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Ancient Stone Wonders
Cemeteries are relatively recent or are they. If you thought that this was true then you would be wrong. The Vestini tribe were am ancient Sabine tribe. They lived on the eastern and northern bank of the Atemus in central Italy. The Sabines lived in Latium, Italy before Rome was founded. But these ancient people had something in common with modern man, they used a cemetery to bury their dead. Below is a photo of their cemetery in Fossa, in Abruzzo, Italy.
Vestini Cemetery from approximately 1000 BC Another unusual site is Stonehenge. So much has been written about it that if would fill an entire library, but even with all these articles and books floating around, it is still an interesting topic. People still wonder what its purpose was. The most popular theory is that it was a calendar, followed closely by the theory that it was a holy place and there may have been sacrifices there. This is one of those sites that contains huge stones that were put on top of other stones. Stone sites seem to exist all over the world and there is no explanation for how these ancient peoples could have moved and lifted these massive stones. It if wasn't for the fact that it is there, no one would have believed this feat was possible. Did these peoples possess some secret for moving such boulders? Maybe this knowledge was more common than we think? Could the Egyptians have also known the secret and used it to build the pyramids? In South America stone structures exist where it would seem to be impossible, at the tops of mountains. But taking all this into account, was the secret rediscovered and used to build the Coral Castle in Florida? Ed Leedskalnin built an entire building, furniture, walls, towers and garden from coral using pieces that weighed up to 9 tons without machinery. If you think this is amazing, he moved the whole structure to its present location in one night from another location. No one ever saw him build anything or move anything.
Stonehenge Stonehenge seems to go back into the dawn of time. What I mean is that wooden post holes have been found near the circle and these date back to somewhere around 8000 to 7000 BC, but Stonehenge is not the only stone circle in Europe, not by a long shot. Another example of a stone circle is Swinside. Also located in England in Cumbria it has 55 stones. What I really like about it is the fact that it is very circular. Another name for the site is Sunkenkirk.
Swinside In Megalithic times there were monuments that were called Dolmens. They seem to appear all over. Some are very simple, just a capstone on two other stones were others are far more complicated. They are prehistoric tombs. What drove these early people to feel that they had to erect a complex marker for a dead body? Again these structures sometimes required huge stones to be lifted and moved. Most of these Dolmens date from 3500 BC to 2000 BC.
Trethevy Quoit Dolmen is located in Cornwall, England. It is known as the Giant's House Photo Source: With kind permission http://www.stonepages.com/ Diego Meozzi/Stone Pages Man has erected some strange stones that stand as markers, but markers to what or for what? If these strange stones could talk, boy what a tale they would tell. England seems to be full of ancient stone monuments and circles. In Dartmoor, England stands a stone sentry that is forever staring out over the countryside. It is the guardian of a stone circle along with other stones and a burial chamber. Could this stone make the area as holy?
Devon Stone What was ancient man thinking when he built all these stone monuments? Why did he pick stone as the material of choice? Could it have been because he felt that stone would last forever? I guess that we will never get the answers to these questions but it is interesting to ponder the meaning of these stones. |
