Posted on 01/29/2005 11:51:49 AM PST by blam
Archaeologists find 'Russian Stonehenge'
Big News Network.com
Friday 28th January, 2005
(UPI)
Russian archaeologists have found the site of a 4,000-year-old concentric wooden structure resembling Britain's Stonehenge, the Art Newspaper reported Friday.
Evidence of the structure was found near Ryazan southeast of Moscow at the confluence of the Oka and Pronya rivers.
The area long known for its archaeological treasures was settled by tribes migrating from Eurasia thousands of years ago.
The report quoted Ilha Ahmedov of Moscow's State History Museum as saying a recent dig had uncovered evidence of a circular structure that would have been formed of wooden pillars and another circular structure of pillars surrounding it. The pillars have not survived, he said.
A number of archaeological items found at the site have been dated by Bronze Age experts to the third millennium B.C., according to Ahmedov. The British Stonehenge is constructed of stone and is believed to have been built in three phases between 1800-1400 B.C. It shows evidence of five concentric rings of megaliths.
They're a bit late breaking this news. It's been known at least since early 2003.
Here's an article I posted over a year ago.
Archaeologists Uncover A Russian 'Stonehenge'
Don't have time to check if they're the same.
Doesn't mean it's stonehenge like at all, hardly
compares. Could have been an autobody shop.
Well, perhaps a Yak body shop.
Not Stonehenge like at all, but very interesting.
I thoughf Yaks had fuselages. ;^)
PING
BTTT
Next tourist trap.
Stonehenge franchises... who would have thought
different article, same archaeological site.
I'm feeling drousy.
Heh heh heh...
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"Archaeologists Find 'Russian Stonehenge'"..."Formed of wooden pillars"
Shouldn't the title be "Archaeologists Find 'Russian Woodhenge'".
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So we in the west evolved from wood to stone work whereas the East didn't!
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