JUPITERASC
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NEWGRANGE is one of the best examples in Western Europe
of the type of monument known as a passage-grave or passage-tomb http://www.authenticireland.com/newgrange/
'......According to the most reliable Carbon 14 dating techniques,
Newgrange was constructed around 3200 BC.
This means it is at least 600 years older than the Giza Pyramids in Egypt,
and
1,000 years older Stonehenge.
On the Winter Solstice,
the light of the rising sun enters the roof box of Newgrange and penetrates the passage,
shining onto the floor of the inner chamber.
The beam illuminates the inner chamber of Newgrange for just 17 minutes.....'
of the type of monument known as a passage-grave or passage-tomb http://www.authenticireland.com/newgrange/
'......According to the most reliable Carbon 14 dating techniques,
Newgrange was constructed around 3200 BC.
This means it is at least 600 years older than the Giza Pyramids in Egypt,
and
1,000 years older Stonehenge.
On the Winter Solstice,
the light of the rising sun enters the roof box of Newgrange and penetrates the passage,
shining onto the floor of the inner chamber.
The beam illuminates the inner chamber of Newgrange for just 17 minutes.....'