For thousands of years, our ancestors found solace in the winter solstice. Today, that belief is still reflected in the astonishing sight of the sun setting on Orkney's Maeshowe tomb. Located 10 miles ...
In October, Professor Judith Jesch of the University of Nottingham’s Centre for the Study of the Viking Age led a group of 20 ...
The exterior of Maeshowe, a chambered tomb in Scotland's Orkney Islands, pictured in September 2019 Jay van der Reijden / University of the Highlands and Islands Thousands of years ago, the Neolithic ...
Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun during midwinter's shortest day. What motivated ...
Despite the fact that it’s over 5,000 years old, Maeshowe, Orkney's answer to Stonehenge, is in amazing shape. But why did Neolithic Britons go to such great lengths to build it? National Treasure: ...
ORKNEY, SCOTLAND—According to a report in The Scotsman, Jay van der Reijden of the University of Highlands and Islands has conducted a new study of Maeshowe, a 5,000-year-old stone-built passage grave ...
Despite the fact that it’s over 5,000 years old, Maeshowe, Orkney's answer to Stonehenge, is in amazing shape. But why did Neolithic Britons go to such great ...
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