STONEHENGE ROCK SOURCE IDENTIFIED

February 27, 2014 - Scientists have found the exact source of Stonehenge's smaller bluestones, new research suggests.

The stones' rock composition revealed they come from a nearby outcropping, located about 1.8 miles (3 kilometers) away from the site originally proposed as the source of such rocks nearly a century ago. The discovery of the rock's origin, in turn, could help archaeologists one day unlock the mystery of how the stones got to Stonehenge.


The work "locates the exact sources of the stones, which highlight areas where archaeologists can search for evidence of the human working of the stones," said geologist and study co-author Richard Bevins of the National Museum of Wales. [In Photos: A Walk Through Stonehenge]

The Wiltshire, England, site harbors evidence of ancient occupation, with traces of pine posts raised about 10,500 years ago. The first megaliths at Stonehenge were erected 5,000 years ago, and long-lost cultures continued to add to the monument for a millennium. The creation consists of massive, 30-ton sarsen stones, as well as smaller bluestones, so named for their hue when wet or cut.

Stonhenge's purpose has long been a mystery, with some arguing it was a symbol of unity, a memorial to a sacred hunting ground or the source of a sound illusion.

But for decades, researchers agreed upon at least a few things. In 1923, geologist Herbert H. Thomas pinpointed the source of one type of the stones, known as dolerite bluestones, to a rocky outcropping known as Carn Meini on high ground in the Preseli Hills of western Wales. He became convinced the other bluestones (made from other types of igneous, or magmatic, rock) came from the nearby location of Carn Alw. That, in turn, lent credence to the theory that Stonehenge's builders transported the stones south, downhill, to the Bristol Channel, then floated them by sea to the site.

Sources and more information:

• Scientists Find Source of Stonehenge Bluestone Rocks

New research indicates that scientists have found the exact source of Stonehenge's smaller bluestones. In turn, the solving of this mystery could help archaeologists someday to unlock the mystery of how the stones got to Stonehenge. The rock composition of the stones divulged that they come from a nearby outcropping, situated about 1.

• Source of Stonehenge Bluestone Rocks Identified

Scientists have found the exact source of Stonehenge's smaller bluestones, new research suggests. The stones' rock composition revealed they come from a nearby outcropping, located about 1.8 miles (3 kilometers) away from the site originally proposed as the source of such rocks nearly a century ago. The discovery of the rock's origin, in turn,...

• Breakthrough in solving the mystery of the Stonehenge stones

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Amazing Discovery Of 29 Ancient Gold Men Unearthed In Sweden

Archaeologists in Sweden have made an astounding discovery unearthing 29 ancient figurines of gold men ("guldgubbar") dating back to the Iron Age.

Working in great secrecy, archaeologists made this sensational find in Blekinge at West Vång peasant village northeast of Ronneby, located in southern Sweden.

"We have been very afraid of looting and carefully made sure to secure this location with metal detection rings," says Mikael Henriksson, archeologist at Blekinge Museum to the Swedish newspaper Sydnytt.

No fewer than 29 anthropomorphic gold foils, gold men so-called "guldgubbar" have been discovered at the site.

This is the third largest find of gold men to have been made in Sweden to date.

The gold men were discoeverd in southern Sweden. Image credit: MesssageToEagle.com

One hundred similar figurines were discovered about 10-15 years ago at the Uppåkra site outside of Lund, and the in 1980s, some 60 were stumbled upon in Slöinge, Halland. They are made from a thin gold foil and they depict figures of men and women.

They are 1-2 cm high and are imprinted on one side. They date from the 6th century and a few hundred years beyond.The last time any gold object was found in Blekinge was back in the 1930's when a gold bracteates was stumbled upon on the island of Senoren, located in the Blekinge archipelago. "Without a doubt, this was an important location during the Iron Age and for several hundred years onward", says Mikael Henriksson."It is apparent that we can begin a new chapter in our research into the Iron Age in Blekinge."

Excavations were conducted in great secrecy. Image credit: MessageToEagle.com

Gold men (guldgubbar) are most often found in locations associated with power or religious rites. Nothing of its kind has ever before been found in Blekinge.

Archaeologists say these gold men are of great significance. Image credit: Blekinge Museum

"Perhaps the location once served as a place of worship, but as yet we can only speculate. What we do know at present is that the site was once a settlement during the Iron Age", Mikael Henriksson continues.

How many more gold men are hdden in the area? Image credit: Blekinge Museum

In addition to the gold men (guldgubbar) the archaeologists found five bronze cast heads, fragments of a vessel, as well as other bronze objects, Roman glass, gold spirals and Viking- age coins.

The find can be dated to a period between the birth of Christ and the early Middle Ages.

These gold men were probably used for rituals. Image credit: Blekinge Museum

Other finds indicate that the people worked in such industries as the production of iron, blacksmithing, bronze handicrafts and the manufacture of glass beads.

Naturally, artifacts of a more mundane nature have been found at the settlement.

However, the new finds suggest a more complex element to the site. Archaeologists now understand that this special place was more than just a dwelling settlement.

The find can be dated to a period between the birth of Christ and the early Middle Ages. Image credit: Blekinge Museum

Not far from the figurines, archaeologists discovered what appears to be an old temple.

"We disagree on what to call it. But there is a big building that probably has been used for some sort of ritual, says Björn Nilsson, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at Södertörn University to Sydnytt.

There are many questions concerning the settlement and the new finds, and a research project is currently being formulated in cooperation with Södertörn University.

How should the artefacts and finds be interpreted?

How do they relate to each other in time and space?

How can the site and the findings be placed into a greater context?

It will take some time before scientists can answer these fascinating questions.

For now we know that the 29 gold men have revealed that the hill at the Western Vång has hidden many historical secrets that are now beginning to come to light.

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Secret Ancient World Buried Under The Vast Takla Makan Desert

  MessageToEagle.com - Ancient people believed that once you entered this place there was no way out.
A very long time ago, there were houses and temples here. Today, everything is buried under the sand. Precious ancient relics are hidden deep under the "Sea of Death", or the Takla Makan desert. Archaeologists are beginning to discover some of the secrets that have been hidden in this mysterious region. Still, it seems that we are only scratching the surface and only time will tell what more wonders are waiting to be unraveled. The Taklamakan desert is the largest desert in China and it is also considered to be the world's second largest shifting-sand desert covering an area of over 33, 700 square kilometers (over 13,000 square miles). In Uigur language, Takla Makan means 'you can get into it but can never get out' and that is why the desert is also called 'the Sea of Death'.
The Talka Makan Desert is the largest desert in China. Image credit: www.4deserts.com
The desert is very significant to the people in this region. According to an ancient legend, once a long time ago, a powerful Supernatural Being who saw the hardship being faced by the people in this area, thought that he could help them by using the two magic objects in his possession namely the golden axe and the golden key. He gave his golden axe to the Kazakh, so they split the mountain Altai and diverted water from the mountains to the fields. The Supernatural Being planned to give the golden key to the Uigur so that they could open the door of the treasure-house of the Tarim Basin, but unfortunately his youngest daughter lost the key. This angered him so much that he held her a captive in the Tarim Basin and thus the Takla Makan Desert was formed.

In more modern times, historians learned that the Takla Makan desert played a vital business role. There are oases located on two routes around the desert that served as important trading spots on the so-called Silk Road. Of all the precious goods crossing this area, silk was perhaps the most remarkable for the people of the West.  In 1896, Swedish explorer Sven Hedin made a surprising discovery at the oasis town of Dandan Oilik, in the heart of the Taklimakan Desert. In an interview with English People Daily, Zhang Yuzhong, former deputy director of Xinjiang Archeology Research Institute, said: " In the past, experts in China and abroad had believed there was no trace of humans in the desert.

But Sven Hedin found many remains of houses. Then Aurel Stein, another explorer known as a pioneer of the Silk Road, stayed there for two weeks, and found the remains of another 18 residential houses and identified some temples. He also found documents from the Tang and Han dynasties. In 1900, Hedin once again visited the Taklimakan. In this expedition, he found the ruins of the ancient city Loulan, buried under the sand.   The Takla Makan desert is as beautiful as dangerous, people say…
Zhang said, "The ancient city of Loulan is the capital of the Loulan kingdom, which dates back even further than Dandan Oilik. These two discoveries, Dandan Oilik and Loulan, are signature archeological events in Xinjiang."In 1910, ten years after Loulan was found, a local hunter discovered a tomb near a creek 175 kilometers away from Loulan. It was named the "creek tomb". Built using more than 100 wooden poles erected on a sand dune, the tomb is regarded as one of the most intriguing mysteries in ancient Asian civilization.
Several mummies have been found in the Takla Makan desert.
Zhang said, "It belongs to the early bronze age, whose history in Xinjiang stretches back to 4,000 years ago.Half a century later, in 1979, a female corpse dating back nearly 4,000 years was discovered in Loulan. The corpse was well preserved, and nicknamed the "Beauty of Loulan".
The mummy nicknamed the "Beauty of Loulan". To the right is her face as reconstructed by an artist.
In 1995, ancient brocade appraised as made in Sichuan province during the Han dynasty, was found at Niya ruin in the south of the Taklimakan Desert. It became one of the top archeological finds that year.In 2003, during a dig at the "creek tomb", another well-kept female corpse was found. Also estimated at over 4,000 years old, the corpse still had beautiful facial features, thick eyelashes, and a visible smile. Her beauty once again stunned the world, 24 years after the discovery of Loulan beauty. A funeral system involving "reproduction worship" was also revealed."  Who inhabited this region and what contact did they have with the European continent?
A Tocharian man with red-blond hair; his clear European features still visible after nearly 3,500 years in his desert grave in Taklamakan.
In the late 1980's, several well-preserved mummies were discovered in the Takla Makan desert. The perfectly well-preserved mummies are estimated to be at least 3000 years-old. The corpses reveal that the people had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors of modern-day Chinese people. Archaeologists now think they may have been the citizens of an ancient civilization that existed at the crossroads between China and Europe It would seem an entire secret ancient world is hidden beneath the sand. What more surprising discoveries will archaeologists encounter at this dangerous and mysterious place?

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Prehistoric Artifacts Out Of Nowhere -Their Origin And Purpose Are Totally Unknown

MessageToEagle.com - These strange artifacts are symmetrical in design and very skillfully manufactured. In form they appear to be quite modern, but they are not. These prehistoric artifacts of unknown origin were found mainly in Scotland and a few of them in England and Ireland.Many say they are hoaxes, but if that's true, why are they kept in museums as valuable objects?Archaeologists say these carved stone balls date to approximately 4000 BC, and are made of various stones ranging from sandstone to granite.

Click on image to enlargeCredits: Ashmolean Museum
They are all of a relative similar size and are decorated with carved evenly-spaced patterns of circular bosses or knobs around the surface of the sphere. The designs vary with the majority being based around a series of six bosses, but the number of bosses varies from 3-160.
Five carved stone balls from Scotland (AN1927.2727-2731). Credits: Ashmolean Museum
Particularly interesting are those unearthed at the Neolithic site at Skara Brae, one of the Orkney's most famous ancient sites dated from the late Neolithic - inhabited for around 600 years, between 3200BC and 2200BC.

More than 425 of these artifacts are now known and five of them are stored at the Ashmolean Museum. Three-hundred and seventy-five of these balls are much the same size, with a diameter o fabout 70mm, but there are also 12 large balls of 90-114mm diameter.They are different one from the other. Some are carved with four or six knobs plain and decorated, seven knobs, eight or even 33 knobs; their decorations are also varied. Many are carved with complex spiral patterns or cross-hatching on the faces.

However, despite their numbers, very little is known about carved stone balls and their purpose is still unknown. Very few of the balls are damaged. The do not have any signs of use and they have not been found in contexts that would suggest a specific function.

This carved stone ball is one of several fancy carved stone objects found at Skara Brae on Orkney. It was a prestige object, and dates from between 3400 and 2000 BC. The stone ball is covered with 50 pyramid-shaped knobs. 000-100-040-497-C. Credits: National Museums Scotland
Credits: Aberdeen University Museum
Credits: Aberdeen University Museum
Credits: Aberdeen University Museum
Credits: Aberdeen University Museum
Did they have a symbolic meaning? Did they symbolize prestige and power? Could the artifacts be linked to a much earlier - but unknown and undocumented period of time in the history of life on Earth? One thing is for sure - those who manufactured these artifacts must obviously have possessed rather advanced technology.Copyright © MessageToEagle.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or part without the express written permission of MessageToEagle.com. See also:

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Otherworldly Beings Depicted On Oldest North American Rock Art Reveal A Cosmological Puzzle

MessageToEagle.com - Archaeologists believe this is the oldest known rock carvings in North America. These intriguing depictions of otherworldly beings were strategically placed to reveal a cosmological puzzle.

The paintings and carvings have been scattered around the caves and bluff faces of the Cumberland Plateau for centuries, left behind by the ancestors of the Native American nations of the Southeast.

Now a group of scientists, led by anthropology professor Jan Simek, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have proposed that rock art changed the natural landscape to reflect a three-dimensional universe central to the religion of the prehistoric Mississippian period.

"Our findings provide a window into what Native American societies were like beginning more than 6,000 years ago," said Simek.

"They tell us that the prehistoric peoples in the Cumberland Plateau, a section of the Appalachian Mountains, used the rather distinctive upland environment to map their conceptual universe onto the natural world in which they lived."

An upright bird figure has arms and hands and holds ceremonial weapons aloft, flanked by axes with blades coming out of human faces, in this Tennessee cave painting from the 14th century. Image credit: University of Tennessee
"What's part interesting is it spans an area literally from the Kentucky line down into northern Alabama," Simek said. Most of them are between 500 and 900 years old, but radiocarbon dating indicates one painting of a hunter in east-central Tennessee was laid down 6,000 years ago. That would make it the oldest representation in North America known to date, he said.Simek and his team analyzed 44 open- air art sites where the art is exposed to light and 50 cave art sites in the Cumberland Plateau using nondestructive, high-tech tools, such as a high-resolution laser scanner. Through analysis of the depictions, colors, and spatial organization, they found that the sites mimic the Southeastern native people's cosmological principles.

"The art sites, predominantly found in caves, feature otherworldly characters, supernatural serpents and dogs that accompanied dead humans on the path of souls," the scientists wrote in their paper. The images are largely painted in black, a color associated with death."There's a small cave in the middle part of Tennessee, a very small cave that contains over 400 engraved images that are extraordinary," Simek said. "Some of them are tiny -- so small that if you didn't know how to look for them, you would never find them.""The cosmological divisions of the universe were mapped onto the physical landscape using the relief of the Cumberland Plateau as a topographic canvas," said Simek.

The "upper world" included celestial bodies and weather forces personified in mythic characters that exerted influences on the human situation. Mostly open-air art sites located in high elevations touched by the sun and stars feature these images. Many of the images are drawn in the color red, which was associated with life.
A cross? A comet? A star? This symbol, found in Dunbar Cave in Clarksville, Tennessee, is commonly seen in religious iconography from the 1300s. Image credit: University of Tennessee
"That's looking into some of the most dramatic parts of the sky, especially in the spring and summer months," Simek said. "And we know their relationship was such that they paid attention to celestial phenomena, but they also believed in a universe that was layered."The "middle world" represented the natural world. A mixture of open air and cave art sites hug the middle of the plateau and feature images of people, plants and animals of mostly secular character.
An image of a horned owl was impressed into the wet clay of Mud Glyph Cave, Tennessee, around 1300 AD. Image credit: University of Tennessee
The "lower world" was characterized by darkness and danger, and was associated with death, transformation and renewal. The art sites, predominantly found in caves, feature otherworldly characters, supernatural serpents and dogs that accompanied dead humans on the path of souls. The inclusion of creatures such as birds and fish that could cross the three layers represents the belief that the boundaries were permeable. Many of these images are depicted in the color black, which was associated with death."This layered universe was a stage for a variety of actors that included heroes, monsters and creatures that could cross between the levels," Simek said.Interestingly, weapons are rarely featured in any of the art sites.
This cave painting found in eastern Tennessee, depicting a hunter with a four-legged animal, is more than 6,000 years old -- the oldest yet known in North America. Image credit: University of Tennessee
An ancient Native American pictograph found on a rock in northern Alabama features a long curving line and a faded circle behind. Image credit: University of Tennessee
"Very often some of the humans that are depicted outside of caves are doing otherworldly kinds of things," Simek said. "Very often, their hands and feet are extended, and they have very elongated digits, as if they're reaching out of the rock or into the rock."Many Native Americans believed boundaries between the spirit world and the natural were permeable, and things like rocks, trees and water sources -- including caves -- "were places those boundaries could be crossed."MessageToEagle.com
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Edgar Cayce's Prophecy Comes True: Hall of Records Discovered

      

Rumors are circulating throughout the world recently with the supposed discovery of one of the legendary Hall of Records in Egypt. The Egyptian government along with recently retired Zahi Hawass who ran the Egyptian Antiquities Department have adamantly denied these claims saying that no such building or chamber has been found. However, many researchers and even some archaeologists are saying that the chamber was indeed found but has been covered up due to the contents inside and what it would mean to both our understanding of history and Ancient Egypt's history.

According to legend and the reknowned psychic Edgar Cayce, the Hall of Records are composed of three chambers spread throughout the world that contain the missing history of the lost continent of Atlantis along with the missing history of the human race. The three chambers are said to be located in Egypt (underneath the Sphinx's paw), somewhere on the Yucatan Peninsula and one on the lost continent of Atlantis, which would be most likely sunken in the ocean depths still. Each chamber is thought to contain the history of the lost continent of Atlantis along with information on any of the surviving inhabitants of the legendary island. It was Cayce's claim that there were small groups of survivors that managed to escape the destruction of Atlantis and it was these Atlanteans that brought civilization to both Egypt and Mexico. Cayce claimed that all of this information would be housed in these Hall of Records and would detail both the history before the destruction of Atlantis and the demise too.


So, why would Egypt hide the Hall of Records? Obviously, the main reason would be the knowledge that the Egyptians did not develop civilization independently but instead were taught the concepts of it. This change in thinking would make the ancient Egyptian culture not as sophisicated as originally thought and all of their achievements would be questioned. Buildings such as the Great Pyramid and Abu Simbel would have to be questioned as to who was really responsible for the technology and ideas behind the building of them. Even the Sphinx would have to be questioned.

 

Where is the evidence for the finding of the Hall of Records in Egypt? The first piece of evidence was found more than twenty years ago and was a ground penetrating radar scan that revealed a strange anomaly underneath one of the Spinx's paws. The scan revealed what appeared to be a small chamber exactly in the location that Edgar Cayce had predicted the Hall of Records was to be found. The second piece of evidence and the most important are a network of caves and tunnels that run all around the Giza plateau. When these caves and tunnels were first discovered, both the Egyptian government and Zahi Hawass denied the existence of them. The caves run underneath at least two of the three large pyramids on the Giza plateau and run very close to right beneath the Sphinx. It is this cave chamber that runs very close to the Sphinx that the secret Hall of Records was located. The Hall was located behind about 5 feet of rock that separated the end of the cave chamber to the entrance of the Hall of Records. According to some sources, archaeologists were able to drill through and clear this 5 feet of rock and have gained access to the hall. But other sources are saying that once the archaeologists realized what they had found, they further sealed the cave chamber thereby hiding the discovery.

So, has the Hall of Records really been discovered? And, if so, will we ever hear about the contents of what the chamber had inside it? My guess is that the Egyptian government will do everything they can to hide this discovery and unless they are forced to disclose, we will never get confirmation. Hopefully, I will be proven wrong.

For more information on the cave system please visit this site:

www.viewzone.com/pyramidcavesx.html

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Also see: http://nexusilluminati.blogspot.nl/2012/05/secret-tunnels-under-sphinx.html
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