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Stone Circles In Saudi Arabia
Science Frontiers ^ | No. 3: April 1978 | William R. Corliss

Posted on 08/25/2004 11:42:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Enigmatic circular stone formations reminiscent of those in Europe are found on remote hilltops and valleys throughout Saudi Arabia. The rings are 5 to 100 meters in diameter and are surrounded by stone walls a foot or two tall. Some of the rings have "tails" that stretch out for hundreds of meters. From the air, the patterns have a striking resemblance to designs etched in Peru's Nazca plateau. Little is known about the circles and virtually nothing about their purpose.

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Yemeni Megaliths (Archaeology mag)
http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/yemen.html

Royal Ontario Museum (more photos)
http://www.rom.on.ca/news/keall.html


21 posted on 08/26/2004 12:39:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: dixie sass
a little more:
Unsung Crossroads
by David W. Tschanz
During the Chalcolithic, or Copper, Age, approximately 6000 years ago, the population of al-Jawf laboriously erected 54 groups of squared-off stone pillars, some of which measured up to three meters (9'6") in height. Called al-rajajil ("the men") today, the pillars appear to the casual observer to be randomly placed, although a bird's-eye view shows that they are placed in roughly parallel east-west lines.

22 posted on 08/26/2004 12:42:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: blam

Carnac in Brittany dates to circa 3300 BC (that's the current figure, +/- 200 years):

http://www.megalithia.com/brittany/carnac/


23 posted on 08/26/2004 12:44:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: SunkenCiv
These are surveyors' monuments.

Gen 10:25

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one [was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided

24 posted on 08/26/2004 1:22:55 PM PDT by happygrl
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"for in his days was the earth divided" -- a reference to the rising of the seas.


25 posted on 03/25/2005 11:34:41 AM PST by SunkenCiv (last updated my FreeRepublic profile on Sunday, March 13, 2005.)
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Just updating the GGG information, not sending a general distribution.

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26 posted on 01/28/2006 9:05:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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the Yemen standing stones: Image and video hosting by TinyPic
27 posted on 05/02/2006 7:40:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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28 posted on 11/27/2009 7:23:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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