Posted on 02/12/2009 7:43:34 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The story of Stonehenge and the mystery that surrounds it is familiar to most Salisbury residents, but one man has come to the city to tell people about an ancient circle of standing stones which pre-dates even Wiltshire's World Heritage site. Vardan Levoni Tadevosyan is an Armenian/Spanish historian of the occult who visited Salisbury last week to raise the profile of Carahunge, dubbed the Armenian Stonehenge. Carahunge, meaning 'speaking stones', is located 200km from the Armenian capital Yerevan, near a town called Sisian. There are over 200 stones on the seven-hectare site and many of the stones have smooth angled holes in them, directed at different points in the sky, leading scientists to believe it is the world's oldest observatory, dating back 7500 years... Mr Tadevosyan says that in neolithic times the Armenians were much more advanced than most other cultures. A carving found on rocks near Lake Sevan showed they knew the world was round, they could accurately measure latitude, and they were already skilled in astronomy, archaeology and engineering. He believes the earliest population of Britain, who came from Armenia, brought the ideas of Carahunge to Europe with them and played some part in the creation of Stonehenge and other European sites.
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Civ....
Have you been to Stonehenge?
Just askin’.......
I built it! The whole thing is a hoax! ;’)
Nope, I’ve not been there. The only time I’ve been off the continent has been when I hopped in the air. ;’)
*sheesh*
Easter Island had more to shout about...
I’m sure stone circles will be “discovered” for a long time.
“Everything old is new again.”
Because we know little, if anything about the origins or purpose of Stonehenge, everything about it is mostly conjecture. You could even connect Obama to it if you wanted to push it. We will never know what the ancients were trying to do with this exercise in monument building.
Spent a weekend in London on the way home from NI.
Took a day trip on a bus and one of the stops was at SH.
The perfect day for a visit.
Cloudy, misty....the ravens were perched all around the tops of the stones...
Very spooky......
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
Prof Herouni started investigating Carahunge more than 20 years ago and wrote a book, Armenians and Old Armenia, on his findings. He sent the book to Prof G.S. Hawkins, who had investigated Stonehenge, and he agreed with Herouni’s findings.
Professor Paris M.Herouni.Date of birth: 17 December 1933
Awards:
2002 – Lomonosov’s gold Medal of IAELPS
1997 – Bronze Medal of France Foreign Ministry
1991 – Antenna Prize of IEE-URSI (GB) for the work “The
First Radio-Optical Telescope”
1988 – Medal of Labour Veteran
1986 – State Prize of USSR in field of Science
1985 – State Prize of Armenia in field of Science
1984 – Silver Medal of Catholicos of all Armenians, Vazgen I
1983 – Order of Labour Red Banner
1980 – Gold Medal of All-Union Industrial Exhibition in Moscow
1970 – Medal “For Prowess Labour”
“We will never know what the ancients were trying to do with this exercise in monument building.”
My guess is they were trying to drive future generations nuts.
Heck, the Romans had a good time up there 2K years ago. They had a nice grape-growing and wine enterprise going on nearby. Check out Bath for the first indoor swimming pool ever built. Over a hot spring using stone masonry.
Still usable in all it's glory. If the cops weren't around, you can have Roman bashes there with a hundred people or so. Loud music will probably make you deaf reflecting off the stone walls and ceiling. Have the band outside. Jazz would be fine inside without amplifiers.
Now, an intelligent answer to a most perplexing problem. You may be on to something. ;-)
Looks like a very interesting site. However one of the most important developments in Stonehenge research came out last year and has largely passed under the radar. A reassessment of all the evidence argues that it was a ‘drawing board’ geometric design – and largely prefabricated, in other words there are no alignments to be found, other than the fact that its axis of symmetry is that of the longest and shortest days of the year. Quite a bit of information comes up by Googling ‘Solving Stonehenge’.
Cowabunga Buffalo Bob, my ancient ancestors were Armenian.
Now I know why I’ve always had this strange desire to become a rug merchant.
Joe, I Love the somewhat mystical unidentified pic.
Caption: This is your brain on Armenian wine.
It’s a cornflake. Sunken Civ called the guy a flake.
A cornflake cause Sunken Civ called the guy a flake?
Now there’s a connection. Never saw a cornflake at that magnification I guess.
You’re most welcome.
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