Archaeologists found a 5,300-year-old burial mound, or long barrow, with 30 graves during highway construction near Lípa, photos show. Photo from the Department of Archaeology at the University ...

There are an additional 30 graves nearby the burial mound. Researchers think graves were added around the long barrow over time, making it a fairly substantial monument to the dead during its time.

These types of burial mounds usually contain graves. The individuals for whom the structure was built were likely of high status. Within the long barrow, the researchers found two burials.

In this case, the team recorded two central burials within the long barrow. The first central burial features a human skeleton on its left side facing north, with an accompanying ceramic vessel as ...

Marked on the Ordnance Survey map with the familiar gothic italic ‘tumulus’ or ‘tumuli’, they are some of about 20,000 sites of burial mounds or barrows scattered around Britain. They fall into two ...

A Neolithic long barrow burial mound in a place known as Cat’s Brain, in Pewsey Vale, Wiltshire, is being excavated by University of Reading experts and students in the first full investigation ...

The team recognized the gutter as a “typical” structure for a type of ancient burial mound known as a long barrow. While excavating the surrounding area, archaeologists found a huge long ...