New Stonehenge 'Sun Worship' Find

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New Stonehenge 'Sun Worship' Find

Postby M Paul Lloyd » Nov 28th, '11, 22:31

Archaeologists make new Stonehenge 'sun worship' find.
Well it makes a change from the old stalwart 'ritual' doesn't it? ;)
Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones were erected.
The pits are positioned on celestial alignment at the site and may have contained stones, posts or fires to mark the rising and setting of the sun.
An international archaeological survey team found the pits as part of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project.
The team is using geophysical imaging techniques to investigate the site.
The archaeologists from the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection in Vienna have been surveying the subsurface at the landmark since summer 2010.

More here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-15917921
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