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Post by auntym on Nov 29, 2011 1:36:15 GMT -6
www.ghosttheory.com/2011/11/28/video-new-discoveries-unearthed-at-stonehenge Video: New Discoveries At Stonehenge[/color] Submitted by Scott McMan on November 28, 201 Apparently some geophysical imaging is all it took to begin unlocking the puzzle of Stonehenge and that’s just what the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project are doing. Two distinct new pits have been found on the site. These pits are aligned in a celestial pattern and likely used for worship. An international team of archaeologists were assembled for the project and dividends are paying off with these two new discoveries. This exploration into the strange and until recently little known history of Stonehenge gives us a better understanding of the mysteries it held for so many years. See the report below: CONTINUE READING: www.ghosttheory.com/2011/11/28/video-new-discoveries-unearthed-at-stonehengeUploaded by unibirmingham on Nov 25, 2011 Heelstones, Cursus and Prehistoric Astronomy - a visualisation of the University of Birmingham's latest findings at StoneHenge (courtesy of the University's VISTA centre)
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Post by auntym on Jan 28, 2012 12:24:06 GMT -6
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/120127-stonehenge-ness-brodgar-scotland-science/?source=link_tw20120127news-stonehenge Stonehenge Precursor Found? Island Complex Predates Famous Site Home to northern Europe's oldest painted walls, Scottish site was likely colorful too.
James Owen for National Geographic News Published January 27, 2012 Scotland's Ness of Brodgar excavation pit has so far uncovered only about 10 percent of the ancient site. Photograph courtesy Hugo Whymark, ORCA On an island off Britain's northern tip, new discoveries suggest a huge Stone Age ritual complex is older than Stonehenge. But age is only the half of it. Researchers say the site may have in fact been the original model for Stonehenge and other later, better-known British complexes to the south. First discovered in 2002, the waterside site—called the Ness of Brodgar ("Brodgar promontory")—lies on Mainland, the largest of Scotland's Orkney Islands (map). According to recent radiocarbon dating of burned-wood remains, the Ness was first occupied around 3200 B.C. and went on to include up to a hundred buildings within a monumental walled enclosure. By contrast, the earliest earthworks at Stonehenge date to about 3000 B.C. And it would be roughly another 500 years before the first of the famous stones were set on Salisbury Plain. (Interactive time line: "Stages of Stonehenge.") In addition, ritual gatherings at the Ness of Brodgar may have foreshadowed feasts Stonehenge and similar sites such as Avebury. "Orkney is one of the keys to understanding the development of Neolithic religion," said site director Nick Card of the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology. Massive Final Feast CONTINUE READING: news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/120127-stonehenge-ness-brodgar-scotland-science/?source=link_tw20120127news-stonehenge
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Post by swamprat on Feb 18, 2012 13:13:07 GMT -6
Stonehenge inspired by illusions, archaeologist suggestsWritten By Stephanie Pappas Published February 17, 2012 LiveScience Theories about the purpose of Stonehenge range from a secular calendar to a place of spiritual worship. Now, an archaeologist suggests that the Stonehenge monument in southern England may have been an attempt to mimic a sound-based illusion. If two pipers were to play in a field, observers walking around the musicians would hear a strange effect, said Steven Waller, a doctoral researcher at Rock Art Acoustics USA, who specializes in the sound properties of ancient sites, or archaeoacoustics. At certain points, the sound waves produced by each player would cancel each other out, creating spots where the sound is dampened. It's this pattern of quiet spots that may have inspired Stonehenge, Waller told an audience Thursday (Feb. 16) in Vancouver, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The theory is highly speculative, but modern-day experiments do reveal that the layout of the Stonehenge ruins and other rock circles mimics the piper illusion, with stones instead of competing sound waves blocking out sounds made in the center of the circle. In support of the theory, Waller pointed to myths linking Stonehenge with music, such as the traditional nickname for stone circles in Great Britain: "piper stones." One legend holds that Stonehenge was created when two magic pipers led maidens into the field to dance and then turned them to stone. Waller experimented by having blindfolded participants walk into a field as two pipers played. He asked the volunteers to tell him whenever they thought a barrier existed between them and the sound. There were no barriers in the field, but acoustic "dead spots" created by sound-wave interference certainly gave the volunteers the impression that there were. "They drew structures, archways and openings that are very similar to Stonehenge," Waller said. Waller believes the people who built Stonehenge more than 5,000 years ago may have heard this sound-canceling illusion during ceremonies with musicians and thought it mystical, spurring the creation of the stone circle. Though the theory is unlikely to settle the mystery of Stonehenge, Waller said he hopes to highlight the importance of considering sound in archaeology. Rock art sites are often in areas where cave acoustics are particularly prone to echoes, he said, suggesting that ancient people found meaning in sound. "Nobody has been paying attention to sound," Waller said. "We've been destroying sound. In some of the French [rock art] caves, they've widened the tunnels to build little train tracks to take the tourists back -- thereby ruining the acoustics that could have been the whole motivation in the first place." Copyright 2012 LiveScience, a TechMediaNetwork company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Read more: www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/17/stonehenge-inspired-by-sound-illusion-archaeologist-suggests/?intcmp=features#ixzz1mlHiWHex
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2012 23:41:12 GMT -6
Makes sense to me ;D .
There are "ruins" that have sounds that are designed to sound like birds, etc.
Waller (I think) just means that "nobody is paying attention to sound at Stonehenge" .
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2012 1:30:53 GMT -6
There are 'henges' all over Europe..I'm glad they're starting to treat them like artifacts and care for them
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Post by blackshuck on May 5, 2012 15:26:58 GMT -6
From the book, "International Directory of Haunted Places" by Dennis Hauck,pp.41-42, many visitors have witnessed what appear to be "Druid monks' gathering around the 'Altar Stone" at various times and since one can no longer walk amomg the stones anymore, there is no telling what was observed but whoever or whatever "it" or "they" were, "they" should not have been there.
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Post by auntym on Jun 24, 2012 15:52:15 GMT -6
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-1851963621 June 2012 Stonehenge revellers mark summer solsticeRain and cloud cover prevented revellers from seeing the sunrise at 04:52 BST Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice despite overcast skies. Cloud cover meant pagans and druids were unable to witness the sunrise on the longest day of the year. Wiltshire Police said despite the rain it had been a "positive experience" for most revellers. Officers made 37 arrests for theft, drugs or alcohol-related offences and more than 100 people received cautions for cannabis use or possession. A further three people were arrested at the stone circles at Avebury, which is about 22 miles (37km) away from Stonehenge. A spokeswoman said: "As with every year, sadly there was a small minority who were determined to disregard the law. These people were dealt with robustly." BBC reporter Will Walder said thousands of people had braved the overnight rain to gather at Stonehenge. "It was wet, misty and muddy but there was an atmosphere that something really special was about to happen. "People were whistling and cheering and then falling silent before starting again. "Tambourines and drums were being played but then at 4:52 am people were looking from left to right to try to see the sun and had to resort to watches and mobile phones to mark the moment," he added. One of the revellers, Dave, said he had been on site since 22:00 BST on Wednesday with his friends. He said it was the first time he had been to Stonehenge. "I'm really wet and I'm soaked to the bone but its magical - it's lovely." English Heritage said the heavy overnight rain meant it was one of the lowest attendances in recent years. "However the rain did stop in time for the sunrise ceremonies and although clouds obscured the sun, loud cheers and applause rang out amongst the ancient stones," a spokesman said. "There was torrential rain at some points during the evening, but it stopped and although it was cloudy, it didn't rain for sunrise. "It has been the wettest and dare I say the muddiest in recent years." CONTINUE READING: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-18519636
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Post by DEADnGONE on Oct 25, 2012 17:25:18 GMT -6
Last time I was there, no one was allowed to wander among the stones. About darn time. The site, the whole site, doesn't need locals or tourists just wandering where they please. thank god somebody finally put up barriers, well actually "ropes", to keep folks out where they can see what is there but darn sure can't go out climbing on whatever they choose!
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Post by auntym on Dec 2, 2012 0:56:52 GMT -6
www.livescience.com/20044-stonehenge-acoustics.html The Stones Speak: Stonehenge Had Lecture Hall Acoustics[/color] Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Date: 02 May 2012 The stone slabs of England's Stonehenge may have been more than just a spectacular sight to the ancient people who built the structure; they likely created an acoustic environment unlike anything they normally experienced, new research hints. "As they walk inside they would have perceived the sound environment around them had changed in some way,"said researcher Bruno Fazenda, a professor at the University of Salford in the United Kingdom. "They would have been stricken by it, they would say, 'This is different.'" These Neolithic people might have felt as modern people do upon entering a cathedral, Fazenda told LiveScience. Fazenda and colleagues have been studying the roughly 5,000-year-old-structure's acoustic properties. Their work at the Stonehenge site in Wiltshire, England, and at a concrete replica built as a memorial to soldiers in World War I in Maryhill, Wash., indicates Stonehenge had the sort of acoustics desirable in a lecture hall. [In Photos: A Walk Through Stonehenge] www.livescience.com/20038-stonehenge-gallery-ancient-mystery.html Sunrise at StonehengeCredit: Simon Wyatt With its concentric rings of stone slabs, England's Stonehenge is the most architecturally sophisticated prehistoric stone circle in the world, according to UNESCO. The roughly 5,000-year-old structure is remarkable for its sheer size, the shaping of its stones and the sophistication of its design. No one knows why Neolithic people erected Stonehenge in a shallow valley in Wiltshire, although speculation abounds. Some say the structure served as an astronomical calendar, and more recently, that the stones were placed to create a particular acoustic illusion. The stone slabs of England's Stonehenge may have been more than just a spectacular sight to the ancient people who built the structure; they likely created an acoustic environment unlike anything they normally experienced, new research hints. "As they walk inside they would have perceived the sound environment around them had changed in some way,"said researcher Bruno Fazenda, a professor at the University of Salford in the United Kingdom. "They would have been stricken by it, they would say, 'This is different.'" These Neolithic people might have felt as modern people do upon entering a cathedral, Fazenda told LiveScience. Fazenda and colleagues have been studying the roughly 5,000-year-old-structure's acoustic properties. Their work at the Stonehenge site in Wiltshire, England, and at a concrete replica built as a memorial to soldiers in World War I in Maryhill, Wash., indicates Stonehenge had the sort of acoustics desirable in a lecture hall. [In Photos: A Walk Through Stonehenge] Stonehenge itself is no longer complete, so Fazenda and colleagues used the replica in Maryhill as a stand-in for the original structure. At both locations, they generated sounds and recorded them from different positions to see how the structure influenced the behavior of the sound. At the replica, they found a reverberation time of just less than one second, the amount of time optimal for a lecture hall. Unlike an echo, which is a single response created when sound waves reflect off something, reverberation occurs when a sound is sustained by a quick succession of reflections arriving at different times. CONTINUE READING: www.livescience.com/20044-stonehenge-acoustics.html
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Post by auntym on Apr 19, 2013 11:45:33 GMT -6
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2311173/Stonehenge-occupied-humans-5-000-years-EARLIER-thought--animal-watering-hole.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490Stonehenge was occupied by humans 5,000 years EARLIER than we thoughtBy Mark Prigg PUBLISHED 18 April 2013 Human beings were occupying Stonehenge thousands of years earlier than previously thought, according to archaeologists. Research at a site around a mile from Stonehenge has found evidence of a settlement dating back to 7500BC, 5,000 years earlier than previous findings confirmed. And carbon-dating of material at the site has revealed continuous occupation of the area between 7500BC and 4700BC, it is being revealed on BBC One's The Flying Archaeologist tonight. Experts suggested the team conducting the research had found the community that constructed the first monument at Stonehenge, large wooden posts erected in the Mesolithic period, between 8500 and 7000BC. Open University archaeologist David Jacques and friends started to survey the previously-unlooked at area around a mile from the main monument at Stonehenge, when they were still students in 1999. The site contained a spring, leading him to work on the theory that it could have been a water supply for early man. He said: 'In this landscape you can see why archaeologists and antiquarians over the last 200 years had basically honed in on the monument, there is so much to look at and explore. 'I suppose what my team did, which is a slightly fresher version of that, was look at natural places - so where are there places in the landscape where you would imagine animals might have gone to, to have a drink. 'My thinking is where you find wild animals, you tend to find people, certainly hunter-gatherer groups, coming afterwards. CONTINUE READING: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2311173/Stonehenge-occupied-humans-5-000-years-EARLIER-thought--animal-watering-hole.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
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Post by niki on Aug 1, 2013 11:38:50 GMT -6
I thought I would share my Stonehenge experience for anyone interested in this mysterious place. Stonehenge is located in one of the more greener parts of England....you pass through a number of tiny little farming villages that will remind you of The Hobbit. In fact, many of the houses even have domed or thatched roofs just like Bilbo's cottage. Winding through all of these tiny roads (all the roads are narrow in Britain) you come to an open field. And there, just sitting in the middle of nowhere, sits the stones. Immediately when you see them, you feel a chill. The fact that they are just sitting in the middle of an open field makes them seem even bigger and stranger. You can definitely feel a vibration the closer you get to the stones. It's palpable. It's a feeling I've never experienced...very hard to describe. The closest I've ever come to that sort of vibrational hum is during really deep meditation. It feels....almost electric. I also noticed, after visiting the stones, that my mind felt the clearest its ever felt. This lingered for a good day or so after. I think somehow there is an alpha state that is achieved by visiting it. There are a number of strange stones scattered throughout England, but this one is somehow different. Being there is like stepping, briefly, into a heightened state both spiritually and mentally and you don't have to do anything to calm your mind to get there, it just happens. If you have a bucket list I would definitely recommend a visit
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Post by bewildered on Aug 1, 2013 12:03:15 GMT -6
It's certainly on mine, Niki. I've encountered areas in far-flung locales during my travels that are reminiscent of your description of Stonehenge. I often think of them as "places of power," and according to the traditions of some ancient groups of humans, places such as that are "windows" to more refined realms of existence. In my opinion, we have lost much in this post-modern age of selfish consumerism....specifically, what it means to be *human.* Our ancestors were more attuned to the world around them and inside of them than we are in this age, and it shows in our proclivity toward self-destruction.
Contrary to modern paradigms of thought, I assert that humanity has been engaged in a long decline during the past five thousand years, during which we have lost our innate connection to the world and the universe. Through imagining ourselves as somehow separate and distinct from other animals and the environment, we are in reality committing a species-wide suicide. This earth is our mother, and all living creatures our brothers and sisters. We cannot survive without our family.
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Post by niki on Aug 1, 2013 12:38:53 GMT -6
It's certainly on mine, Niki. I've encountered areas in far-flung locales during my travels that are reminiscent of your description of Stonehenge. I often think of them as "places of power," and according to the traditions of some ancient groups of humans, places such as that are "windows" to more refined realms of existence. In my opinion, we have lost much in this post-modern age of selfish consumerism....specifically, what it means to be *human.* Our ancestors were more attuned to the world around them and inside of them than we are in this age, and it shows in our proclivity toward self-destruction. Contrary to modern paradigms of thought, I assert that humanity has been engaged in a long decline during the past five thousand years, during which we have lost our innate connection to the world and the universe. Through imagining ourselves as somehow separate and distinct from other animals and the environment, we are in reality committing a species-wide suicide. This earth is our mother, and all living creatures our brothers and sisters. We cannot survive without our family. I couldn't agree with you more. Some of us, though, are still in tune with this connection to the Earth and the Universe and I think that is why we've felt such a sense of impending doom, a deep sadness that cannot be attributed to one thing, specifically. Somewhere, deep inside, we are picking up on the terrible inevitability of sensing we are on a path to destruction, and the pain of not being able to stop it.
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Post by auntym on Aug 1, 2013 13:36:50 GMT -6
it's on mine too...
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Post by DEADnGONE on Dec 8, 2013 21:26:00 GMT -6
If There is anything mysterious about that creation, it will be due to modern man as I think we have gotten everything that location has had in it over the past 10,000 years. Hope I'm wrong but don't think I am.
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Post by auntym on Feb 5, 2016 14:28:15 GMT -6
www.ancient-code.com/scientists-suggest-stonehenge-boulders-were-not-transported-by-humans/February 2, 2016 Scientists suggest Stonehenge boulders were NOT transported by humansAccording go to a new theory proposed by researchers, the giant boulders that form Stonehenge were NOT excavated and transported by humans.Are you thinking Aliens? Well, you are wrong. At least for now, it seems that Alien aren’t responsible for the giant boulders being transported across half-a-country either. A new researcher presented by a team of scientists suggests that in the distant past, the giant megalithic blocks of stone were actually transported by… GLACIERS. (And all of a sudden aliens don’t sound so bad (sarcasm)) Theory suggests that sometime in the distant past, around 4000 to 5000 years ago, rocks were taken from Welsh quarries by ancient people and dragged across the country to where they currently stand tall and proud, in Wiltshire. But a new conflicting report from experts suggests this wasn’t the case and previous research is completely off. The previously accepted theory states that the giant blocks of stone were quarried and transported by ancient people (which according to many is extremely unlikely), but the new study contradicts the findings of researchers from the UCL in London. Dr bob John, Dr Dyfed Elis-Gruffydd and John Downes, who published their study in the journal of archaeology in Wales, firmly believe that there are “NO traces of human intervention in any of the features that have made archaeologists so excited in the past” The team of researchers think it’s unlikely that people managed to extract stones from a Neolithic quarry in the Preseli Hills and say the supposed signs of quarrying found in previous studies are not human but natural. The group has also stated that some archaeologists from UCL might have inadvertently created several features during five years of “highly selective sediment removal”. Even though the new study presented by Dr bob John, Dr Dyfed Elis-Gruffydd and John Downes could make a strong case, researchers from numerous universities including UCL, University of Manchester, Bournemouth University, University of Southampton, National Museum Wales, and Dyfed Archaeological Trust – believe their evidence which was published in the journal Antiquity presents enough details that prove human involvement in the transportation and extraction of the giant blocks of stone, a theory that is challenged by new studies. In his paper written with Dr Dyfed Elis-Gruffydd and John Downes, Dr John says: “There is substantial evidence in favor of glacial transport and zero evidence in support of the human transport theory. “We think the archaeologists have been so keen on telling a good story here that they have ignored or misinterpreted the evidence in front of them. “That’s very careless. They now need to undertake a complete reassessment of the material they have collected.” In the new study, Dr Jonh and his group are firmly convinced that the debris found at Stonehenge originated from glaciers which lifted and transported the rocks towards Salisbury. According to one longstanding theory, Stonehenge’s builders fashioned sledges and rollers out of tree trunks to lug the bluestones from the Preseli Hills. Stonehenge draws between 800,000 and 1,000,000 tourists a year, many of whom also visit the region’s numerous other Neolithic and Bronze Age marvels, it is one of the top tourist destinations in the UK. www.ancient-code.com/scientists-suggest-stonehenge-boulders-were-not-transported-by-humans/
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