About this title: Around 6,000 years ago a most sophisticated and enigmatic community of people began to arise on the island of Ireland. They were the megalithic builders of the Stone Age, cunning engineers and master astronomers who systematically assembled a vast calendrical and astronomical scheme which would stand intact over five millennia. Today, the individual monuments which each form a part of that complicated astronomical assembly lie decaying in the landscape, straddling the Boyne river, which in ancient times was named after the Milky Way galaxy and was considered its earthly equivalent. ...
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Description: Good. 1905785054 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LIFFEY PR
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781905785476ISBN:190578547X
Description: New. Island of the Setting Sun is the story of the sophisticated and enigmatic people who lived in Ireland around 6, 000 years ago: the megalithic builders of the Stone Age. Archaeologists have been probing their building sites over the last fifty years, u... read more
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