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Megaliths and Murder: The History of Stonehenge
Recent research at Stonehenge has revised and clarified the site's chronology. New discoveries have revealed the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen, who likely directed the assembly of the largest sarsen and trilithon constructions. Very recently, a third henge has been discovered at Stonehenge that may have played a pivotal role in funeral rituals. But let's go right back to ancient times and look at Stonehenge's timeline – from the very beginning.
Continue reading...The Blueprint for Stonehenge
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The ritual timber circle at Durington Walls known as the Southern Circle may be the model used by the priest-astronomer-architects who designed Stonehenge. Let's reconstruct this incredible archeological find. In so doing, we'll get a feel for what life was like in the only Neolithic village discovered in England - and possibly the largest of its time in all of northwest Europe. This settlement may even have been the resting and feasting place for the work crews who built Stonehenge.
Continue reading...The Legend Behind the People Who Moved the Monoliths of Stonehenge
Friday, October 2, 2009
The 'sarsen stones' for the great stone circle at Stonehenge came from southern Wales. Their transport to Salisbury Plain brought the encapsulated sacred power of an unknown Welsh hero to southern Britain thereby to ensure the mythic potency of Stonehenge. Join us on an archeological dig back to the time of the legendary King Arthur, where we'll meet a band of Bronze Age bowmen and rather extraordinary kind of construction project manager.
Continue reading...Stonehenge As Seen in 1867
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Photographs of Stonehenge were published in 1867 by England's Ordnance Survey under the auspices of Colonel Sir Henry James. He was a strong believer that photography should be a major tool for mapping and survey work. The shots shown here provide a glimpse of the photographic capabilities of the 19th Century while offering an opportunity to reflect on the chronology of a truly iconic landmark.
Continue reading...Stonehenge for Hillbillies
Monday, January 26, 2009
A quick glance at the silhouette of this place, and you might think it was some kind of druidic destination. You wouldn’t be far wrong either – if your idea of a deity is Henry Ford, and your idea of a shrine a '62 Cadillac. Carhenge, Nebraska is pretty darn distant from Stonehenge, Wiltshire, but the American Midwest’s answer to England’s ancient monument is close to the heart of many an auto-loving yeehaw type.
Continue reading...The Mysterious Coral Castle
Monday, November 10, 2008
Armed with only a fourth grade education, Edward Leedskalnin possessed a unique understanding of the laws of weight and leverage, and with that built a castle of immense proportions, singlehandedly. For twenty-eight years he quarried, cut, shaped, transported, and constructed the entire structure, with only primitive tools he fashioned from junk yard auto parts and cast away lumber.
Continue reading...Stonehenge May Have Been a Burial Ground
Monday, June 2, 2008
By Vlad Jecan Image by Frédéric Vincent This enigmatic structure has been the source of all kinds of speculation, from scientific to popular beliefs. Perhaps you even are familiar with the myths that still float within the two meter-high stones.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
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