Reporter Linda Howe at Stonehenge
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Several years ago on
Dreamland we interviewed two researchers who had
evidence that prehistoric man traveled long distances by sea.
The famous Stoneghenge in England is between 4,000 and
5,000 years old, and
Stonehenge-type calendars have been found in
other places, all over the world. Now a structure which is
similar to Stonehenge and which is at least 2,000 years old,
has been found in South America.
The Brazilian observatory was made from 127 ten-foot-high
blocks of granite, which are positioned on the ground to mark
the winter solstice. In the web site physorg.com,
archaeologist Mariana Petry Cabral is quoted as saying, "Only
a society with a complex culture could have built such a
monument." In December, the sun passes through a small
hole in one of the blocks, marking the
winter solstice,
or return of sunlight to the earth for a new growing season.
Author and explorer
Graham
Hancock thinks the Brazilian Stonehenge may be even older.
He says, "I wonder on what basis they think it is just 2,000
years old. It's very difficult to date megalithic sites and it
seems they are dating it on the basis of ceramic fragments
found nearby, which could have been dropped there anytime.
What is really needed is something datable from an
undisturbed stratum immediately underneath one of the
megaliths. Then they would be in a position to comment
responsibly on the age of this structure. I bet it turns out in
the end to be a lot older than 2,000 years."
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from the beautiful crop circle country of the UK?which also
happens to be the home of the English Stonehenge. 2006 is
only half over, so it's
NOT TOO
LATE to get an exquisite crop circle
calendar.
Some of these images depict circles that were created near
Stonehenge and other ancient monuments.
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