These two video clips have appeared on YouTube (from germanicfolc’s Channel) - unfortunately I cannot see what programme they are from nor any indication as to who the producers are. However, I think it’s a pretty good and rare attempt to contextualise the growth of farming in Europe and the establishment of the culture that gave [...]
Just a mile down the road from Lanyon Quoit is this little structure looking for all the world like a neolithic mini-me burial just by the roadside. However, it is a modern sculpture – but I have no idea when it was erected nor by whom. Any ideas anyone?
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A little context from the ‘Standing with Stones’ DVD
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A little context from the ‘Standing with Stones’ DVD
It is hard to convey to people the true extent and colossal nature of the work that is the Carnac stone rows in Brittany. Somehow, photography alone just cannot do it. The eye can only see so far and it is hard to appreciate just how many of these stones there are from ’street level’. [...]
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Humans have occupied Armorica since the Palaeolithic era. Living originally as hunter gatherers, the population became settled in the Neolithic period (around 4500 BC), gradually mastering the techniques of raising livestock, cultivating crops and building.
This was the civilisation that created the tradition of standing stones. Most of the megaliths (dolmens, tumulus, and [...]
THIS FROM ANDY BURNHAM AT THE MEGALITHIC PORTAL (Wish I’d thought of it first!)
A competition to find megaliths*, earthworks and other ancient sites on Google Street View via the Megalithic Portal
http://www.megalithic.co.uk , with lots of prizes on offer.
Look for the competition link in the left menu
On Thursday 11th March Google rolled out its Street View service [...]
READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Owen Jarus AT THE INDEPENDENT
For Dr. Robert Mason, an archaeologist with the Royal Ontario Museum, it all began with a walk last summer. Mason conducts work at the Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi monastery, out in the Syrian Desert. Finds from the monastery, which is still in use today by monks, date [...]
COMPLETE ARTICLE by Sarah Head AT MERCIAN MUSE
When an opportunity arose to greet the sunrise at Stonehenge, I jumped at it. Never an early riser, the winter months appeared to give ample time to welcome the light at a reasonable hour. As the date grew closer, a welcoming bed and breakfast was booked in Salisbury [...]
ORIGINAL ARTICLE AT BBC KENT
In the lower Medway valley, on both sides of the river, are a number of large sarsen stones which are collectively known as The Medway Megaliths. They were moved there between 2500-1700 BC and were part of Neolithic, chambered long barrows, which were ancient burial tombs.
The Medway Megaliths are the only [...]
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE WAS SOURCED FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE
Nabta Playa is an internally drained basin that served as an important ceremonial center for nomadic tribes during the early part of the Holocene epoch. Located 100 km west of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt, Nabta contains a number of standing and toppled megaliths. They [...]
This might be slightly Off-Topic for this blog, seeing as the site talked about is mostly Roman, but the huge stones must be worth a mention!
Original article here.
If you are fascinated by the massive stone structures of Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids, the temple ruins of Baalbeck will put you at your wits’ [...]
Here’s an account by Steve Mansfield-Devine of his visit to the ‘Côte des Mégalithes’ and, of course, Carnac in particular. This is the first in a series of eight posts at his fascinating blog, The Human Landscape. The full series can be seen here and I do recommend having a look – especially if you are [...]
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