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You know, one of the world's oldest mysteries may have just gotten closer to being solved. There's a new finding at the Stonehenge. And Fox News' Amy Kellogg has more from London. Amy, have you solved something special? Well, on a lighter note, Steve
This is exciting, I don't prefer, but we have a new president, his name is Barack Obama. And even though he's been very very busy these days, his people were kind enough to invite me to the White House over the weekend for some one-on-one time with t
Also: A study shows England's Stonehenge was used as a burial ground for 500 years. Transcript of radio broadcast: 16 June 2008 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: A platypus And I'm Barbara Kle
DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we're going to turn now to Nebraska and a roadside attraction that mixes mysticism and Motown. It's Carhenge. (SOUNDBITE OF AD) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Rising like monoliths from ancient times stands a formation of vintage American
Archaeologists set out recently to unlock one of the secrets of Stonehenge, the majestic monument in southern England-when were the first standing stones placed at the ancient religious site? The concentric stone circles that make up Stonehenge, 13
Surprise at Stonehenge! Wizards and aliens aside, actual scientists don't have much to say about Stonehenge--the ancient ring of rocks in Amesbury, England--that hasn't been said. That is, until now. Just recently a four-thousand-year old gravesite w
-It begins to give us some insight into how the wider landscape was used at the time that Stonehenge was developing into the monument you see today.Like many of the ceremonial shrines located by the Hidden Landscapes Project, Stonehenge also began it
This spiritual ambition and mastery of nature could be fundamental to the creation of Stonehenge. This is clearly the best view we ever have of Stonehenge from above. You can see the other parts of the monument, things like the ditch, which run aroun
The challenge of discovering lost monuments and vacant space around the stone circle was one of the Hidden Landscapes projects. It's called Objectives. Sector after sector was scanned, but nothing was detected. Finally, less than a kilometre to the n
Archaeologist S* Carson has investigated the significance of megalith to prehistoric peoples. -You can commemorate anncestors too, with a standing stone. You can also use them to show a person's change of status and that person's ability to mobilize
-The stones had to be brought from some distance that some large stones, and so these were important ** burial places that brought community together. The monumental nature of these stones symbolized a new level of collective endeavour and cultural a
When the positions of the pits were computer modeled against the movement of the sun, the true importance became clear. The calculation showed amid the summers day, the eastern pits alignment with sunrise and western pits alignment with sunset, inter
This is certain increase in amount of ever people willing to put into constructing monuments. 270 kilometers away in Norfolk, evidence of prehistoric mining operation shows the extraordinary efforts the Neolithic people made to meet the demand for hi
It consists of rings of circulated ditches with gaps in them. These gaps are the causeways, terms the name of cause but enclosure. Structure like Robbinhood Ball, brought with them the Neolithic concept dividing up the land. These monuments represent
Without the nearby Long Burrows added to the map, this is how the area looked, 6000 years ago. The arrival of the Neolithic culture from Europe, reaffirms the landscapes sacred status. Stonehenge is a unique landscape. It capsulates how early societi
The megaliths of Stonehenge are Britons most investigated monument. Yet despite centuries of scrutiny, excavations and theories, the big question remain. What were its origins? How did it evolve over thousands of years and which forces of nature and
The most ambitious of these studies is the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project, led by experts from Birmingham University And Ludwig Boltzmann Institute in Austria.-As people walk over the Stonehenge landscape, they are aware of Stonehenge. They may
But Mesolithic hunt gatherers had no rational explanation for this vivid change in the flint. It would be the most extraordinary magic thing in the Mesolithic to see a transformation like this. They were living at a time when the color palette was do
Then, around 8200 years ago, climate change had dramatic impact on the destiny of Stonehenge landscape. As the last ice age thawed, rising melt waters engulfed the territory known as Dogland and Britain became an island. Cut off from continental infl
From VOA Learning English, this is EXPLORATIONS in Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. And I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. Today, we report on new knowledge about Stonehenge, the famous, ancient stone circles in southern England. Laser technology has aide