The Mysterious Engravings of Ireland’s 5,000-Year-Old Megalithic Tomb

Described as “one of the most beautiful and powerful sites in Ireland,” the megaliths at Loughcrew comprise a set of tombs enshrouded in mystery. For thousands of years they have stood, high on the windswept hills, with views of a gentle green landscape rolling away on all sides. Before the first pyramids were even built in Egypt, this wild and rugged land was home to Neolithic people who carved strange patterns into the stones. And yet it is the mystery that enshrouds this tomb site in Loughcrew, in Ireland’s County Meath, that is the real secret to its appeal.

Beer Made from Gold

A Chech brewery made Golden Lager, a drink that comes in champagne bottles and contains 0.018 grams of real gold. The beer took 18 months to develop and is named after ‘Re’, the Egyptian god of the sun.

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Stone Age Art gets Animated

Welcome to Animation Domination, Stone Age style. By about 30,000 years ago, Europeans were using cartoon-like techniques to give observers the impression that lions and other wild beasts were charging across cave walls, two French investigators find. –ARTICLE CONTINUED

 

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