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Stonehenge – a long-term cemetery or neolithic ‘Lourdes’?

June 1, 2008 by Elaine  
Filed under Health

Stonehenge – a long-term cemetery or neolithic ‘Lourdes’?

 
Stonehenge, UK 
(Photo credit: www.activemind.com)
A topical article for me as I will be passing Stonehenge today.  It is an amazing feat of 4,500 year old primitive engineering and still provokes feelings of wonder and awe everytime I pass by, especially on solstice and equinox days.
Stonehenge served as a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed, new research suggests. The site was used as a cemetery for 500 years, from the point of its inception.
Archaeologists have said the cremation burials found at the site might represent a single elite family and its descendents – perhaps a ruling dynasty.
Professor Mike …read more


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