Their models of Bryn Celli Ddu on Anglesey are now being shared with classrooms around the world.
The models can be loaded into the block-building universe of Minecraft, and explored to learn more about both the site, Neolithic life and art.
Dr Edwards has used those digs, alongside work with researchers from the University of Central Lancashire and Wales' historical environment service Cadw, to painstakingly recreate Bryn Celli Ddu in the video game.
It was then incorporated in the educational edition of Minecraft, which is used across the world to deliver lessons in anything from chemistry to computer coding.
"I knew Bella had access to the education version of Minecraft at school here, near Wrexham, and I had access to it at my university.
"So it was always at the back of my mind for a while to do something in Minecraft," said Dr Edwards, who has worked on other more grown-up computer models of Bryn Celli Ddu in the past.
Though it may be a game, Dr Edwards took the approach to Bryn Celli Ddu seriously, and used actual geographical mapping data to recreate the landscape for the Minecraft models.
Rock art recovered from Bryn Celli Ddu is also represented in the game, alongside a model of what a Neolithic home may have looked like nearby.
"We were looking for creative ways of providing people with a digital experience of Bryn Celli Ddu," said Dr Reynolds, who would normally be spending the summer months giving guided tours of the excavations to schools from the area
The Bryn Celli Ddu Minecraft world is free to download for the Minecraft Education version from Hwb - the Welsh Government's teaching resource site, and also from the Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage
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