<< News >> Archaeologist discovers, erm, 'Russian Stonehenge'
Submitted by coldrum on Saturday, 16 July 2005 Page Views: 12121
Neolithic and Bronze AgeCountry: Russia Type: Timber CircleInternal Links:
Two years ago, Russian archeologist Ilya Akhmedov made a sensational discovery [that journalists know nothing about prehistoric monuments... No, we knew that already,] he found an ancient construction resembling the English Stonehenge near the site of ancient settlement of Staraya Ryazan (a big Russian city), in the village Spasskaya Luka. It was estimated that the construction is 4 thousand years old. This discovery is smaller than the English analogue and is made of wood.
This is astonishing, but similar discoveries were later made all over Eurasia within the next two years. Not amateurs but rather experienced researchers discovered these ancient observatories. As a rule, all of these constructions are based upon the same principle: on the day of the summer and winter solstice the sunrays fall upon some definite spot of a sanctuary made of megalith stones or wood. This is strange that none of the researchers has made an attempt to compare these discovered observatories and find out their common principles.
In June 2005, a new expedition of astronomers headed by journalist and orientalist Andrey Polyakov left for Staraya Ryazan. The researcher is known for his expeditions to Ararat and Nakhichevan in search of Noah"s Ark.
The sanctuary near Staraya Ryazan is situated on the highest hill in the junction of the rivers Oka and Pronya. The area is unique for the great variety of cultures presented there: from the upper paleolith to the early Middle Ages. The previous expedition in 1979 was very close to discovering the sanctuary but failed to find it.
The construction is a circle of seven meters in diameter hedged in with wooden columns each is half a meter thick, at the same distance from each other. There is a large rectangular hole in the center of the circle and a pole. The wooden columns were destroyed but one can clearly see the round holes where they used to stand.
Ilya Akhmedov says that there are two more holes with poles on the ends of the ground. Two more holes of this type situated eastward and in the south were discovered around the area, the researcher says.
Within the circle, two couples of the poles form some type of gates through which one can see the sunset in the summer. Another pole outside the circle points at the sunrise. Archeologists discovered a small ceramic vessel with a delicate design on it: short lines make a zigzag resembling sunrays and wavy lines on the top symbolize water. The vessel belongs to the bronze epoch. In 2003, archeologists made a conclusion that the pagan temple was connected with astronomy; there were no settlements close to the place, all inhabited places were located some distance away from the discovery.
More: Pravda.
[Go there, stick 'Stonehenge' into their search box, and discover how regularly Pravda discovers another Stonehenge!
Note: To all the science and archaeology news sites who have 'parroted' this press release - shame on you. Just for the record - Stonehenge is made of... wait for it... stone! This site is of course a Timber Circle. I do wish we could get some sensible information on prehistoric sites in Russia. If you can help, please get in touch.
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