New Discovery at Stonehenge Could Help Unlock Longtime Mystery

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-discovery-at-stonehenge-could-help-unlock-longtime-mystery/

New Discovery at Stonehenge Could Help Unlock Longtime Mystery

For the first time, a new discovery found by archaeologists at Stonehenge could provide a link in rituals between the ancient rock structure and the Cursus, a neolithic monument that consists of parallel banks with external ditches running next to Stonehenge.

Two large pits found around stonehengeWhat the archaeologists at the University of Birmingham and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology found, according to the university press release, are two large pits positioned in “celestial alignment.” The researchers think the pits could have contained tall stones, wooden posts or fires to mark the rising and setting sun and could have been connected by a processional route used by agriculturalists to celebrate the summer solstice.

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I find Stonehenge very interesting and would love to see it in person. 

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