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Newgrange passage tomb is one of the earliest and greatest feats of solar alignment, built 1,000 years before Stonehenge. Viewers can see it by lottery only.
The tomb is 5,200 years old - older than the Great Pyramid of Giza - and is also renowned for a winter solstice phenomenon ...
Newgrange, a nearly 15,000-square-foot mound, was built 1,000 years before Stonehenge and 500 years before the Great Pyramids of Giza.
About a half-mile past the entrance to Newgrange, in the Valley of the Boyne, County Meath, Ireland, is a handmade sign with an arrow that reads "Irish crafts for sale." I am, of course ...
In the Boyne Valley in Ireland, the Newgrange monument has stood unyielding for over 5,200 years. This marvel of engineering, built around 3,200 BC, predates the great pyramids of Giza and ...
Stone circles and ancient tombs dot much of the UK landscape. As the summer solstice reaches Stonehenge, photographer Josh Dury shares other Neolithic monuments that face the sun.
Members of the public gathered at Newgrange in Co Meath for the first time in two years to witness its winter solstice illumination. Built by Stone Age farmers around 3,200 BC, making it older ...
Visitors return to Newgrange for winter solstice after pandemic break The monument, which pre-dates the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge, is one of Ireland’s most famous heritage sites.
The rising sun travels through a light box above the entrance to Newgrange, and sends a beam of light down the stone-lined passageway to illuminate the inner chamber at its centre.