Archaeologists in Germany have discovered a Neolithic burial ground containing human and animal remains and the remnants of a chariot that may have been part of an ancient ritual. The excavation site ...

Archaeologists have recently discovered a "surprisingly complex" ancient burial system, complete with animal sacrifices, during a dig in central Germany. The excavation site is near Magdeburg, roughly ...

Another case study is the mysterious underground cave complex situated in the southern part of Europe and has been baffling ...

A Neolithic settlement from thousands of years ago was discovered in the south of France. Jean-Baptiste Jamin National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research Once the landscape of countless ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that Stone Age tombs in Ireland were built for royalty. But a new analysis of DNA from 55 skeletons found in these 5,000-year-old graves suggests that the tombs were ...

A genetic study of a prehistoric burial site near Paris reveals a sharp break between two populations, suggesting a major ...

The Menga dolmen in Antequera, Spain, is a Neolithic monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The monument, built in the fourth millennium BCE, has seen continued use for burials and rituals ...

A large-scale DNA study of a Neolithic tomb near Paris reveals a complete population turnover around 3000 BC. Genetic evidence from 132 individuals shows earlier farmers were replaced by migrants from ...

There had always been something slightly curious about the terrain of the Eulenberg industrial area outside Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. There’s a small hill, not particularly high, but ...

MARDIN PROVINCE, TURKEY—According to a Newsweek report, a 12,000-year-old burial uncovered at the site of a Neolithic settlement near the Tigris River called Çemka Höyük may hold the remains of a ...

The Neolithic burial site of Gurgy 'les Noisats' in France revealed two unprecedentedly large family trees which allowed a Franco-German team to explore the social organization of the 6,700-year-old ...

The findings suggest a sharp reduction in the local population followed by the arrival of entirely new groups from the south. The burial site itself spans the period from approximately 3200 to 2450 BC ...