A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

The UK’s primary language is of course English, and has been for many hundreds of years. The tongue has evolved as many ...

The digital and freely accessible historical geography application PERIPLUS, which has been operating since May 2024 in the cyberspace of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), has ...

Imagine walking through a windswept village on the Atlantic coast, where the rolling hills echo with the rhythm of a language ...

Newgrange passage tomb. Credit: fhwrdh / CC BY 2.0 A new DNA study is challenging the long-standing myth that Ireland’s ancient passage tombs were reserved for elite burials. At Brú na Bóinne, a World ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

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

The Pilgrim Walk — that stretches 132km from Armagh to Downpatrick, and which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

If you’ve been hoping for an opportunity to get out and stretch your legs this long weekend with the kids off school, you might consider some of Ireland’s ancient pilgrim walks. While most ...

Although small in size, the Island of Ireland boasts UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ancient tombs ... For additional inspiring sights explore the map above. After a long day of sightseeing, the ...