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
Unsung CrossroadsDuring 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.
by David W. Tschanz
Carnac in Brittany dates to circa 3300 BC (that's the current figure, +/- 200 years):
http://www.megalithia.com/brittany/carnac/
Gen 10:25
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one [was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided
"for in his days was the earth divided" -- a reference to the rising of the seas.
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