Posted on 01/30/2007 12:55:42 PM PST by RDTF
New excavations near the mysterious circle at Stonehenge in South England have uncovered dozens of homes where hundreds of people lived -- at roughly the same time 4,600 years ago that the giant stone slabs were being erected.
The finding strongly suggests that the monument and the settlement nearby were a center for ceremonial activities, with Stonehenge likely a burial site while other nearby circular earthen "henges" were areas for feasts and festivals.
The houses found buried beneath the grounds of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site are the first of their kind from that late Stone Age period in Britain, suggesting a surprising level of social gathering and ceremonial behavior, in addition to impressive engineering. The excavators said their discoveries together constitute an archeological treasure.
"This is evidence that clarifies the site's true purpose," said Michael Parker Pearson of Sheffield University, one of the main researchers. "We have found that Stonehenge itself was just half of a larger complex," one used by indigenous Britons whose beliefs centered around ancestor and sun worship.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Stonehenge is an optical illusion. A few stones willy-nilly does not an ediface make.
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"New excavations near the mysterious circle at Stonehenge in South England have uncovered dozens of homes where hundreds of people lived -- at roughly the same time 4,600 years ago that the giant stone slabs were being erected. The finding strongly suggests that the monument and the settlement nearby were a center for ceremonial activities..."
Maybe it was a prehistoric shopping mall...
No, Janet Reno would never be the cause of any kind of erection.
When archeologists haven't a grain of historical evidence
regarding a site, they surrepticiously "decide" it is a
religious monument of some sort.
On "If Walls Could Talk", mysterious crosses were found
etched into the walls and over doorways of a home used in
the "Underground Railroad". Rather than acknowledging the
obvious Christian Cross and the historical connection Christians
had in helping slaves to escape, the brilliant researchers decided
these were African spirit signs used to ward off evil spirits.
Revisionist history succeeds.
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Stonehenge Builders' Houses Found
BBC | 1-30-2007
Posted on 01/30/2007 11:13:43 AM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1776116/posts
related, also of interest:
Stonehenge Didn't Stand Alone, Excavations Show
National Geographic | 1-12-2007 | James Owen
Posted on 01/13/2007 6:00:37 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1767225/posts
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