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This one goes to 27

Hardcore Poser — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:41:11 -0800

A companion to one of Europe's most eminent prehistoric monuments has been discovered just a mile away. Bluehenge has the same rough configuration as its sister site, Stonehenge, but with 27 stones instead of 56. It is speculated that the stones of Bluehenge may have been moved to aid in the making of Stonehenge. Bluehenge was discovered by Professor Michael Parker Pearson of Sheffield University, who also discovered evidence of housing near Stonehenge a few years back. The news may have leaked out early.

Decoding Stonehenge

homunculus — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:10:34 -0800

If the Stones Could Speak: Searching for the Meaning of Stonehenge.

"Even the Druids are happy with this project"

Burhanistan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:37:20 -0800

Excavation Starts at Stonehenge - "The two-week dig will try to establish, once and for all, some precise dating for the creation of the monument." AP story "Dig Watch" - a daily journal of progress

Ancient observatories - from space

carter — Mon, 08 May 2006 10:28:59 -0800

Ancient observatories from space Satellite images of Angkor Wat, Chichen Itza, Chaco Canyon, Stonehenge, Teotihuacan, and others. The observers, observed. High res images available.

Tunnel Under Stonehenge?

Slagman — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:34:51 -0800

Archaeologists are denouncing plans for a tunnel under Stonehenge. It's not the idea of the tunnel itself that is drawing fire, so much as the execution. The govt seems to be doing it on the cheap, in a way that won't solve the problem of the modern world intruding on the prehistoric megalith.

king of stonehenge

stbalbach — Mon, 10 Feb 2003 07:53:53 -0800

The King of Stonehenge found in a 4,000-year-old grave near Stonehenge may have been from Switzerland and involved in its construction. It is the richest Bronze Age burial found in Britain "off the scale". ...it is fascinating to think that someone from abroad – probably modern day Switzerland – could well have played an important part in the construction of Britain’s most famous archaeological site.”