For part of its existence as an ancient temple, Stonehenge doubled as a substantial prehistoric art gallery, according to new evidence revealed yesterday.
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After 10 years of archaeological investigations, researchers have concluded that Stonehenge was built as a monument to unify the peoples of Britain, after a long period of conflict and regional difference between eastern and western Britain. More on STONEHENGE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=stonehenge 
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The megalithic stone structure may have been used as an astronomical calendar.
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The layout of Stonehenge matches the spacing of loud and quiet sounds created by acoustic interference, new theory claims...
Robert Slone's curator insight,
September 1, 2014 7:24 PM
It is fascinating how ancient people associated the dynamics of sound with the spirit world and used this connection to construct a piece of history.
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So far the remains of 14 Stone Age buildings have been excavated.
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BIRMINGHAM.- Archaeologists led by the University of Birmingham with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection have discovered evidence of two huge pits positioned on celestial alignment at Stonehenge. Shedding new light on the significant association of the monument with the sun, these pits may have contained tall stones, wooden posts or even fires to mark its rising and setting and could have defined a processional route used by agriculturalists to celebrate the passage of the sun across the sky at the summer solstice.
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A huge early Celtic calendar construction has been discovered in the royal tomb of Magdalenenberg, nearby Villingen-Schwenningen in Germany's Black Forest. This discovery was made by researchers when they evaluated old excavation plans.
Jan MacWatters's curator insight,
March 10, 2013 5:29 PM
There are many historical places from pre-history in Germany.
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The finds, which include two carved ducks, a ceremonial dagger and a hoard of 5,550 flints and tools, were unearthed by Open University archaeology students led by tutor David Jacques.
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A contract to build three life-sized Neolithic homes at Stonehenge in Wiltshire has been put out to tender.
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June 3, 2013 6:17 PM
While the mystery of Stonehenge continues, officials are paying 60,000 pounds to the bidder that contracts to erect Neolithic homes there.
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Rather than search for an acoustic motivation behind its structure, new research aims to better understand how ancient people might have used Stonehenge... Articles about STONEHENGE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=stonehenge
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They are among a growing number of researchers probing the acoustic properties of ancient sites. Their research shows that ancient peoples created sophisticated sonic illusions in ceremonial spaces ranging from Mayan temples to Stonehenge.
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Two new 21st century inventions are helping us to understand and visit the wonders of Stonehenge from the comfort of our own homes...
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Robert Ixer and Richard Bevins, British geologists, after nine months of tedious research, have pinpointed the place from which some of the stones that make up Stonehenge were quarried.
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September 1, 2014 7:29 PM
If these stones were quarried to Stonehenge , what was the property that made them so important to invest so much time and labor?
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Extraordinary new discoveries are shedding new light on why Britain’s most famous ancient site, Stonehenge, was built – and when. Stonehenge may have been place of worship 500 years before the first stone was erected.
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Stonehenge holds many mysteries, but although there are plenty of competing theories about its purpose, experts agree that the site chosen for such a monumental construction project must have held a very special significance for our...
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June 3, 2013 6:28 PM
Radio Carbon dating puts the site at Stonehenge to be 3,000 years older than the megalith itself. Digs find that the nomadic people that populated the area had been there for many years.
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In a surprisingly under-reported story from 2007, Mark Holley, a professor of underwater archaeology at Northwestern Michigan University, discovered a series of stones – some of them arranged in a circle and one of which seemed to show carvings of a mastodon – 40-feet beneath the surface waters of Lake Michigan. If verified, the carvings could be as much as 10,000 years old – coincident with the post-Ice Age presence of both humans and mastodons in the upper midwest.
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