Newgrange Stone Age Tomb

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Newgrange was constructed over 5,000 years ago (about 3,200 B.C.), making it older than Stonehenge in England and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Newgrange was built during the Neolithic or New Stone Age by a farming community that prospered on the rich lands of the Boyne Valley. Knowth and Dowth are similar mounds that together with Newgrange have been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Archaeologists classified Newgrange as a passage tomb, however Newgrange is now recognised to be much more than a passage tomb. Ancient Temple is a more fitting classification, a place of astrological, spiritual, religious and ceremonial importance, much as present day cathedrals are places of prestige and worship where dignitaries may be laid to rest.

Newgrange is best known for the illumination of its passage and chamber by the winter solstice sun. Above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange there is a opening called a roof-box. This baffling orifice held a great surprise for those who unearthed it. Its purpose is to allow sunlight to penetrate the chamber on the shortest days of the year, around December 21, the winter solstice.
At dawn, from December 19th to 23rd, a narrow beam of light penetrates the roof-box and reaches the floor of the chamber, gradually extending to the rear of the chamber. As the sun rises higher, the beam widens within the chamber so that the whole room becomes dramatically illuminated. This event lasts for 17 minutes, beginning around 9am.

The accuracy of Newgrange as a time-telling device is remarkable when one considers that it was built 500 years before the Great Pyramids and more than 1,000 years before Stonehenge. The intent of its builders was undoubtedly to mark the beginning of the new year. In addition, it may have served as a powerful symbol of the victory of life over death.

Each year the winter solstice event attracts much attention at Newgrange. Many gather at the ancient tomb to wait for dawn, as people did 5,000 years ago. So great is the demand to be one of the few inside the chamber during the solstice that there is a free annual lottery (application forms are available at the Visitor Centre). Unfortunately, as with many Irish events that depend upon sunshine, if the skies are overcast, there is not much to be seen. Yet all agree that it is an extraordinary feeling to wait in the darkness, as people did so long ago, for the longest night of the year to end.

Newgrange Stone Age Passage Tomb - Boyne Valley, Ireland

 

[zerozero]

dope. our ancestors must have been much more aware of the patterns of the moon and sun than we are... hell even the weather

 

[NZA]

all i know is that aliens did this

 

[daze23]

dope. our ancestors must have been much more aware of the patterns of the moon and sun than we are... hell even the weather

I wouldn't say they were "much more aware". we just take the info for granted, as we have a full calender year, and not just a few significant days

 

[IrishBrother]

Newgrange Stone Age Passage Tomb - Boyne Valley, Ireland

I was privileged to witness the yearly winter solstice on the morning of December 21 2010 inside Newgrange.

 

[IrishBrother]

I was pissed drunk too

 

[zerozero]

I wouldn't say they were "much more aware". we just take the info for granted, as we have a full calender year, and not just a few significant days

I don't mean aware as in knowing about it, I meant aware as in noticing these phenomena. if there's a really bright star or long night etc we just keep on carrying on as usual

 

[Leasy]

The black man which is the orginal man did this shyt. Real Rap



























Sike nall. Good information. These same type of monuments are all over America too. Interesting!

 

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The black man which is the orginal man did this shyt. Real Rap







Sike nall. Good information. These same type of monuments are all over America too. Interesting!

Human beings, regardless of skin color, have been interested in astronomy.

I find it beautiful and poetic in a way. All these people, separated by vast amounts of land and water in some cases, of different color and tongues, all looking up at the sky.

I wish we had more information on those pagan religions from Africa, Europe and the Americas.

 

[Leasy]

Human beings, regardless of skin color, have been interested in astronomy.

I find it beautiful and poetic in a way. All these people, separated by vast amounts of land and water in some cases, of different color and tongues, all looking up at the sky.

I wish we had more information on those pagan religions from Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Even though they were separated I believe they were connected. You know my stance on that lol but all those pagan religious were even destroyed on demonized like the Celts, Dogon etc.... but if you research they beliefs systems they totally relate to astronomy.

 

[IrishBrother]

THE LOTTERY DRAW for the Winter Solstice at Newgrange is now open and with over 30,000 applications submitted in 2012, competition is tough.

The Newgrange lottery draw is now open, so how do you win?

If anyone is interested in entering.