Newgrange: Ireland’s Ancient Masterpiece

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Source/Further reading:

Description and discovery: https://www.ancient.eu/Newgrange/
Archeology and symbolism: https://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/The-Winter-solstice-at-Newgrange
Official website: http://www.worldheritageireland.ie/bru-na-boinne/historical-background/
Britannica, basic facts: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Newgrange/601152
Neolithic Ireland: https://www.britannica.com/place/Ireland/Neolithic-Period
UNESCO listing: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/659/
Religious aspects of the solstice: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09bfnhc
Travel doc on visiting for solstice: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08590kb
Is the solstice roofbox only 50 years old? https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/newgrange-sun-trap-may-be-only-50-years-old-says-archaeologist-1.2913483
Arrival of the Beaker Folk: https://mythicalireland.com/MI/blog/ancient-sites/the-beaker-people-and-their-replacement-of-neolithic-dna-is-this-remembered-in-irish-myth/
Iron Age Newgrange: https://www.academia.edu/28884815/The_Br%C3%BA_A_Hiberno-Roman_Cult_Site_at_Newgrange
Rediscovering Newgrange: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/travel/ireland-newgrange-ancient-passage-tombs-mounds.html
Visiting today: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/newgrange-ireland-stone-age/index.html

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