Older than the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, and Newgrange was constructed in the heart of Ireland in County Meath (meaning ...

The stone age lasted for over 2,5 million years and only ended 4.000 years ago. ... Newgrange is an exceptionally large Passage Tomb build around 3400BC.

The entrance of Newgrange is aligned so that the rising Sun shines straight down the passage for a few minutes on the winter solstice. Credit: Ken Williams, shadowsandstone.com ...

Newgrange is a Neolithic monument constructed by stone age farmers in the Boyne Valley. It is part of a network of several prehistoric monuments in an area which is recognised as a Unesco World ...

One of the interior passages of the 5,000-year-old Irish megalithic tomb of Newgrange. In this photo, sunlight enters the monument's main chamber at dawn on the winter solstice.