Robert Kar
Fri, Apr-11-08, 06:16
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Researchers suspect Stonehenge was ancient healing site
Archaeologists conducting a major excavation at England's
Stonehenge = said they had made a key breakthrough that may
help explain why the site = was built, the BBC said
Wednesday.=20
According to the broadcaster, which is funding the dig as part
of a = special programme to be broadcast in the autumn, the
team of = archaeologists has reached a series of sockets that
once held = bluestones, smaller stones, most of which are now
missing, that made up = Stonehenge's original structure.=20
The bluestones were transported from hills in Wales, some 250
kilometres = (155 miles) away, and the researchers think they
were brought to the = iconic site on Salisbury Plain in
Wiltshire, west England, because = ancient people believed
they had healing properties.=20
"The first week has gone really well," Professor Time Darvill,
one of = the academics leading the excavation, was quoted as
saying on the BBC = website.=20
"We have broken through to these key features. It is a
slow process but = at the moment everything is going
exactly to plan."=20
As part of the two-week dig which started March 31, the first
inside the = stone circle since 1964, the archaeologists must
now extract organic = material from the holes left by the
bluestones to better date when they = first arrived.=20
During the excavation, the researchers have also found a
beaker pottery = fragment, Roman ceramics and ancient stone
hammers.=20
=A9 2008 AFP http://www.physorg.com/news126983512.html
Comment: My theory that it was an ancient helipad is looking
ever more shaky...
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<DIV><TBODY><TR><B><FONT size=3D5>Researchers suspect
Stonehenge was = ancient=20 healing
site</FONT></B></DIV>
<DV><STRONG></STRONG></TD></TR><TR><TD><BR><B>Archaeologis-
ts conducting = a major=20 excavation at England's
Stonehenge said they had made a key breakthrough =
that=20 may help explain why the site was built, the
BBC said Wednesday.=20
<BR></B></TD></TR><TR><TD><BR>According to the
broadcaster, which is = funding the=20 dig as part of a
special programme to be broadcast in the autumn, the =
team of=20 archaeologists has reached a series of
sockets that once held = bluestones,=20 smaller stones,
most of which are now missing, that made up
Stonehenge's =
original structure. <BR><BR>The bluestones were transported
from hills = in Wales,=20 some 250 kilometres (155 miles)
away, and the researchers think they = were=20 brought to the
iconic site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, west =
England,=20 because ancient people believed they had healing
properties. = <BR><BR>"The first=20 week has gone really
well," Professor Time Darvill, one of the academics =
leading=20 the excavation, was quoted as saying on the BBC
website. <BR><BR>"We = have broken=20 through to these key
features. It is a slow process but at the moment =
everything=20 is going exactly to plan." <BR><BR>As part of
the two-week dig which = started=20 March 31, the first inside
the stone circle since 1964, the = archaeologists must=20 now
extract organic material from the holes left by the bluestones
to = better=20 date when they first arrived. <BR><BR>During
the excavation, the = researchers=20 have also found a beaker
pottery fragment, Roman ceramics and ancient = stone=20
hammers. <BR><BR>=A9 2008 AFP<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.phy-
sorg.com/news126983512.html">http://www.physorg.com=
/news126983512.html</A></DIV>
<DVI> </DIV>
<DVII><STRONG>Comment:</STRONG><BR>My theory that it was an
ancient = helipad is=20 looking ever more
shaky...</DIV>
<DVIII> </DIV>
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Researchers suspect Stonehenge was ancient healing site
Archaeologists conducting a major excavation at England's
Stonehenge = said they had made a key breakthrough that may
help explain why the site = was built, the BBC said
Wednesday.=20
According to the broadcaster, which is funding the dig as part
of a = special programme to be broadcast in the autumn, the
team of = archaeologists has reached a series of sockets that
once held = bluestones, smaller stones, most of which are now
missing, that made up = Stonehenge's original structure.=20
The bluestones were transported from hills in Wales, some 250
kilometres = (155 miles) away, and the researchers think they
were brought to the = iconic site on Salisbury Plain in
Wiltshire, west England, because = ancient people believed
they had healing properties.=20
"The first week has gone really well," Professor Time Darvill,
one of = the academics leading the excavation, was quoted as
saying on the BBC = website.=20
"We have broken through to these key features. It is a
slow process but = at the moment everything is going
exactly to plan."=20
As part of the two-week dig which started March 31, the first
inside the = stone circle since 1964, the archaeologists must
now extract organic = material from the holes left by the
bluestones to better date when they = first arrived.=20
During the excavation, the researchers have also found a
beaker pottery = fragment, Roman ceramics and ancient stone
hammers.=20
=A9 2008 AFP http://www.physorg.com/news126983512.html
Comment: My theory that it was an ancient helipad is looking
ever more shaky...
--=20 Posted by Robert Karl Stonjek
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<DIV><TBODY><TR><B><FONT size=3D5>Researchers suspect
Stonehenge was = ancient=20 healing
site</FONT></B></DIV>
<DV><STRONG></STRONG></TD></TR><TR><TD><BR><B>Archaeologis-
ts conducting = a major=20 excavation at England's
Stonehenge said they had made a key breakthrough =
that=20 may help explain why the site was built, the
BBC said Wednesday.=20
<BR></B></TD></TR><TR><TD><BR>According to the
broadcaster, which is = funding the=20 dig as part of a
special programme to be broadcast in the autumn, the =
team of=20 archaeologists has reached a series of
sockets that once held = bluestones,=20 smaller stones,
most of which are now missing, that made up
Stonehenge's =
original structure. <BR><BR>The bluestones were transported
from hills = in Wales,=20 some 250 kilometres (155 miles)
away, and the researchers think they = were=20 brought to the
iconic site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, west =
England,=20 because ancient people believed they had healing
properties. = <BR><BR>"The first=20 week has gone really
well," Professor Time Darvill, one of the academics =
leading=20 the excavation, was quoted as saying on the BBC
website. <BR><BR>"We = have broken=20 through to these key
features. It is a slow process but at the moment =
everything=20 is going exactly to plan." <BR><BR>As part of
the two-week dig which = started=20 March 31, the first inside
the stone circle since 1964, the = archaeologists must=20 now
extract organic material from the holes left by the bluestones
to = better=20 date when they first arrived. <BR><BR>During
the excavation, the = researchers=20 have also found a beaker
pottery fragment, Roman ceramics and ancient = stone=20
hammers. <BR><BR>=A9 2008 AFP<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.phy-
sorg.com/news126983512.html">http://www.physorg.com=
/news126983512.html</A></DIV>
<DVI> </DIV>
<DVII><STRONG>Comment:</STRONG><BR>My theory that it was an
ancient = helipad is=20 looking ever more
shaky...</DIV>
<DVIII> </DIV>
<DIX><BR>-- <BR>Posted by<BR>Robert Karl=20
Stonjek</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>
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