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Showing posts with label Winter Solstice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter Solstice. Show all posts
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Winter Solstice: Stone Age people in Ireland built a Fantastic Monument to the New Year

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Ancient Origins Today, the Irish and visitors celebrated the Winter Solstice as they did thousands of years ago at Newgrange, a huge St...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Italian Archaeologists Find a Rare Solar Observatory Hewn Into Rock to Highlight the Winter Solstice

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Ancient Origins A group of friends surveying World War II bunkers in Sicily, Italy, uncovered something much older—a rock on a hill w...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Winter Solstice December 22, 2015

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 Happy Winter Solstice
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Taj Mahal Gardens Found to Align with the Solstice Sun

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The gardens of the Taj Mahal align with the rising and setting sun during the summer and winter solstices, new research shows. Although t...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

Winter Solstice December 21, 2014

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 Happy Winter Solstice
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Happy Winter Solstice

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The winter solstice occurs exactly when the Earth's axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26'. Thoug...
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