Newgrange is a neolithic pass tomb in eastern Ireland
A deeper analysis of the funeral of a man born of an incestuous relationship 5,000 years ago in Ireland revealed that it is unlikely that this individual was a “god-king,” as he always theorized.
Built around 3100 BC in northeastern Ireland and rediscovered in 1699, Newgrange It is a great tomb with an inner passage that leads to a funeral chamber.
The skeletons discovered in Newgrange’s tomb were disarticulated, meaning that there were no intact burials of whole individuals, but fragments of people whose remains were probably transferred to the tomb some time after death.
In 2020, an analysis of the old DNA of Newgrange skeletons and the investigators were surprised to find the bone of the skull of an adult man (NG10) whose Parents were brother and sister.
Since this type of incest is almost a universal human taboo, the research team sought an explanation in several cultures, having reached the idea that the marriage between siblings was sometimes considered acceptable among the real families headed by “kings”as in ancient Egypt and the Incas in Mesoamérica.
However, a study says that It is wrong to call NG10 a “king-god” due to its ancestry and its placement in the Newgrange tomb.
The old DNA of a man buried in a monumental tomb of the Stone Age in Ireland revealed that he was, in fact, was born of an incest 5,000 years ago. However, according to the study this Tuesday Antiquitythis fact, contrary to what was said before, It does not mean that this man is a “king-god”.
In the study, a new interpretation of the fragmentary skeleton of a man buried in Newgrangein question the assumption that its consanguineous ancestry meant that it was part of an elite dynasty.
“We are drawing attention to the fact that the incest is so far a unique occurrence in Ireland and Neolithic Great Britain; and to say that it represents an exaggerated interpretation,” said study leader, Jessica Smythas well University College Dublinhas .
“Given the disturbance inside Newgrange over the last 300 years, we have no way of knowing where the skull fragment came from and whether NG10’s ancestry was known to others or remained hidden,” Smyth warned.
