The alignment will occur for a few days this week
Posted on 06/22/2006 8:28:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologist Steve Burrow made the discovery after reading a book by Sir Norman Lockyear published almost 100 years ago... Sir Norman - the man who discovered helium - had travelled to the site, otherwise known as the Hill of Black Grove, and measured the alignment of the sun at Easter... "I came across this reference in a book dating back to 1908 but nobody had checked it, nobody had gone and verified it in person," he said... Mr Burrow, a curator of Neolithic archaeology at the National Museum of Wales, delayed his book by a year to test the theory. His book Tomb Builders, published on Wednesday, explores the megalithic tombs which remain in Wales.
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The alignment will occur for a few days this week
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I always wondered about the changes in alignment of the sun over the millenia. Stars change. I wonder about the sun.
I always wondered about the changes in alignment of the sun over the millenia. Stars change. I wonder about the sun.
And I couldn't even use my new firepit for the first time last night 'cuz it rained.
Ah well.
There's always Lughnasadh....:)
"The 20-minute alignment of the sun will occur on only a few days this week at the Bryn Celli Ddu chamber on Anglesey... Mr Burrow said: 'The sun doesn't move that much on the days around the solstice.' ...'5,000 years ago they had the sophistication to build this monument,' he added."
Lasts 20 minutes, and occurs on more than one day. Whew! What sophisticated builders they must have been! ;') I've always wondered why people like Burrow are amazed by something they are inventing as they go along. :')
The video url seems overloaded and I'm still waiting to see it.
If you can't wait to see it, view the city skyscrapers below and see how it is possible to see the sun only a couple days a year.
EUREKA!!
The last piece of the puzzle falls into place!
I have seen baffling glyphs in secret scrolls from Ancient Lemuria and Mu that I have been studying, which made frequent use of a similar symbol, but never knew how to interpret them before.
This "tongue in cheek" emoticon is almost identical, and gives me the last clue needed to unlock the secrets of the Ancient Masters.
Neat.
When archaeologist Steven Burrow stood in the chamber of the Bryn Celli Ddu tomb at dawn on the summer solstice he saw the sun rise through the opening. "It's quite exhilarating," he said. -- Pictures: Steven Burrow
Postholes found outside the Bryn Celli Ddu tomb indicate a wooden structure may have preceded the current tomb monument, which consists of a stone circle surrounding a stone-lined passageway. -- Pictures: Steven Burrow
You're my favorite FReeper. ;')
Ahh, shuckins; twern't nuttin. [blush!]
An artist's impression of the henge at Bryn Celli Ddu. This was an open air sanctuary for religious ceremonies, and included the ditch and bank and the ring of stones. Graphic Copyright www.cadw.co.uk
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![Solstice sun beams into chamber [ Bryn Celli Ddu on Anglesey ]](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41794000/jpg/_41794218_mound_sun_203.jpg)
