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falasha
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|  Posted 02-02-2010 at 00:35
Extreme Newbie here unable to create new thread so I have interruped this thread. I am looking for any information on the standing stones of Gilgal. This is the covenant location of Joshua and the followers of YHWH. 
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| Posted 02-02-2010 at 11:43
Hi Falasha and welcome!
I've not been able to find a definitive description or image, but Gilgal seems to go by many other names, so perhaps searches on those as well would turn up what you're looking for?
These are a couple of mentions I've found by entering Gilgal in the search box at top left and using the Google option.
From here
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/comments.php?op=Reply&pid=26633&sid=2146413361&mode=&order=&thold=
The finding is believed to represent the first time that enclosed sites identified with the biblical sites termed in Hebrew "gilgal", which were used for assemblies, preparation for battle, and rituals, have been revealed in the Jordan valley. The Hebrew word "gilgal" (a camp or stone-structure), is mentioned thirty-nine times in the Bible. The stone enclosures were located in the Jordan valley and the hill country west of it. To this day, no archaeological site has been proposed to be identified with the gilgal.
And here
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15032&map=1
Archeologists in Israel discovered the figs in an excavated house in a village called Gilgal 1. The fruits were mutant figs -- growing on a rare kind of tree that isn't pollinated by insects and won't reproduce unless someone takes a cutting and plants it.
I don't know if you've tried a wider search, I don't want to repeat what you've already done, but this could give you some leads for the other names to look for. It may also ring a bell with someone who is reading this
http://www.answers.com/topic/gilgal
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falasha
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| Posted 02-02-2010 at 14:30
Thanks for your reply. My understanding of Gilgal etymology is that GL root word is associated with "iron". Several locations that are known for iron mining have GL in their name such as "Galena".The merkava culture was made possible by the iron used in spokes and wheels. Gal has come to mean "circle" or to "encircle" but is also associated with "covenant". I am wondering if GL was first known as standing stone circles and later associated with the wheel of chariot and, hence, the Sun God.
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| Posted 03-02-2010 at 15:09
Hello, very interesting. Based on the information I can find I have created some site pages for the possible Gilgals from the Bible. The first one is (was) roughly here
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=24987
and the others can be seen in the nearby sites list
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Andy
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falasha
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| Posted 03-02-2010 at 15:52
Thank you for posting those pages. I agree that there could be several places called "Gilgal" as there might be several or more standing stone locations.
Gilgal also suggests that there is a circle within a circle by the GLGL combination. This is descriptive of a merkava wheel. A connection between iron and standing stones could be that both are considered holy stones. Iron would have been considered a "stone" by primitive man.
Are standing stones usually configured in a double circle like a chariot wheel?
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| Posted 04-02-2010 at 19:50
Now I am wondering if anyone knows the etymology of "megalith". It appears to have a "GL" (meGALith) embedded in it!
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| Posted 04-02-2010 at 21:13
"The word 'megalith' comes from the Ancient Greek μέγας megas meaning great, and λίθος lithos meaning stone." - Wikipedia.
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