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Stonehenge older again
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:26 am
by Ishtar
New findings at Stonehenge suggest its stones were erected much earlier than thought, challenging the site's conventional history.
A new excavation puts the stones' arrival at 3000 BC - almost 500 years earlier than originally thought - and suggests it was mainly a burial site.
The latest results are from a dig by the Stonehenge Riverside Project.
It is in conflict with recent research dating construction to 2300 BC and suggesting it was a healing centre.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wilt ... 660860.stm
This date goes backwards and forwards like a hyperactive rumba dancer on acid.
Let’s face it, nobody has a clue.
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:10 am
by Minimalist
Let’s face it, nobody has a clue.
Ta da!!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:17 am
by Sam Salmon
Reading the article the evidence is thin at best.
Also I think people make too much of these dates-it gets to be something of a p*ssing match-although a polite well researched one.
This manner of gathering evidence then garnering support compromises overall research goals.
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:10 pm
by Digit
Thin Sam?
It's a bit like saying Winchester cathedral is a burial site!
Sure there are burials at, or near, both sites, but that does not make it their primary purpose.
Mind you, it's an improvement on the Stone Age A & E idea!
Roy.
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:28 pm
by Minimalist
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:59 am
by Digit
The local post office, transport centre, 'rave' centre, shopping mall, space port, Star gate!
Take your pick Min, somebody will have a theory to support it.
Roy.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:21 am
by Ishtar
You’re all wrong. It’s a Stone Age flying saucer.
They built it in the hope of reaching other planets, but then there was a worldwide stock market crash and their funding disappeared down the Swanee.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:44 am
by Digit
I believe! I believe! I've seen the light!
Roy.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:24 pm
by Minimalist
Wait...WAIT!!!
Forget the cremations. Now we're back to burials!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... henge.html
Archaeologists who discovered the grave, where the child was laying on his or her side, believe the toy - perhaps placed there by a doting father - is the earliest known depiction of a hedgehog in British history.
What is going on over there? Can't you Brits make up your minds?
You KNOW how easily confused we Yanks are.
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:57 am
by Digit
What minds Min?
Half of our population probably don't know the place exists!
Roy.