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

The remains of 1,000 massive stone burial sites, mainly from the Neolithic period, are scattered across Ireland. Most of these marvelous structures are over 5,000 years old. They were built out of ...

Many of Ireland’s backroads lead to ancient Megalithic structures that beckon ... 600 BC when most stone circles and dolmens (portal tombs) were built. Observing these magnificent structures ...

Ireland is full of wonders no matter where ... They are thought to be man-made Megalithic "passage tombs," thought of as underground grave sites resembling large mounds practically growing out ...

Dr Steve Davis from UCD called the tomb the "most significant megalithic find in Ireland in the last 50 years" since discoveries at Knowth. "The spate of archaeological discoveries in Brú na ...

Keeping dry in the shelter of an Irish tomb, photographer Jim Richardson ... 4,000 years ago were thinking when they built these megalithic burial chambers. I know what I was thinking: I forgot ...

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