Site of the Day for Friday, December 21, 2001 Solstice
Happy Winter Solstice! Today marks the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere. To illuminate this date on both scientific and historical levels, the List presents an exceptional website to bring its gentle members up to speed. "Candlegrove's light first glimmered on the Internet in 1995, when information about winter solstice was very limited on the Web. Since then, it has become one of the definitive Web resources about the ancient origins of the winter holiday season. . . Five thousand years of human history--maybe more--have enfolded this season in rich garb--many layers of celebration, folklore and tradition. Here's where you get to unwrap the gift." - from the website This delightful and enlightening site presents engrossing material about the solstice, including a lucid scientific explanation of how ancient peoples were able to determine the solstice, from a visitor from the Physics Department of Brown University. Not to be missed is a link to Newgrange, a megalithic Irish burial mound, which predates the pyramids, and its fascinating relationship to the solstice. In addition, the site includes ancient solstice customs from cultures around the world. Expand your horizons and enjoy the Solstice at: http://www.candlegrove.com/solstice.html A.M. Holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SotD Ashlists archives - http://www.mail-archive.com/site-of-the-day@ashlists.org/ SotD Website - http://www.ashlists.org/sotd/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the BODY type: unsubscribe site-of-the-day