Stonehenge Was An Ancient Rave Location

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Saw this on the Discovery website today:

British researchers unveiled a new theory for the origins of Stonehenge, saying the ancient stone circle was originally a graveyard and venue for mass celebrations.

The findings would overturn the long-held belief that Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in southwestern England was created as a Stone Age astronomical calendar or observatory.

A team led by Professor Mike Parker Pearson of University College London said Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is both older and had a different function than previously thought.

"In many ways our findings are rewriting the established story of Stonehenge," Parker Pearson said.

The archaeologists carried out a decade of research which included excavations, laboratory work and the analysis of 63 sets of ancient human remains.

They said the original Stonehenge appeared to have been a graveyard for elite families built around 3000 BC, 500 years earlier than the site that is famous today.

The remains of many cremated bodies were marked by the bluestones of Stonehenge, Pearson said.

Further analysis of cattle teeth from 80,000 animal bones excavated from the site also suggest that around 2500 BC, Stonehenge was the site of vast communal feasts.

These would have been attended by up to one tenth of the British population at one time in what Parker Pearson said resembled "Glastonbury festival and a motorway building scheme at the same time."

It seemed that ancient people traveled to celebrate the winter and summer solstices but also to build the monument, he said.

"Stonehenge was a monument that brought ancient Britain together," he said.

"What we?ve found is that people came with their animals to feast at Stonehenge from all corners of Britain -- as far afield as Scotland."

He said it appeared to be the "only time in prehistory that the people of Britain were unified."

UNESCO describes Stonehenge as the most architecturally sophisticated prehistoric stone circle in the world.

But archaeologists have long argued about its importance to the people who built it, ranging from a place of astronomy to one of human sacrifice.

The researchers said their findings also gave a clue to why the monument stopped being used -- another mystery that has baffled archaeologists.

The earlier timeline they propose suggests that Stonehenge was built before the arrival of the "Beaker people" who brought with them a less centralized political culture.

Celebrate the modern primitive way:







This is pretty cool:



















Stonehenged again...

Happy Daylights Savings Time Day (to those who participate/celebrate/rave)...



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[Major (Tom)]

In ancient times,
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people, the Druids
No one knows who they were or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Hewn into the living rock, of Stonehenge

Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan

Hey!

Stonehenge! 'Tis a magic place
Where the moon doth rise with a dragon's face
Stonehenge! Where the virgins lie
[From: http://www.elyrics.net]
And the prayers of devils fill the midnight sky

And you my love, won't you take my hand?
We'll go back in time to that mystic land
Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow
I will take you there, I will show you how

Oh!

And oh how they danced
The little children of Stonehenge
Beneath the haunted moon
For fear that daybreak might come too soon

And where are they now?
The little people of Stonehenge
And what would they say to us?
If we were here, tonight

http://youtu.be/qAXzzHM8zLw
Ds

[bns666]

argh i always visit only london when in uk, never been anywhere else, next time - stone henge no doubt

[Supz]

I think neo and morpheus partied there.

[wehateporn]

[2013]

i'm not high yet

[wehateporn]

Originally Posted by bns666

argh i always visit only london when in uk

London doesn't count as UK anymore

[Dirty F]

I was at Stonehenge about 10 days ago. Really impressive.

[rogueteens]

Sonehenge is actually quite disappointing up close, its not as big as you'd think.
Avebury henge is better ...

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Originally Posted by rogueteens

Sonehenge is actually quite disappointing up close, its not as big as you'd think.
Avebury henge is better ...

Don't get me started on the Easter Island Mo'ai...that's a whole other thread (spoiler: The island is not named after the statute's creator, the Easter bunny).



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[pornmasta]

rave...

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

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[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Originally Posted by rogueteens

Stonehenge is actually quite disappointing up close, its not as big as you'd think.
Avebury henge is better ...

Oh yeah, the crop circle place...



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[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker

In ancient times,
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people, the Druids
No one knows who they were or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Hewn into the living rock, of Stonehenge

Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan

Hey!

Stonehenge! 'Tis a magic place
Where the moon doth rise with a dragon's face
Stonehenge! Where the virgins lie
And the prayers of devils fill the midnight sky

And you my love, won't you take my hand?
We'll go back in time to that mystic land
Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow
I will take you there, I will show you how

Oh!

And oh how they danced
The little children of Stonehenge
Beneath the haunted moon
For fear that daybreak might come too soon

And where are they now?
The little people of Stonehenge
And what would they say to us?
If we were here, tonight

Ds

LOL @ Spinal Tap:











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