neolithic people lived and what they believed. The researchers even brought ...

On the Orkney Islands, off the coast of Scotland, there are no trees. Neolithic people on the islands built their houses from stone. Image caption, Today, this Neolithic home is open to the air ...

Most of this art depicts wild animals, with one relief showing vultures attacking headless humans. Gorgeous. Don’t worry, no prehistoric zombies here! Like many Neolithic communities ...