A study led by the University of Bristol recently found that Neolithic pottery has preserved clues about humanity’s earliest relationships with grains—dating back thousands of years earlier than ...

On the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, peat—that spongy stuff found in bogs and made of partly decomposed vegetation and organic matter—has long been a vital resource for heating, cooking, ...

Archaeologists in Scotland have unearthed a grave containing more than a dozen skeletons buried inside a 5,000-year-old stone-walled tomb. The burial chamber's exact location had long been a mystery, ...

Archaeologists unearthed the ruins of a 5,000-year-old tomb on one of the Scottish Orkney Islands, National Museums Scotland said in a statement Tuesday. The "incredibly rare" tomb, which is from the ...

The discoveries date back to 4,000 B.C. Archaeologists in Scotland have discovered the largest Neolithic wood hall ever found in the country alongside a hoard of Bronze Age weaponry, including a gold ...

The origins of the stones that make up the ancient monument Stonehenge can provide insights into the connectivity of a Neolithic society in Britain (about 4300 to 2000 bc) that otherwise left no ...

The Ness of Brodgar lies on a narrow strip of land between two Orkney lochs [Scott Pike] Archaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology discovered an ...

STIRLING, SCOTLAND—An area of abrasive sandstone in central Scotland may have been used as a giant whetstone by Neolithic toolmakers, according to a BBC News report. Volunteers and Stirling Council ...

The ruins of an “incredibly rare” 5,000-year-old tomb have been uncovered on one of the Scottish Orkney Islands, National Museums Scotland said in a statement on Tuesday. The excavation at Holm, East ...