2006-12-19 16:03:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Newgrange Megalithic Passage Tomb in Ireland, estimated at 5,000 years of age, was constructed so that the inner chamber is illuminated by the winter solstice sunrise. The structure is older than Stonehenge by a few centuries and it's estimated that it would have taken a crew of 300 at least 20 years to build it.
Who knows how long the observance of such preceded the construction of the celestial clock? The Bighorn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming is also aligned with celestial occasion in mind, so the observance itself bridged cultures unknown to one another for who knows how many millenium.................. speaking of bridges.....
2006-12-19 16:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by Mudcat 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For over 10 millenia have our kind celebrated the rebirth of the sun.
Have a cool Yule!
2006-12-19 16:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by Medusa 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Heavens knows, since it's probably the coldest day on the Earth in the Nothern area.
2006-12-19 17:08:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Celtic Pagans can trace an oral history back for over 10,000 years.
the Native Americans (not actually celebrating it but knowing when it was and the signifigance of it) can trace theirs back over 15,000 years.
2006-12-19 16:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
from the time people walked upright; looked up and observed the sky
2006-12-19 16:08:09 · answer #5 · answered by Nora 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can be traced back to Nimrod, who led the people at the tower of babel, just a short time after the flood.
2006-12-19 16:08:24 · answer #6 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Probebly as long as civilasation began and we were farming
2006-12-19 16:05:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋