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Stonehenge 'No Place For The Dead' Says BU Expert
Alpha Galileo ^ | 11-16-2006 | Timothy Darvill

Posted on 11/16/2006 2:14:42 PM PST by blam

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To: SunkenCiv
They were of the Jutes

Weren't they Saxons?

21 posted on 11/16/2006 10:47:08 PM PST by GoLightly
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To: Blind Eye Jones

Now, don't come unhinged on us...


22 posted on 11/17/2006 4:13:22 AM PST by Hegemony Cricket (I'm Hegemony Cricket, and I improvised this message.)
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To: blam
Note to the prof: Access to the inner circle can be arranged...

Stone Circle Access

It is possible to arrange for Stone Circle Access to the inner circle at Stonehenge, subject to certain conditions, from dawn until half an hour before the site opens or half an hour after the site has closed until sunset or dusk (whichever is earliest). This is only possible during the times when Stonehenge is closed to the general public... a

23 posted on 11/17/2006 4:18:34 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Joe 6-pack
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 specifies eighteen inches. I was given this napkin, I mean...

IAN: Forget this! F#ck the napkin!!!

24 posted on 11/17/2006 7:29:40 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: Callahan
LOL!!
25 posted on 11/17/2006 7:31:36 AM PST by Churchillspirit (We are all foot soldiers in this War On Terror.)
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To: theFIRMbss
LOL...The look on Derek Smalls' face when the prop is being lowered onto the stage during the concert is priceless....to paraphrase John Kerry....it's seared in my memory.

Spinal Tap is, IMHO, the perfect example of why Rob Reiner should just make movies and STFU when it comes to politics.

26 posted on 11/17/2006 7:42:34 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006)
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To: GoLightly

They wound up with Kent, which was the Jutish kingdom of the heptarchy. :')


27 posted on 11/17/2006 8:44:54 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, November 16, 2006 https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

If you put stones in a big circle, the concept of “sighting” becomes a big “duh”, i.e., from our standpoint, you see what you want to see.


28 posted on 09/07/2007 4:52:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: Sacajaweau

That’s my complaint about archaeoastronomy in general; there aren’t many sites for which contemporary user manuals exist, so the rest are just modern suppositions.


29 posted on 09/07/2007 12:23:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Wednesday, August 29, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Did Stonehenge start out as royal cemetery?
msnbc | May 29, 2008 | not specified
Posted on 05/29/2008 4:47:46 PM PDT by RDTF
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2023261/posts

Stonehenge Mystery Solved. [Open]
Posted on 05/29/2008 5:46:06 PM PDT by SouthDixie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2023287/posts

Stonehenge Could Have Been Resting Place For Royalty
ScienceDaily | May 30, 2008 | ScienceDaily
Posted on 05/29/2008 6:43:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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‘Cursus’ Is Older Than Stonehenge:
Archeologists Step Closer To Solving Ancient Monument Riddle
Science Daily | 6-10-2008 | University of Manchester
Posted on 06/10/2008 10:45:44 AM PDT by blam
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30 posted on 07/11/2008 6:00:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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31 posted on 07/11/2008 6:00:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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