DNA from a 5,000-year-old French megalithic tomb reveals that the people buried before and after a population collapse were genetically unrelated, pointing to a major migration after a devastating ...

A team of archaeologists at a 2,000-year-old limestone quarry in Lebanon’s Bekka Valley recently excavated around a megalith weighing approximately 1,000 tons and dubbed Hajjar al-Hibla, or “stone of ...

Archaeologists in Ireland made a major new discovery at the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site in July 2018, revealing a 5,500-year-old megalithic passage tomb cemetery that is being described as a ...

Plague repeatedly struck the same Neolithic farming families buried in Scandinavian megalithic tombs over roughly 120 years, according to ancient DNA evidence that ties Yersinia pestis to the ...

Deep in a remote archaeological site, a precision-cut stone block sits embedded in ruins older than recorded history. Its symmetry, angles, and smooth surfaces seem impossible for the simple tools ...

Kerala's Archaeology Department to restore seven megalithic umbrella stones in Kannur, preserving ancient burial monuments ...

Amid rampant destruction of megalithic sites in Kasaragod and adjoining areas, a family in Karivellur panchayat, Kannur, stands as a beacon of preservation. Narayanan Namboothiri, a temple priest, and ...

In Meghalaya’s Mawsynram region lies Twahlongwar, home to the state’s first open-air museum dedicated to Khasi history and ...

On Thursday, I had the privilege to be present in Amsterdam for the official inauguration of a wonderful exhibition about Malta's megalithic history. The exhibition was set up by a formidable team ...