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Newgrange is considered the most complex megalithic site in the world. It is Ireland's most visited monument with around 250,000 visitor's a year. This riveting interview with alternative researcher James Swagger delves into the astroarchaeology of Newgrange.
History has always been a passion for James from early on, most notably Egyptology, Assyrian, and Akkadian civilisations of the middle-east. The megalithic civilisation that dominates most of Western Europe also played a major role when James was growing up. James was born to Irish and Danish parents, whereby both countries host large numbers of well preserved passage graves and megaliths. It was on one of these journeys to Brittany that he stopped off in Carnac. He realised for the first time the scale of the megalithic civilisation, that was lost, and that in the modern world we knew absolutely nothing of it.
James joins Bernard to discuss and share some of his research on some of the most perplexing and intriguing topics on this broadcast, such as:
Passage Graves
Typically dated between 3500BC-3000BC, these are complex megalithic buildings accurately aligned to stellar phenomenon where burials have been found. Some are aligned to the rising sun on key dates and some to constellations.
Passage Grave Cosmology & Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy is the study of how people in the past have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena in the sky, and what role the sky played in their cultures existence. Effectively it is a mix of archaeology and astronomy applied to figure out ancient aligned structures.
Astromegalithic Rock Art
This is a study of megalithic rock art which is thought to have a theme of astronomical calculations or astronomical depictions in mind.
Precession of the Equinoxes
The Dogon Tribe of Mali
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