Newgrange, a large passage tomb in County Meath, was built around 3200 BC, predating both Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza. Its inner chamber is aligned so that sunlight floods the passage only at the winter solstice.
Record no. MRB-2026-005879
Older Than the Pyramids
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