Archaeologists Discover 5000-Yr-Old Extraordinary Megalithic Stone Tomb Aligned With the Summer Solstice According to a new ...

Newgrange and its neighboring sites, Dowth and Knowth, are part of the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage sites. They are thought to be man-made Megalithic "passage tombs," thought of as ...

Newgrange, a Neolithic passage tomb that is older than the pyramids in Egypt, is located in the Boyne Valley, Co Meath. It features a 19m-long passage that leads into a chamber with three alcoves.

The solar alignment of the passage tomb at Newgrange to face the rising sun on the winter solstice was originally rediscovered by Prof Michael J. O’Kelly in 1967. Other researchers have since ...

where he read philosophy and first saw Newgrange, the nearby passage tomb,before itwas designated a Unesco World Heritage site. After university, he hitch-hiked across north Africa, and a chance ...

A passage tomb is a burial chamber usually set within a circular mound that is accessible via a passage – those at Newgrange and Slieve Gullion are estimated to be about 5,000 years old.

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