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Liam MacUistin


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Price: €9.95
Binding: pb
Pages: 112+8colour
Size: 216x138mm
ISBN-10 0-86278-981-8
ISBN-13 978-0-86278-981-7

Rights held: World, all languages.


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Exploring Newgrange


by Liam MacUistin

Older than the Egyptian pyramids, older than Stonehenge, for 5,000 years the ancient megalithic tomb at Newgrange in County Meath has housed the remains of Stone Age 'aristocracy', sheltering the spirits of the long dead from the outside world.

This book explores the creation, building and discovery of Newgrange. Why did these people spend years building this tomb? How did they move huge boulders miles across hilly country and erect them at the site, without the aid of machinery? Modern archaeological techniques have revealed much about the lives of our Stone Age ancestors, but Newgrange still retains many of its secrets. Exploring Newgrange uncovers, in words and illustrations, the extent, and limitations, of our knowledge of this world-famous site


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