Exploring a 5,000 year old Tomb

An episode of the Irish History Podcast podcast, hosted by Fin Dwyer, titled "Exploring a 5,000 year old Tomb" was published on August 14, 2024 and runs 31 minutes.

August 14, 2024 ·31m · Irish History Podcast

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Portal Tombs are scattered across the Irish countryside. These monuments, around 5,000 years old, have been sites of ritual for millennia. Generation after generation, while spiritual beliefs changed, these ancient sites often remained sacred. In this podcast, I explore two of these tombs to understand how and why these mysterious tombs were built, and why humans return to particular landscapes over thousands of years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Portal Tombs are scattered across the Irish countryside. These monuments, around 5,000 years old, have been sites of ritual for millennia. Generation after generation, while spiritual beliefs changed, these ancient sites often remained sacred. In this podcast, I explore two of these tombs to understand how and why these mysterious tombs were built, and why humans return to particular landscapes over thousands of years.

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