50 kilometres from Dublin, Newgrange is one of the oldest megalithic sites in Europe, dating back to 3,200 B.C. What makes ...

Where can I celebrate the winter solstice? In Ireland, winter solstice is marked in various locations, the best-known of which is at the megalithic tomb in Newgrange, Co Meath.

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Newgrange is one of several monumental passage tombs built during the Neolithic period. (Image by Getty Images) Each year, on or around the winter solstice, the rising sun illuminates the chamber at ...

Stone Age Ireland was likely not ruled over by incestuous “god-kings” 5500 years ago, as previously thought, a team of archaeologists has found. A skull fragment unearthed in the tomb chamber of the ...

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Newgrange is also renowned for a winter solstice phenomenon where sunlight penetrates a passage and illuminates an inner chamber, indicating an ancient understanding of astronomy.

The tomb is 5,200 years old - older than the Great Pyramid of Giza - and is also renowned for a winter solstice phenomenon where sunlight penetrates a passage and illuminates an inner chamber, ...

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Greenlanders celebrated National Day, the Arctic island's biggest summer festival, on Saturday to mark the solstice with songs, cannon salutes and dances under 24 hours of ...