Tag: Passage Tomb

• Ancient Wonders: The Gavrinis Passage Tomb

  

  For the latest in our Ancient Wonders series, we look to France over 5,000 years ago. On a small island in the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany lies the Gavrinis Passage Tomb. The uninhabited island is formed from granite rock but is a tourist attraction for it holds the region’s most impressive Neolithic site. The…

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  January 26, 2021

  Ancient Wonders

  Ancient History, Ancient Wonders, Archaeology, Brittany, Burial Ground, France, history, Neolithic, Neolithic Art, Passage Tomb, Solstice, Tombs