The Mysterious Stone Temples of Ancient Ireland

MyHeritage is running a special promotion right now! Click the link https://bit.ly/DanDavisMyHeritage or scan the QR code, and use the coupon code DAN29 to get your DNA kit for just $/€29! Over 5000 years ago, in the Boyne Valley in Ireland, a Neolithic society constructed Newgrange. Built in 3200 BC, it is older than the Pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge in England. But who built this astonishing monument? Where did they come from and how did they live? What can we learn from the other megalithic structures nearby and throughout Ireland and Britain? Why was this landscape, and the midwinter sunrise so important? And what can ancient DNA analysis reveal about the builders of this monument and the great mysteries of Neolithic Ireland? This is the astounding story of the national monument of Ireland, and the mysterious people who built it, the God-kings of Newgrange. *If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel* Become a YouTube Channel Member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUVwT8zcS5Z_rYXnpomlbfg/join Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dandavisauthor All my books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3xngwz5 *Sources* The First Farmers of Europe https://amzn.to/3wNDcqA The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe https://amzn.to/43eSVRO Settlement in the Irish Neolithic https://amzn.to/4lgTcLt First Light The Origins of Newgrange https://amzn.to/4k2Su3y Megalithic Architectures of Europe https://amzn.to/40i7dQX Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments https://amzn.to/4kSuMIg Yorkshire's Prehistoric Monuments https://amzn.to/44rObtU Cassidy, L.M., Maoldúin, R.Ó., Kador, T. et al. A dynastic elite in monumental Neolithic society. Nature 582, 384–388 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2378-6 Whittle A. ‘Very Like a Whale’: Menhirs, Motifs and Myths in the Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition of Northwest Europe. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 2000;10(2):243-259. doi:10.1017/S0959774300000093 Hensey, Robert, and Elizabeth Shee Twohig. “Facing the Cairn at Newgrange, Co. Meath.” The Journal of Irish Archaeology, vol. 26, 2017, pp. 57–76. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26564121. Eriksen, P. (2008). The Great Mound of Newgrange: An Irish Multi-Period Mound Spanning from the Megalithic Tomb Period to the Early Bronze Age. Acta Archaeologica, 79(1), 250-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0390.2008.00118.x https://irisharchaeology.org/the-neolithic-archaeology-of-ireland/ https://www.carrowkeel.com/ The above includes affiliate links so we may make a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel. *Thank you to the artists* Ancient Europeans https://x.com/ancient_euro3 Ryan Murray https://www.instagram.com/artofryanmurray/ Ryan's amazing graphic novel Fingal: https://amzn.to/4kSrOn6 It puts Irish mythology in a real prehistoric setting of the Mesolithic - Neolithic transition in Ireland. It's so good, please support the author. *Video Chapters* 00:00 Newgrange 02:11 Sponsorship 04:21 Early Neolithic Ireland 08:05 Passage Tombs 10:54 Brú na Bóinne 12:40 Solar alignment 16:30 Neolithic God-Kings 20:00 Public rites 22:56 Irish megalithic artwork 26:11 The Knowth Whale 27:27 Neolithic houses 29:19 Influencing Neolithic Britain