Stonehenge found in Russia
Scientists say that they’ve found a 4,000 year old Stonehenge in Russia. The structure overlooks two well-travelled rivers, and was composed of wooden poles placed in a large (22.97 feet in diameter) circle. From the center, “sunset can be seen through the gates: One more pole outside the circle points at the sunrise.”
Ahmedov explained that solar and lunar cults were related to a fertility cult and to the mythological link between life and death. The circular shape was thought to hold magical properties because it has no beginning or end and was regarded as a symbol of eternity.
“(A) parallel can be drawn to Stonehenge, which is close to our monument in terms of the erection date and initially also was made of wood,” Ahmedov told Pravda. “However, no blood relationship could have existed between the peoples who erected Stonehenge and the Ryazan observatory. The latter evidently indicates the influence of (an) alien population (the Iranian forest dwellers) from the South-East of the Eurasian steppe.”
Read more at dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20041115/stonehenge.html
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on November 28th, 2004 at 12:44 pm
Actually these astronomical sites have been common around europe, since calculating th seasons was important for farming and spiritual purposes.
on December 10th, 2005 at 4:39 pm
ACtually it is not a Russian Stonehenge but a Siberian Woodhenge; there’s not a stone on the site.
on June 9th, 2006 at 2:07 am
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