Newgrange is so relatively unknown that Aliens haven't even gotten credit for it. I'd still love to visit it.

@antlerking69

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@kimsim4647

3 жыл бұрын

I was scrolling through the comments looking for one about the annunnaki or whatever they were. Aren't they responsible for all the earth's ancient megalyths 🤣

@barryb90

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, I'm sure the history channel will pickup on it.

@LannasMissingLink

2 жыл бұрын

Not aliens, but fun fact the reason it wasnt destroyed is because our ancestors thought the Good People (fairies) built them. The Good People are not to be crossed so people were afraid of entering them

@mrawesome669

2 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful and well worth visiting!

We did it for the craic, lads!!!

@No1JediJesus

3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day at dawn on the winter solstice a narrow beam of light penetrates the roof-box and reaches the floor of the chamber, gradually extending to the rear of the chamber.wear it illuminates a massive bag of cans for the lads

@paddypoolfc3579

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha. And the craic was mighty.

@BrianOSheaPlus

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@davidhobbs3178

3 жыл бұрын

Well hate to burst your bubble I really do buuuut.....the Irish today are descended from the Celts who fled the Romans and ended up in Ireland wasn't originally their homeland soooo the Irish today don't descend from those who built it I really am sorry but facts are facts😒

@paddypoolfc3579

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidhobbs3178 . Facts maybe facts but what about punctuation?

Worth mentioning, you can't just go there during the winter solstice. There's a yearly lottery for slots on the days where the light naturally gets to the central chamber, the tickets can't be bought or transferred. If you visit at other times they run a simulation of it

"I'm a KZreadr not an archaeologist" it's astonishing how many KZreadrs think they know everything about a historical site that they have never even been to. Thanks for this refreshing statement!

@ggaiakiei

3 жыл бұрын

Fortnite

@coolchilion722

3 жыл бұрын

@@ggaiakiei Call of Duty

@TheWoodsmanMilling

3 жыл бұрын

@@wntd4132 Skyrim

@benfitzgerald7384

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWoodsmanMilling pong

@Raventooth

2 жыл бұрын

I have been to Newgrange and still it is baffling

I live 5 minutes away from Newgrange in a nearby village on the boyne! I hold great appreciation for the history here and I encourage anyone who visits Ireland to definitely visit Newgrange!

@martinharrington6159

3 жыл бұрын

That wouldn’t be Baile Shláine by any chance? If so, that’s a lovely village

Easily one of the most amazing places I’ve ever visited. The whole of Ireland is a wonderful place.

@archstanton6102

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Bouphasavanh Get out of Dublin and they are very friendly and a bit less fake.

@Useaname

4 жыл бұрын

Sure t'was der dat oi met da luv of moi loife

@jetblack81

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers devon

@aoifed8913

4 жыл бұрын

@@archstanton6102 Stfu!

@Kirealta

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Bouphasavanh I mean, by definition average is average.

You should visit the Holy Stone of Clonrichert too, it's being upgraded to a Class Two Relic

@thesaintirl

3 жыл бұрын

Nice one Father!! Anything to be said for a cup of tea, ya will ya will ya will

@No1JediJesus

3 жыл бұрын

that would be an ecumenical matter

@CyrusGris

3 жыл бұрын

@@No1JediJesus Is there anything to be said for saying another mass? :)

@kellymarieoconnorful

3 жыл бұрын

😂😭😂😭😭😂😭😂😭😂😂😂

@derekscanlan4641

3 жыл бұрын

...of course, they ALL have lovely bottoms

As someone who’s tempted every day to get in the car and just drive a random direction forever, it doesn’t surprise me at all that there would be ancient humans who wound up in unexpected places.

China: "we are the oldest civilisation in the world" Ireland: "hold my beer"

@rumplestiltskin2104

4 жыл бұрын

"Hold my Guinness" *

@Pandzikizlasu80

4 жыл бұрын

Amatores... There is 300 years older neolithic mine in Poland in Krzemionki Opatowskie.

@BMW2002M10

4 жыл бұрын

@@Pandzikizlasu80 Krzemionki Opatawskie while being extremely impressive is really just a mine in the ground (and not unique as there were similar mines in Belgium and England) which developed over time rather than a deliberate construction which also incorporated astrological events. Not really comparable to Newgrange.

@nileshsitole8401

4 жыл бұрын

harappa India

@gregdobbin9549

4 жыл бұрын

Unless every one in Ireland is still a druid that civilisation died I'm afraid

Question - Why are Irish jokes so simple? Answer - So the English can understand them.

@joedalydeadbeat

4 жыл бұрын

Never ask a foreigner where he is from. If he is not english he will tell you within a few minutes, and if he is English, why embarrass him?

@joedalydeadbeat

4 жыл бұрын

What's the best thing that ever happened between England and Ireland? the Irish Sea!

@joedalydeadbeat

4 жыл бұрын

They say an Englishman laughs three times at a joke. The first time when everybody gets it, the second a week later when he thinks he gets it, the third time a month later when somebody explains it to him

@joedalydeadbeat

4 жыл бұрын

I could go on with the English jokes but I don't think u would get them.

@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas

4 жыл бұрын

@@shrek_has_swag2344 And like the attacks from the loyalist at that time was good?

Anyone who has visited Carrowkeel in Sligo (older than Newgrange by 1500 years) would know the roof box is an original feature.

@31770

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers, never heard about Carrowkeel. Definitely on my must visit list.

@keithdurran858

3 жыл бұрын

It's only, possibly, 200 to 300 hundred years older..

@mrmoose-bt6ns

3 жыл бұрын

wow, tkx sham :)

@Dreyno

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. You want ancient rocks? Come to Sligo. We have them just lying around all over the place.

@lizardlegend42

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dreyno most noticeably the giant nipple mountain, I mean Knocknarea

Much appreciate your deep dive on something ancient and Irish. The world truly undervalues what they have done 👍

@jaymccormack6875

4 жыл бұрын

Douglas Billington makes me think of family guy showing Ireland was Atlantis with flying cars and stuff while everyone else was in the dark ages. Then they discovered whiskey. That still would have been their best invention if family guy was right. But I’d never heard of this but it is incredible!

@brigidspencer5123

9 ай бұрын

It wasn’t built by the Irish even though it is located in Ireland.

You should have mentioned Knowth. It's a similar, more complicated, structure to Newgrange and it's less than a mile away. Must be part of the same community.

@rickc2102

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe he knoweth not Knowth.

@stoneymoloney

4 жыл бұрын

Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange are geographically located in a way that mimics Orion's Belt. Same as the pyramids of Giza.

@RRSmurf

4 жыл бұрын

@@rickc2102 Very good 🤣

@stevenwebb3634

4 жыл бұрын

@@stoneymoloney they were built by aliens

@KermitFrazierdotcom

4 жыл бұрын

And then there's Mayes Howe. And Skye. Living & Breathing Rocks. Big Rocks.

i literally live less than 10 minute’s drive from Newgrange, an amazing place, great video as always Simon + team!

@TheCloudhopper

4 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see a piece of Ireland on Simons channel, isnt it? :D

@EMurph42

4 жыл бұрын

I am extremely jealous! I’m fascinated by all things Neolithic but Newgrange is beyond amazing. I get the feeling it’s even older then they think & if I lived there I’d be investigating constantly.

@damenwhelan3236

4 жыл бұрын

Its Ireland. Everything's ten minutes from new range (messing)

@alexhatfield4448

4 жыл бұрын

Its a good feeling when they do a local site. I live 30 min from Gettysburg and it was a near and dear episode to my heart.

@padraicnangle7093

4 жыл бұрын

I can see it from my kitchen in fennor the place of the first recorded gaa match

As an Irish archaeologist I apprehensively clicked on this, but I have to hand it to Simon, this was well done. One thing though, Romans in Ireland is a HOT topic here. The only evidence we have is trade with Roman Britain, otherwise there’s no supportive evidence of romans actually visiting us. Apparently they were told we were even more savage and lawless than the Scotts so they just ignored us...

@radicalthunder5740

Жыл бұрын

Correct. No Romans ever conquered Ireland

@conlaiarla

Жыл бұрын

Surely that was a wise decision by the Romans .

@WildWoodsGirl65

2 ай бұрын

They were told they'd better not even try it. People see savage as an insult. It means badass & brave af.

@audreyroche9490

2 ай бұрын

Lol the Romans never took over Scotland either they tried to they were losing there empire and pulled out of Britain they used the Catholic Church to control other countries

@user-zj7dp3bf7b

2 ай бұрын

It's argued that the Irish WERE of course the Scots.

I find this more fascinating than just something being the tallest or biggest building. The fact they made something of this size and precision pre-Bronze Age is far more incredible.

@jokersgiddygrin

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not the superstitious type, but man it gives me chills being inside that building.

@solidus784

4 жыл бұрын

@@jokersgiddygrin how did you get inside I thought it's closed to the public

@jokersgiddygrin

4 жыл бұрын

@@solidus784 Happy to report it's open to the public for a small fee - about €7 I think. The tour guides are great, and they do a lights out recreation of the solstice on every tour. The museum attached to the visit just got an overhaul in 2020 too. I don't work for them, but I have no shame in promoting my countries wondrous history.

@alanobrien3736

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Walker agree, with both your comments. When the lights go out and the light creeps along the floor hard not to think of the people who stood there so long ago. What did they look like? How did their language sound? So atmospheric. You're correct, a super job at the site, its been very well done.

@P.Rick316

5 ай бұрын

I proposed to my gf in newgrange

My 4th grade history teacher (1972) passed around pictures from her vacation the previous summer to Machu Pichu, The Colisseum (under reconstruction) The Vatican, Hadrian's Wall and the reconstruction work New Grange, which she was the most excited about.

Im an Irishman who lives in the US but visited Newgrange a few year back and can hands down say it blew my mind! It is unbelievably amazing. I cant recommend it enough!

@lizardlegend42

3 жыл бұрын

@K C Excuse him, we're a bit too used to some Americans who identify as Irish because their great grandfather knew a guy who owned a pub. If you grew up learning Irish culture from your family of course you can claim Irishness. It's just the ones that brag about how Irish they are while being completely ignorant of our actual culture yhat get on our nerves a bit.

@roonilwazlib3089

3 жыл бұрын

@@lizardlegend42 I’m teaching my children Norse culture and mythology... doesn’t make them Norse

@lizardlegend42

3 жыл бұрын

@@roonilwazlib3089 yeah of course if they don't actually live there. I mean the actual everyday cultural nuance you can only pick up if you've been around the people long enough.

@keithandersonbrady5026

3 жыл бұрын

You didn't visit before you emigrated?

@damienpollard3949

3 жыл бұрын

@@lizardlegend42 maybe I didn't make it clear enough but I did say "Im an Irishman". I was born and raised in Waterford to Irish parents, of Irish parents, of Irish parents. My blood lineage to Ireland goes back to the 1600s I believe. So I am absolutely Irish.

Newgrange really does deserve to be better known. Great work, Simon, hopefully now more people will take an interest in this masterpiece of prehistoric engineering.

@ajm6623

11 ай бұрын

What deserves to be better known is Loughcrew, which is older than Newgrange. It has been vandalised by the Irish state heritage commission and left to fall in on itself. It is aligned with the Equinox so not as "sexy" as new grange and so very much smaller but still a key piece of Ireland's history that the government is ignoring.

I visited Ireland a few years ago and my route from The Giant's Causeway to Dublin took me to Newgrange. I was blown away by it - if you can visit it, it is a must. Older than Stonehenge & the pyramids. Knowth is nearby and also *well* worth visiting.

@stephenmonaghan6030

10 ай бұрын

An uncle of mine (an American) was convinced the Giant's Causeway was a man made tourist attraction. I wonder what he would have made of Newgrange. Thankfully, he went back to America before he coulld annoy us further with his wisdom.

@beardedchimp

8 ай бұрын

@@stephenmonaghan6030 the Giant's Causeway was man made, though admittedly it was giant-man made and Fionn mac Cumhaill didn't create it as a tourist attraction. Unless of course you consider Benandonner a tourist.

Thank you 😊 From a heavily pregnant Irish lady living in Porto and missing home

@ArchangelAva

4 жыл бұрын

Best of luck Bernie, hope all goes well! from home 🤗 xx

@tonyhart97

4 жыл бұрын

Currently reading this from Braga and immediately though, "theres another Irish person in Portugal??" 😂

@icuntbreathe3706

4 жыл бұрын

Thats nice to know about that! The first Portuguese Sailors had the Celtic heritage. It was when the Celtic Tribes expanded from Ireland to all Europe.

@makinwaves8147

4 жыл бұрын

Dead ass, when I read “Porto” i misread it as “potato”... my initial thought was if your living in potato then your pretty much home as it is🤣🤣🤣

@jmbpinto73

4 жыл бұрын

​@@tonyhart97 There is a link, as explained in the video, between Ireland and northwest Portugal, what the Romans called Galecia. Romans found here an organized empire, and they took 2 centuries to conquer. They never tried that in Ireland. :) Of course history is told by the winners, and Romans had writing to keep record of stuff, so people knows best their view on it.

“Unless you were talking to an Irishman” the tans are at it again lads!

@Nyitemare

3 жыл бұрын

never not at it!

@kevinlynch5981

2 жыл бұрын

Id love to hit slap forever time he said the british isles

@mrs5190

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinlynch5981 It takes a large amount of cognitive dissonance to be the inheritors of Newgrange, despite not being descended from the people who created it, yet at the same time feel unnatural amounts of anger towards the naming of the British Isles.

@niallocallanain3579

4 ай бұрын

Yes father :D

@audreyroche9490

2 ай бұрын

​@@mrs5190u mean the irish Isles lol only the English think they own everything that's not theres

Ozymandias: "Look on my works, ye mighty and despair" Newgrange: "Hold my Guinness"

"a bunch of Irish farmers managed to get it together.." aighhhtt

@marialiyubman

3 жыл бұрын

More like a bunch of Vikings... that makes more sense.

@Hanhanhanhanhanw

3 жыл бұрын

@@marialiyubman newgrange - 5000+ years old Viking period - 790-1166 ad Only 4000 years between newgrange and Vikings, but yes it makes more sense........

@themantaylor

2 жыл бұрын

@ Grham Hancock is that you????

@LannasMissingLink

2 жыл бұрын

@@marialiyubman probably Celts or Fenians actually. Or the older group of people who were thought to exist as the first people to settle on the island (though they're already a legend in the old Seanachaí stories so nobody actually know about them)

@proinseasokiellig4388

2 жыл бұрын

@@LannasMissingLink The Celts arrived about 2'000yrs later..

I see a video about my country, I click!

@marialiyubman

3 жыл бұрын

I see videos about your country (to which I’m addicted) - I click. I miss Ireland 😭

Thank you for covering this amazing place in our lovely country, you're all welcome to visit us once this whole lockdown ends and we'll be glad to see you all, stay safe!!

One of the reasons Newgrange was built, at that time, was climate. It has been estimated that the temperature back then was as much as 4 degrees warmer than today. Farming yields would have been very good so the farmers, for the first time, would have had lots of spare time. The same pattern of great advances being made in good climate times can be seen all over. Gobleki Tepe is a great example. The first time I remember visiting would have been in the mid 50s. My father borrowed the key to the padlock from the farmer who owned the land so we could open the gate and go up the passage. I will never forget it.

Proud to say my aunt worked with Professor O'Ceallaigh (O'Kelly) in the 60s and 70s. Thanks for the video. Go raibh maith agat.

Newgrange was one of my favorite places I have ever visited. We were able to go in and see what it looked like on the solstice. It was awesome. Thanks for the video! Brought back some fun memories.

Does anyone else feel like a great education could just be listening to all of this guy's channels as a curriculum?

In 2016, I fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Newgrange. It did not disappoint. Absolutely magnificent. I love Ireland.

I used to live right beside there. If you go into the museum you find out a little more than what he says here such as they found evidence of that they had done certain operations on on one another that were thought to be completely ahead of their time.

Idk why, but hearing about the irish make a huge monument like this, and having it still 'work' makes me feel really proud of being irish. One day, I'd love to see it on the winter solstice, as it truly seems magical

@Blessed_V0id

Жыл бұрын

As an Englishman, sorry our stupid government cut your country in half instead of minding their buisness. At least we hate the English government too

@WildWoodsGirl65

2 ай бұрын

It's magical at any time. The henge around it (the ditch, lol) & smaller stones even feel magical. But go when there are fewer tourists, not mid-afternoon or on a holiday! You'll be able to see how the sun hits inside anyway not just at solstice. The crowd makes it less amazing though.

HOW MANY CHANNELS CAN ONE GUY PRESENT?! Simon Whistler is slowly becoming a legend we never knew we needed

I'm constantly impressed with the quality of content and depth of research put into every video, year after year, for hundreds of videos. Truly laudable work!

I really like your approach to the subjects you cover, the detailed context you give leaves a tangible impression of the subject in time, space and the minds involved. You are one of only a handful of really good history/science creators whose enjoyment of their work is palpable. Respect, sir......and thank you.

Fresh video today, no commercials, Simon whistler today must be my lucky day. Happy Quarantine People.

This is one of the places I wanted to visit on my bucket list....simply amazing!

The Boyne valley is possibly the most important in Ireland in terms of historical significance

@Offgridkayaking

2 жыл бұрын

Mount sandel

@laoch5658

Жыл бұрын

@@Offgridkayaking nope

@williambaird2594

9 ай бұрын

Add the heartlands and especially Uisneach to that race!

@wiretamer5710

Ай бұрын

Carrowmore every day of the week

Simon Whistler dude I find you everywhere. And everywhere I find you I like the show. Cheers mate, from a Texan history lover

1:35 - Chapter 1 - The miracle of light 5:30 - Chapter 2 - Into the past 8:55 - Mid roll ads 9:45 - Chapter 3 - Building a piece of history 12:45 - Chapter 4 - Controversy & decline 16:15 - Chapter 5 - Lost past 19:10 - Chapter 6 - Past regained

I was there when I visited Ireland. Incredible place. Other things to see in the area of Slane is Slane Castle and the Hill of Slane

@aaroncooke5818

4 жыл бұрын

Hector's Mommy coming from a guy who was born and raised in Slane, respect

@bosco4533

4 жыл бұрын

You mean the Hill of Tara?

@rickc2102

4 жыл бұрын

Your mention of Slane Castle makes me need to listen to Unforgettable Fire again.

@hectorsmommy1717

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaroncooke5818 It was a wonderful little village and I hadn't heard of it before going to Ireland. I was looking for a place to stay that would be on a bus or train line and within walking distance of Newgrange and discovered everything else about it. Hill of Slane was much more interesting to me than Hill of Tara. I missed a Springsteen concert at the castle by 1 day. I even learned about Francis Ledwidge there.

@aaroncooke5818

4 жыл бұрын

Hector's Mommy it truly is a wonderful village, the estate if live in is called Ledwidge Hall after the man himself. Although Slane is not that well known it’s always nice to see tourists appreciating our rich heritage :)

Newgrange has been a place to see on my bucket list for decades. Thank you, Team. Wonderfully informative as always.

The first time I visited Newgrange and entered the passage would have been around 1953. I have been back dozens of times and never cease to be impressed by it.

Subject: Mount Rushmore Geographics: It's a mountain and a monument. Visualpolitik: Its construction was controversial. Megaprojects: ... but impressive. Biographics: It represents noteworthy presidents. TopTenz: ... who are covered in trivia. TIFO: ... that could do with some explaining. Business Blaze: ... and Danny wrote the script from within Lincoln's nostril.

@syyndev2161

4 жыл бұрын

I see you're a man of Simon as well

@DedMan516

4 жыл бұрын

Perfectly summed up

@AlexanderPimm

4 жыл бұрын

that is the most legit thing on the internet. Thank you.

@daragildea7434

4 жыл бұрын

@Alex Damian W.t.f. is "the fi r people"? And w.t.f. does "heading a great complaint" mean?

@moldgrim1

4 жыл бұрын

@Alex Damian Are you having a stroke?

Simon, the one man Discovery channel 👍

@ShaunaAllen-qn6lt

4 жыл бұрын

Went to Ireland and Newgrange in 2016. Most wonderful time of my life.5th generation of Irish descent. I would love to return before I die.

@jcarey1983

4 жыл бұрын

@@ShaunaAllen-qn6lt same here!!

I promise to go there... As soon as "going there" is a thing again 😅

@jokersgiddygrin

4 жыл бұрын

You'll be very welcome

@munirone

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in Canada, so for me it might be at least another 18 months before global travel is normal

Thank you Simon and crew. My quarantine days have been filled with biographics, geographics, toptenz, today I found out, business blaze and megaprojects. I watch them all to the very end, still contemplating what merch to get though :).

I mean the location of the doorway is still aligned with the equinox... The restoration project might of made assumptions with what the original layout of the window above it looked like but the alignment still checks, and considering how many sights have the same type of alignment, if it was an accident it was an accident that happened all across the world.

Never knew New Grange ever existed! Amazing! Simon Whistler and team are amazing! My wife thinks I have a bromance since I watch so many of Simon's channels . . . Amazing, well- produced videos. Thank you!

Visited when I was kid and again last summer, it is spectacular, standing in the chamber looking up at the huge stones perched above your head is a little unnerving. They simulate the light flooding it which is cool, as the waiting list for the real thing is decades long.

Thanks a lot for doing this, Simon.

Accidentally stumbled across Newgrange a few years ago when we had an extra day in Ireland on a trip. Was lucky enough to be there with Knowth was open as well. What an amazing experience. Highly recommend a visit!

The Mourne Mountains are not 'nearly as far away' as County Down from New Grange. They're in County Down...

@MrBizteck

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@TheAyla2004

2 жыл бұрын

Yup firmly in down

Thank you for this video! I needed information for an essay/project on newgrange and I got tons of notes from this!

Truly a wonder to see in person. I lived there for several years and loved it. Great video!

Imagine having to first be aware of a winter solitice and then actually mark it before any building commenced thousands of years ago. That blows my mind.

I remember going to Newgrange as a child in 99, on the winter solstice. We obviously weren't allowed in when the light hit, but it wasn't long after. One of the coolest experiences and partially kicked off my interest in history. A video of the Blarney castle would be cool, my hungover sister threw up in the carpark and it was a frozen spew puddle by the time we got back. I also remember eating Y2K bug shaped nuggets in the U.K at a petrol station, on the way to Stonehenge. Silly stories! Stay safe cunts, from Australia❤

@amandabromell9660

4 жыл бұрын

aw I was hungover at Blarney too. I went and had a wee nap in the garden rather than go up to kiss the stone. Great gardens, great nap. Weird location for a castle.

@stacyrussell460

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!!

@cvn6555

4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. I was there in 99 a few months before you when I went to Ireland for a friend's wedding. Place is amazing.

Thanks for the Mega Projects link

SO happy about this video, about one of the places that's fascinated me for years. And a lovely early b-day present too XD Thank you for another exceptional video!

Brilliant, love to see more vids on Ireland

I loved visiting this place. There's old old old carvings on it from when it was unearthed again and even says Name was here then the year

Your videos are really keeping me going during the pandemic, I appreciate the extensive work you guys put into this! So interesting!

This particular video is an excellent example of something I love about this channel. When the answer is not known, you come right out and say it. You clearly define speculation as speculation. I really like that.

Simon: "What we in Britain call a joke." Also Simon: Laughing in British Empire.

@thenightwalker99

4 жыл бұрын

Meh. Guinness and spuds. Not like we can argue with facts is it!

@patrickharrold5051

4 жыл бұрын

I would definitely agree still good vid tho

@m.g.3013

4 жыл бұрын

pOtAtO At least he finally talked about it. I'd unsubbed a while back because he hadn't

"The Irish Origins of Civilization" by Michael Tsarion is a 1,000+ page two volume book on the esoteric/occult history of the world; the very greatest.

@laoch5658

2 жыл бұрын

complete bullshit

@charlesmanson2597

2 жыл бұрын

that lad is a complete and utter fool who spreads misinformation on purpose, ive been practicing occultism for 10 years now and read a ton of micheals work. hes a shill.

@vergecryptocurrency4552

Жыл бұрын

Tsarion is a great teacher

The greatest educational channels I’ve ever seen on the internet have all been made by this man 🔥 his voice makes me feel like I’m in some fancy cigar shops in the early 1900’s getting told stories lmaoo 🔥🔥🔥🔥 to awesome

Simon, you forgot to mention the amazing acoustics inside the soltice chamber. It's beautiful to imagine the first light of the shortest day met with amazing music playing at the same time.

I live in Ireland and still haven’t visited it *lowers head in shame*

I live 15 minutes from this, so wild to see it in a video!

Great video topic, Simon. Newgrange is one of the places I would love to visit some day. It's quite interesting. Thank you.

I live for these presentations. Simon makes the most mundane topics very interesting.

If you've ever holidayed in Dublin and a drunk bearded man insisted you visit this sight, it was probably me

@zeroireland

4 жыл бұрын

Just a message of appreciation for you username. 'Gavalanche' haha. Sensational stuff.

@gavalanche5327

4 жыл бұрын

@@zeroireland Thanks man.

@thomoose4647

4 жыл бұрын

'a drunk bearded man' in Dublin? that really narrows it down

@gavalanche5327

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomoose4647 *talking about Newgrange 😉

@archstanton6102

4 жыл бұрын

Oh that was you? Thanks for tip, I really liked it there.

I went there on a coach tour from Dublin. The Hill of Tara has its charms as well.

I've been lucky enough to be part of an organised tour that gave us access to the inner chamber, when most don't, and having studied the monument as part of Art History in School and in College I am honored to have been allowed into such a monumental site. There is definitely something awe inspiring about the place when you approach it and to be inside was a dream come true for me. Inside you feel cocooned and connected somehow to the earth around you. As soon as the world gets back to "normal"you should consider a trip to Ireland to see this and many other sites

Really well researched! You covered pretty much everything known about Newgrange, including the controversies in 22 minutes.

I wasn’t able to make to Newgrange when I visited in 2018 but did get to see Loughcrew and go into Cairn T. The experience of seeing and touching 5000 year old carvings was indescribable, that day is one of my most cherished memories.

fantastic video. I love history and your video about Newgrange was very informative, funny and unbiased. I am from Ireland and naturally I love Irish history as well as the history of the people and culturally diverse kingdoms of Ireland and Britain. I think you should do a series on British and Irish castles and or castles around Europe also. Keep up the good work.

Amazing work on this Video, to everyone involved!

I love the humorous asides. It makes the presentation more interesting! Following in the footsteps of James Burke.

As someone who lives about 30 minutes away and has been multiple times it’s 100% worth the visit

Thank you for the video. As a history nerd I was aware of the site. But not its age. Humans can be simply amazing when we want to be.

Thank you for illuminating this magnificent and important piece of Ireland's history!

Great video! Two comments. The first is that I've been to and inside Newgrange. It was about 20 years ago on a visit to Ireland to visit relatives. The thing that sticks in my head the most was how claustrophobic that passage from the entrance to the interior chamber was. They had it lit up some, but even still... Also, obviously its not tall enough to where you can stand up in it (unless you're fairly short for modern average heights) and so you either have to be on your hands and knees or more likely walking sort of hunched over (I can't remember exactly, but that seems to be right). The interior chamber was a little higher, but still wasn't that big. It was roughly circular with these niches going off to various sides that once held bones and such. The niches weren't tiny either, they were fairly large, and so not like the niches you'd see in a Roman catacomb of later years. Something else I'll point out is that there are cool designs in the stone on the outside as well. Actually, in the video here you can see some of the circular designs about 14:00 in to this video. Part 2: There is another site, that's even older site that you should do a video on if you've not already. I can't spell it correctly, but the (english) phonetic spelling would be Go-beck-lee Tep-ee. It's in Anatolia (modern Turkey) and was built potentially as far back as 10,000 BCE (and maybe even older, I'm going off the top of my memory here) - which is just plain nuts. It dates to the time before agriculture - when the people in area were hunter gatherers. And the site isn't small. Its a pretty huge site, though it was built over a long period of time and used in parts - they actually constructed and then intentionally covered/filled in the various temples over the years the site was active. I don't want to give too many details, so that you can do it justice with a video if you choose to. There are some videos on YT about it as well, but you could still do a good summary and overview I think. (as always - if you've already done a video on that location on this channel or another, then I apologize. I think you would understand that its hard to keep track of what all has been covered given the number of channels and videos..)

Newgrange is interesting site to visit . Was there in 06 and it give me a lot to think about

Sneaking jabs in the CC guys? Classy lol 7:05

@assbag6189

2 жыл бұрын

That's what we in Ireland call, funny

@BSSniper

2 жыл бұрын

@@assbag6189 Uh huh. We yanks call It funny as well. We invented funny.

I first went there on a school trip in the late 1970's after it opened to the public, it was fabulous. So much history packed into such a small area. At that time school tours had to be educational, unlike today when school trips to adventure parks and cinemas are the norm. There's a lot to be said for the old educational type school trips! I've been many times since...and have seen many other new sites like Knowth and Dowth too. So much history packed into such a small area!

Nice video. I live around 40 km from Newgrange and visited it last year. It's impressive and it's a must visit for County Meath along with places like Trim castle where a lot of Braveheart was filmed and Slane castle for those more musically inclined.

We went there on our first trip to Ireland. It was really interesting, but the lack of facts as to “why” and “what was it used for” left us just curious and wondering. There are something like 30 or 40 other smaller mounds all over the surrounding countryside that they recently discovered via drone.

@razor1uk610

4 жыл бұрын

there are similar small kairns/cairns and small burial mounds scattered in groups and singularly across most of the Islands of Britain & Ireland, many are long forgotten or unrecognised, long grave robbed & ploughed over or filled in; they IMHO, TTBOMU were of chieftains, minor kings & respected/important persons to their own communities of back then - and there are mounds around Oldbury, Atherstone & Sutton Hoo (or there was in the long past).

@MrBizteck

3 жыл бұрын

Yes during the really hot summer the grass burned at different shades and drones were uses to discover dozens of ancient sites!

Love this stuff, thank you for this video! I feel i need to tell you that we have many smaller tombs like this called Anta(s) and stone circles, most in southern Portugal, older ( c.5000 to 3000 bc ) and way more primitive and rudimentary. Most, if not all, are aligned with solstices or other solar calendar events. One thing to note, do not understimate mankind's ability to travel in the late stone age, the moved long distances, just slower. And by the end of the last ice age im sure some of the humans that where in ice free iberia moved north following the coastlines and by boat.

For the love of God. Release the audio in podcast format!! Makes it soo much easier to listen to while working. Awesome channel btw.

I love your channels buddy!! Educating the world

the only thing I'm confused about is the insistence on calling them all farmers. to be clear I attribute that insistence on the sources, not on Simon or the writer (afterall, as Simon says, they're KZreadrs, not trained archaeologists), and this is why I take issue with it. but I feel it should be obvious to anyone, particularly experts who would have provided the source material, that there are multiple industries and skilled professions at play here, and as such it's almost certainly the case that they were not all farmers.

@CearaRed

4 жыл бұрын

farmer civilizations were more advanced than hunter-gatherers

@sumdumbmick

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think you watched the video, at least not with comprehension. He continually marveled at the fact that farmers built this. As such, your comment doesn't convey any relevant information. It'd be like if I replied with, 'Tuesday is the second day of the week'. Yeah, it's arguably true, but it doesn't contribute to this discussion in any way.

@tokein74

4 жыл бұрын

@@sumdumbmick Tuesday is the 3rd day of the week

@azuregriffin1116

4 жыл бұрын

@@tokein74 it's the 6th if you go by Last Thursdayism.

@Meinan4370

4 жыл бұрын

everyone was a farmer back then...know your history

You have most of the well know points in here. There are venus and moon alignments also, Knowth and Dowth are just as rich too, however.. Gobekli Tepe in turkey predates it by 5000+ years. So it isn't the oldest at all. But as an Irishman I'm so proud and in awe of our ancient monuments which are in abundance throughout the island The iberian link is huge also, I've been to gaelica and the similarities in many of the cultural practises seem to be ubiquitous.. Thanks for the vid, keep it up buck

@brianbreen1026

3 жыл бұрын

Geoff Duke,Big Gob Tepe from Ireland was on vacation and build that to pass the time.

@geoffduke1356

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianbreen1026 haha. I am starting to see that these prehistoric builders certainly arrived from the protocultures of Egypt or Mesopetamia.. Although the cairn is a more crude representation of thr pyramkd lets say, the solar and lunar worshipping, the bovine and celestial myths are all the same. I certainly believe hallucinagenic cerwmony is central to all of these druidic, shamanic people

Fantastic knowledge given out here. brilliant narration. really educational. thank you so much for this. Absolutely brilliant. Thanks Simon.

It is a fascinating place and an amazing structure. Photos and video can struggle to convey the scale, both in the large size, the very narrow low passageway, and the complexity of the inner chamber. I was fortunate to visit there in '99 while working in Drogheda, and staying in Bettystown, and would recommend having it on your list of places to visit.

Eccles: 'The clever thing is Dougal, if they couldn't write it down, how did they know the Sun would be on time?'

@helenclarke4735

4 жыл бұрын

It

@helenclarke4735

4 жыл бұрын

It's called oral history, A civilization capable of making such a monumment would also have dedicated people who kept careful records of such things and passing them down.

@loddude5706

4 жыл бұрын

'Oh look Eccles, a whoosh with a sticky starter.'

@Johnnisjohnnis

4 жыл бұрын

You don't need to use words to make a calendar.

@daragildea7434

4 жыл бұрын

@@loddude5706 Is that supposed to mean something?

Wow, what a coincidence. The Beaker folk are _my_ favorite civilization named after a Muppets character too!

Thank you art history for actually teaching me something I remember. Lol. Made me appreciate this video even more

To think i lived a year in Northern Ireland and never knew about that amazing site! I did live close and often visited the Navan Fort though. I must go back!