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Photo Pages: Easter Aquorthies
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Submitted by bobs on Thursday, 29 July 2010 (6319 reads)
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 This is a lovely recumbent stone circle, situated on the false crest of a hill just outside Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. |
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| Something new: a great set of recent photos.
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Photo Pages: Hill of Tara
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Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Thursday, 29 July 2010 (9538 reads)
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 Earthworks and Passage Grave in Co. Meath. Before the commercialisation of Newgrange to a kind of Neolithic Mall, this was the most celebrated of Irish sites, yet rather disappointing now.The earthworks are of Iron Age date but are not the remains of banqueting halls etc. that Romantic songs might lead us to expect. |
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| Irish Heritage Rights Survey launched to coincide with Tara UNESCO Nomination, see latest comment.
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Photo Pages: Swinton Druid's Temple
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Submitted by PeterCrump on Thursday, 29 July 2010 (3832 reads)
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 Modern Stone Circle in Yorkshire (North). New Swinton Hall is a mile or so to the west of Masham, near Ilton. It was built by the owner himself, William Danby (1752 - 1833). His next project was the labour intensive work of creating another Stonehenge, with a shilling a day paid to the workers. |
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| If follies are your thing, the Folly Fellowship have a new Google map of 500 sites, link in comment below
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Photo Pages: Ness of Brodgar
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Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 28 July 2010 (5359 reads)
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 Ancient Settlement in Orkney. A large Neolithic complex on the Brodgar peninsula lies on the low ridge between the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar. An initial geophysical survey, as part of the WHA Geophysics Programme, revealed numerous anomalies ‘indicative of settlement’ covering 2.5 hectares. |
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| Painted walls found within two of the structures, the first such discovery in the UK. Also Neolithic 'slate' roof and lots more in the live excavation blog running at the moment.
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Photo Pages: Penycloddiau
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Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 (10840 reads)
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 Hillfort in Flintshire. The hillfort of Penycloddiau covers some 21 hectares with the highest point 440 metres above sea level, and forms part of a chain of hillforts in the Clwydian Range of Mountains. |
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| Penycloddiau Audio Tour points are now available to download as MP3, see latest comment
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Text Pages: Stonehenge twin discovered stone's throw away
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Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 23 July 2010 (560 reads)
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 New wooden henge, a circular ditch that aligns with world-famous monument, deemed site's most exciting find in a lifetime.
Without a sod of earth being dug up, a new henge, a circular ditch which probably enclosed a ring of timber posts and may have been used for feasting, has been discovered within sight of Stonehenge.
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| Alex Down has located the site and Angie has a picture
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Text Pages: El Zotz
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Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 (492 reads)
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Ancient City in El Peten Department.The main structures of this Classic Period Mayan site appear to have been built and then abandoned in the 7th Century. It was built in grand style with two ceremonial centers. One of these, "El Diablo", is an acropolis on a steep sided outcrop, artificially terraced. From the buildings atop this height Temple IV at Tikal can be seen 12 miles away. |
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| "When we opened the tomb,... there was still, to my astonishment, a smell of putrification and a chill that went to my bones." Archaeologist describes opening Mayan tomb, sealed for 1600 years.
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News: Pomac Forest
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Submitted by bat400 on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 (3111 reads)
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Ancient Settlement, Pyramids, Tombs in Lambayeque region.
The Pomac Forest Historial Sanctuary is the site of earthen pyramids and high status burials from the Sican Culture (750 to 1375 AD.) The people of this culture may be associated with the Chimu Enpire or they may have been a client state of Chimu. |
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| See the comment on a recent tomb with the burial of a masked nobleman, sitting upright.
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Photo Pages: Marden Henge
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Submitted by vicky on Monday, 19 July 2010 (8088 reads)
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 Marden Henge is the largest henge in Britain enclosing 14 hectares (Avebury encloses 11.5 and Durrington Walls encloses 12). |
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| Marden Henge dig uncovers 4,500-year-old dwelling. For this and more latest news and pictures from the Marden Henge dig, please see latest comment.
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Photo Pages: Bringnerault alignement
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Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 17 July 2010 (1545 reads)
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 Before I visited, the information I had about this site was as follows. Three menhirs fallen or leaning, in a north to south line, 2 km east of Hedé. No.1 is 3.2m tall and fallen; 8m south of this is No.2, 2.2m long; 90m further south is No.3, 2m tall, fallen, with a V carved on the summit. Previously recorded, but missing, are No.4, several m west of No.1, 2.4m long, and No.5 close to 4, 1.6m long. What I found was slightly different. |
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A new look at Eygptian prehistory
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Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 16 July 2010 (245 reads)
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Among Zahi Hawass's ambitious plans to introduce specialised museums across the country is a proposed predynastic museum at Qena.
Anyone interested in the antecedents of the Egyptian civilisation and the cultures that predated the unification of the country under one king may soon have many of their questions answered. |
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| New Museum Will Represent 10,000 Years of Pre-Dynastic Culture.
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Photo Pages: Ecclesall Woods
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Submitted by baz on Friday, 16 July 2010 (4645 reads)
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 Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in Yorkshire (South)This earthfast, sandstone, carved boulder lies in Ecclesall Woods, south-west Sheffield and was re-discovered in 1981. It can be difficult to find without a G.P.S. receiver. |
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| Second example of prehistoric rock art found in park.
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Photo Pages: The Linton Stones
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Submitted by Sunny100 on Thursday, 15 July 2010 (488 reads)
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 Glacial Boulders/Stones at Linton in Craven near Grassington. In a field close to St Michael & All Angels Church stands a 6 foot high limestone boulder, dumped here by a retreating glacier, which has some large holes and grooves in it. The boulder stands in a slight round hollow with a circle of tiny stones running around it. In the same field, a short distance away, another clump of smaller recumbant stones and in the wall three more small boulders are embedded. |
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| A true prehistoric site? What do you think?
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Photo Pages: Boussargues
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Submitted by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 (1415 reads)
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 Ancient village dating to the third century BC near the village of Argelliers in Hérault. Much excavation work has been done here. One "Cabane" is reconstructed. |
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Photo Pages: Roded cult sites
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Submitted by motist on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 (403 reads)
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 In the Roded area I conducted a survey looking for more Roded type cult sites.
This mountainous area is formed from igneous rocks, mostly granite and it is steep and difficult to climb. |
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Photo Pages: Ramon crater open air sanctuary
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Submitted by motist on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 (466 reads)
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 Ancient Temple in Israel. In the Ramon crater west of road no. 40 (Eilat -Be'er Shev'a) there is a preserved rectangular open air sanctuary about measuring 10 x 8 Meters delineated by a single row of limestone uprights. It is a typical sanctuary in the Negev, Sinai and Southern Jordan. |
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Amazonian Indians More Advanced Than We Knew
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Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 (238 reads)
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For decades, archaeologists thought of the Amazonian Indians as lowly hunter-gatherers who inhabited widely scattered villages and barely eked out a living in the harsh landscape.
Now that image is collapsing. In a study to be published later this summer, scientists detail an ancient system of monumental public works in the eastern plains of the Llanos de Moxos, Bolivian Amazonia. The researchers relied in part on satellite pictures to penetrate the thick jungle, allowing them to inventory vast earthen mounds 25 to 30 feet high and tidy networks of canals and causeways, all built centuries ago. |
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Photo Pages: Tinkinswood
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Submitted by ShropshireTraveller on Monday, 12 July 2010 (6474 reads)
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 Chambered Cairn in South Glamorgan. This chambered long cairn is covered by an almost rectangular mound, which has a stone cist half way along the northern side. It has a forecourt to the east created by the horns of the cairn, allowing entrance to the main burial chamber. |
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| Tinkinswood: The 1914 Excavation during the Cory Family Ownership, Wed 14 July
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