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About 30 previously unknown stones discovered at Carahunge (the Armenian Stonehenge)
Public Radio of Armenia ^ | August 10, 2020 | Siranush Ghazanchyan

Posted on 08/11/2020 1:00:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

About 30 previously unknown stones with holes have been discovered at Carahunge or Zorats Karer (the Armenian Stonehenge).

Other stones of astronomical importance have also been found during the measurement works carried out jointly by the Byurakan Observatory and the Armenian National University of Architecture and Construction.

The team carried out computer scanning of the monument and the adjacent area, aerial photo-scanning of the area. All stones with holes were photographed and measured.

After the measurement results are summed up, astronomical calculations will begin based on new, highly accurate data.

Carahunge is a prehistoric archaeological site near the town of Sisian in the Syunik Province of Armenia. It is also often referred to as the "Armenian Stonehenge".

The site is rich with stone settings, burial cists and standing stones. In total, 223 stones have been identified.

(Excerpt) Read more at en.armradio.am ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: archaeoastronomy; armenia; carahunge; godsgravesglyphs; megaliths; sisian; stonehenge; syunikprovince; trollinthetopic; zoratskarer
This is not the same thing, btw: Carhenge: Nebraska's Mysterious Monument to American Cars

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1 posted on 08/11/2020 1:00:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Public Radio of Armenia

2 posted on 08/11/2020 1:00:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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3 posted on 08/11/2020 1:00:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Great. More finds for anthropologists to make up stuff about.


4 posted on 08/11/2020 1:02:34 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Does Keith Richards know about this?....................


5 posted on 08/11/2020 1:02:55 PM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: Red Badger

How do we know he didn’t build it?


6 posted on 08/11/2020 1:12:49 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

Yep! he’s old as the hills!..............


7 posted on 08/11/2020 1:13:55 PM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: Red Badger
Probably doesn't remember much about it, he was still a toddler.

8 posted on 08/11/2020 1:39:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Sorry, that’s my bad. I knew I left 30 stones somewhere, I just couldn’t remember exactly where!


9 posted on 08/11/2020 1:54:50 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
As long as I don't hit 30 stone...

10 posted on 08/11/2020 1:59:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Urmenia, right? Thanks for all the exciting aarcaeologicals finds that you are always researching bd bringing to light here! Where is this on the map?
11 posted on 08/11/2020 2:03:47 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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“near the town of Sisian in the Syunik Province”, the country resembles a piece of paper that’s been rumpled into a ball and allowed to try to flatten itself back out.

http://www.google.com/search?q=map+of+armenia

The name *may* come from the much earlier Hurrians/Khar/Carians.

[snip] The ancient Greek historians Herodotus and Eudoxus of Rhodes related the Armenians to the Phrygians — who entered Asia Minor from Thrace [/snip] [url omitted]

[snip] Armenian is an Indo-European language [/snip] [url omitted]

[snip] Geneticists have scanned the genomes of 173 Armenians from Armenia and Lebanon and compared them with those of 78 other populations from around the world. They found that the Armenians are a mix of ancient populations whose descendants now live in Sardinia, Central Asia and several other regions... Armenians share 29 percent of their DNA ancestry with Otzi, a man whose 5,300-year-old mummy emerged in 1991 from a melting Alpine glacier. Other genetically isolated populations of the Near East, like Cypriots, Sephardic Jews and Lebanese Christians, also share a lot of ancestry with the Iceman, whereas other Near Easterners, like Turks, Syrians and Palestinians [sic], share less. [/snip] [ http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Origin_Of_Armenians ]

more pics:

http://www.carahunge.com/


12 posted on 08/11/2020 2:43:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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(southern tip is where Sisian and Syunik Pr is located)CAPTION

CAPTION

13 posted on 08/11/2020 2:50:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

14 posted on 08/11/2020 3:22:43 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
Cue "2000 Man"...

15 posted on 08/11/2020 3:41:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Rất hay!
16 posted on 08/11/2020 6:39:48 PM PDT by ThanhPhero
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