A Neolithic Feat of Engineering The ruins of a 5,000-year-old tomb in a construction that reflects the pinnacle of neolithic engineering in northern Britain has been unearthed in Orkney.
Fourteen articulated skeletons of men, women and children – two positioned as if they were embracing – have been found inside one of six cells or side rooms.
The tomb measures more than 15m in diameter and contains a stone structure accessed through a long passage of around seven metres. The excavation was headed by Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, senior curator of prehistory (neolithic) at the National Museums Scotland, and Vicki Cummings, professor of neolithic archaeology at Cardiff University.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/21/a-neolithic-feat-of-engineering-orkney-dig-reveals-ruins-of-huge-tomb
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Posted by moss 22nd October 2023ce |
Heartbreaking' damage done to Neolithic passage tomb Damage done to an ancient Neolithic passage tomb in Co Sligo has been strongly condemned.
Photographer Ken Williams visited the site over the weekend and took photographs of words and shapes scratched into stones at the tomb which is over 5,000 years old.
More: https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2023/1016/1411157-carrowkeel-graffiti/
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Posted by ryaner 16th October 2023ce |