iWORLD
At first glanc
e you might
think that th
spaceship co
e constructio
vered in mos
n below is a
s
!
N
e
wgrange in Ir
giant
oldest surviv
eland is one
ing buildings
o
f
.
T
th
h
e
is
world’s
5000 year o
tunnel under
ld circular to
it which lead
mb has a lon
s to a burial
g
chamber.
On the short
est day of th
e
year (around
21st Decemb
er), a
narrow ray o
f light enters
the
waterproof ro
of and reach
es
the burial ch
amber floor.
A
s
the sun gets
higher in the
sky,
the beam of
light then wid
ens
and lights up
the whole ro
om!
Scientists th
ink that the s
un
would have e
ntered exactl
y
at sunrise. Ev
en today you
can visit it as
you experien
ce
the year’s sh
ortest day.
What do you
think the art
on this stone
represents?
Stars, the aft
e
rworld or
even maps?
Play with yo
ur imaginatio
n!
WORD WIZARDRY DICTIONARY
SEVEN WONDERS OF This means an ancient building that is
THE ANCIENT WORLD one of the world’s most spectacular
ETERNITY
forever
AFTERLIFE
living after death
DYNASTY
one royal family that rules a country
for a long time, one after the other
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