Stonehenge "King" was from central Europe

Yahoo! ^ | Mon, Feb 10, 2003

[spetznaz]

LONDON (Reuters) - The construction of one of the country's most famous ancient landmarks, the towering megaliths at Stonehenge in southern England, might have been supervised by the Swiss, or maybe even the Germans.

Archaeologists studying the remains of a wealthy archer found in a 4,000-year-old grave exhumed near Stonehenge last year said on Monday he was originally from the Alps region, probably modern-day Switzerland, Austria or Germany.

"He would have been a very important person in the Stonehenge area and it is fascinating to think that someone from abroad -- probably modern-day Switzerland -- could have played an important part in the construction of the site," said archaeologist Andrew Fitzpatrick in a statement.

The so-called "Amesbury Archer" was found in a grave about three miles (five km) from the landmark, buried with 100 items, including gold earrings, copper knives and pottery.

Researchers hailed the find -- dating from about 2,300 B.C. and the oldest known grave in Britain -- as one of the richest early Bronze Age sites in Europe.

He was dubbed "The King of Stonehenge" because of the lavish items found in his grave, including some of the earliest gold objects ever found in Britain.

It was tests on the enamel of his teeth that revealed he was born and grew up in the Alps region.

"Different ratios of oxygen isotopes form on teeth in different parts of the world and the ratio found on these teeth prove they were from somebody from the Alps region," said Tony Trueman from Wessex Archaeology.

"It is important proof that culture imported from the continent helped bring Britain out of the Stone Age," he told Reuters.

[spetznaz]

Interesting .....i especially liked the use of oxygen isotope differentiation to decipher where the king hailed from (although in my case it woudl probably show 3 continents LOL).

I also found the following sentence humorous (why, i do not know): It is important proof that culture imported from the continent helped bring Britain out of the Stone Age," he told Reuters

And since i like photos here is a nice foreboding pic of Stonehenge:

[spetznaz]

Ping!

[bobi]

looks like ancient NATO conference table.

[Jeff Chandler]

That photo was taken before the Grizwolds visited it.

[Porterville]

[Jeff Chandler]

Well, isn't that precious?!

[tubebender]

There is a replica of StoneHenge on the Washington side and over looking the Columbia River several miles upriver from Portland.

[APBaer]

fyi

[new cruelty]

Stonehenge

Stonehenge, where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge
Where a man is a man and the children dance to
the pipes of pan
Stonehenge
Tis a magic place where the moon doth rise
With a dragon's face
Stonehenge
Where the virgins lie
And the prayer of devils fill the midnight sky
And you my love, won't you take my hand
We'll go back in time to that mystic land
Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow
I will take you there
I will show you how

[blam]

Ancient Mecca type site? Maybe something like a Hajj, huh?

[tang-soo]

Read about the American Stonhenge (aka Georgia Guide Stones) and the socialist agenda it promotes here.

Here is a section of the page ...

On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the American Stonehenge. Though relatively unknown to most people, it is an important link to the Occult Hierarchy that dominates the world in which we live.

And read about the message it protrays ...

1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
10.Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature - Leave room for nature.

Go to the link above, there is lots more info. By the way, this is on the web site for Dr. Stanley Monteith - author of Brotherhood of Darkness which I started reading yesterday. Its a great book.

[Kenny Bunk]

This is all very scientific, you know.

For example the fact that the dead guy had teeth indicates non-Britannic (and non-West Virginia) origin. The gold earrings also might indicate the guy was gay. But the archeo-psychology is equally important. To prove he was Swiss, one would have to establish that he had a large numbered bank account and absolutely no sense of humor.

Stonehenge is also important in the history of MArketing. There are other Stonehenge-type sites all-over Europe (apparently the Italians just noticed they have one that is huge on a remote mountaintop plateau in Southern Italy). However, the Stonehenge gets all the PR and 94.8% of all the tourists, and 100% of the tattoo druid kooks.

[Luna]

1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
4. Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
9. Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
10.Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature - Leave room for nature.

That reads like a very bad poem from the left and is therefore naive and completely looney. New Age crap.

[martin gibson]

To prove he was Swiss, one would have to establish that he had a large numbered bank account and absolutely no sense of humor.

...and a chocolate bar...

[tang-soo]

bttt

[Erasmus]

"Inches, feet... I'm a little fuzzy on the inches and feet thing."

(Maybe someone here has a more accurate rendition of that dialog.)

[rogue yam]

IAN: This looks actually perfect. I mean it's, uh, the right proportions. It'll be this color right?

Artist: Yeah. Yeah.

IAN: Yeah. That's...that's...that's just terrific. It almost looks like the real thing.

Artist: Well good.

IAN: When we get the actual, uh, set, when we get the piece, it'll...it'll follow exactly these specifications. I mean even these contours and everything?

Artist: Um, I'm not understanding it. What do you mean "the actual piece?"

IAN: Well I mean...I mean when you build the actual piece.

Artist: But this is what you asked for, isn't it?

IAN: What?

Artist: Well this is the piece.

IAN: This is the piece?

Artist: Yes.

IAN: Are you telling me that this is it? This is scenery? Have you ever been to Stonehenge?

Artist: No, I haven't been to Stonehenge.

IAN: The triptychs are...the triptychs are twenty feet high. You can stand four men up them!

Artist: IAN, I was...I was...I was supposed to build it eighteen inches high.

IAN: This is insane. This isn't a piece of scenery.

Artist: Look, look. Look, this is what I was asked to build. Eighteen inches. Right here, it specified eighteen inches. I was given this napkin, I mean...

IAN: Forget this! F*** the napkin!!!


--- Spinal Tap performs Stonehenge ---




DAVID: I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been...that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.

IAN: I really think you're just making a much too big thing out of it.

DEREK: Making a big thing out of it would've been a good idea.

IAN: NIGEL gave me a drawing that said eighteen inches. Alright?

DAVID: I know he did, and that's what I'm talking about.

IAN: Now, whether he knows the difference between feet and inches is not my problem. I do what I'm told.

DAVID: But you're not as confused as him are you? I mean it's not your job to be as confused as NIGEL is.

[bob808]

...the fact that the dead guy had teeth indicates non-Britannic (and non-West Virginia) origin...

Lol...

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