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Andy B
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|  New Message Posted!2012-04-29 21:46
Many thanks Kai, I didn't put two and two together
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=31017
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KaiHofmann
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| New Message Posted!2012-04-29 21:40
Hi Andy,
I created a site page for this dolmen, yet. The page is showing the coordinates Michaels gave me- there is also a photo of it , Richard (a friend of Michael) sent me.
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michaelhauser
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|  New Message Posted!2012-04-28 12:35
Hi Andy, the location of the dolmen in numbers is a big problem for me because whenever I point the mouse on the site of google Earth, I get different numbers. Today : 27°35'10 79°N , 90°44'23 36°O, 2647 m. But it is easy to find it on the google map,when I try to discribe it. First find Central Bhutan Jakar, then the runway of new Batpalathang airport, next little north is Thamshing monastery with a yellow roof. From Thamshing a dirt road is leading south, 150m later it turns in a 90° ankle. Below that ankle is an oval circle, just outside the circle stands the dolmen. That map must have been updated recently after the airport was inaugurated, one can see a lot of new construction going on in the area, I was not there since one year. At the moment we have only the photo which Kai has submitted, but I hope soon we get more from Karma Tensin. As HM the King has visited the site on 26th for the first time, I expect photos in the bhutanese newspaper http://www.kuenselonline.com soon. In Bhutan there is a saying "nothing is ours but time",so let`s be patient.
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Andy B
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| New Message Posted!2012-04-27 21:39
Well done Michael. Could you let us know the approximate location of your dolmen and a photo so we can plot it on our map and create a page for it. I would like to let everyone know the good news via our main news pages and newsletter.
Thanks
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KaiHofmann
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|  New Message Posted!2012-04-27 21:20
GREAT ! ! ! 
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michaelhauser
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|  New Message Posted!2012-04-27 19:57
If anyone wants to know more about the secrets of Bhutan, I can recommend the film: Travellers & Magicians By Khyentse Norbu Lama, or watch on youtube: cybermagic 3000: Bhutan HD-Land of the Thunderdragon by Dominique Müller, or Prof.Augusto Gannser's book on "cupstones"1999, he was called Baba Himalaya (Father of the Himalayas). The Problem is,there is no excavation, no archaeology in Bhutan because they do not want to disturb the ghosts and even small living beings underground. Foreigners are welcome only as tourist and the rate at the moment is 250 USD per head/per day, only organized travelling is possible, no backpackers.
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|  New Message Posted!2012-04-27 19:06
Hi Martin, you are right, the orthostats are not quite visible on the photo, but they are there, sunken into the earth. Two/three generations before,local people used to crawl under the rock, to get rid of their sins, a practice,which at other places in buddhist Bhutan like Gomkora is still popular and possible. It cannot be an erratic, because if you put a compass on top of the rock,it shows exactly north/south orientation, so can't be natural. The early settlers (Monpas) used it probably to calculate the right time for sowing and harvest (solstice). Not far away there is also a "cup-marked"stone, for offering or sacrifice. It is said in the "History of Bhutan"by Lopon Padma Tshewang that until Padmasambhava came there in the 8th century, the Monpas were cannibals. He adviced them to use areca nut and betel leave instead of human flesh and introduced his buddhist teaching. In the Bumthang valleys farmers find highly polished stone axes while tilling the fields. The country is not a Jurassic Park, but a Megalithic one. So many places I know. With the help of Kai, I am in contact with a Bhutanese, who will submit better photos hopefully soon.
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SolarMegalith
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| New Message Posted!2012-04-27 18:09
Amazing news, congratulations Michael! If only in every country the government had so much understanding of the value of ancient monuments...
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TheCaptain
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| New Message Posted!2012-04-27 17:14
that is very good news. Well done Michael.
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Runemage
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|  New Message Posted!2012-04-27 15:54
Thank-you Kai and Michael for all your efforts !
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