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Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10/22/02 | Bruce Johnston

Posted on 10/23/2002 5:28:03 PM PDT by scouse

Italian Stonehenge found on a mountain
By Bruce Johnston in Rome
(Filed: 22/10/2002)

A series of prehistoric stone structures, reminiscent of Stonehenge but taller and possibly earlier, have been located 3,500ft above sea level on a mountain in Calabria, southern Italy.

The structures - now largely in ruins as a result of earthquakes - are mainly made up of two columns of large, square granite blocks, topped by a lintel.

Measuring up to 33ft tall and 60ft wide, traces of them have been found over an area described as extending for "many square miles".

They are believed to be the only structures of their kind in Italy. The stones varied from 3ft square to 13ft square and weighed up to 200 tons each.

Alessandro Guerricchio, a professor of applied geology at the University of Calabria, said he was "bowled over" by the find.

The stones were probably neolithic (4,000-2,400 BC) and recalled some Mycenaean finds, suggesting that there had been a Mycenaean settlement in the area.

He said the structures, located near Nardodipace, may have been built for religious purposes.

The oldest part of Stonehenge is thought to date from before 2,150 BC.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: archaeoastronomy; archaeology; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; italy; megaliths; neolithic; stonehenge
What will this mean for all those Druidic followers who dress up and play funny games on Salisbury plain?
1 posted on 10/23/2002 5:28:04 PM PDT by scouse
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To: scouse
That they'll need to learn to talk with their hands.
2 posted on 10/23/2002 5:36:48 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: scouse
What will this mean for all those Druidic followers who dress up and play funny games on Salisbury plain?

A week of spaghetti and sunshine?

3 posted on 10/23/2002 5:38:21 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne
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To: scouse; blam
up to 200 tons each.

megalithic bump

4 posted on 10/23/2002 5:38:41 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: scouse
What about the new hypothesis that Stonehenge and the ruins at North Salem were intended as maps to various Atlantic Ocean ports? Maybe this one was, too.
5 posted on 10/23/2002 5:41:16 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: RightWhale
on the topic of theories, it could have been a single race (alien??????) that roamed the earth and put up impossible structures for navigation, religion, or whatever reasons. Great Pyramids of egypt. various forms of stonehenge about the world. what if its the ruins of a greater civilization than any we've seen? i know it sounds like an issue of sun magazine, but what if? we cant duplicate these things now, even with our technology. the pyramids? still impossible. stonehenge? you try to build a machine to make such a thing, let alone exlpain its purpose. as i said, its a theory, and many people thought the world was flat for centuries, until a theory.
6 posted on 10/23/2002 6:05:24 PM PDT by MacDorcha
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To: RightWhale
"megalithic bump"

Thanks. I posted it earlier.

7 posted on 10/23/2002 6:18:57 PM PDT by blam
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To: MacDorcha
we cant duplicate these things now, even with our technology

Actually we could, and quicker and better if we needed to. The hypothesis is that the stones were placed in Stonehenge and North Salem to represent the latitude of various Atlantic ports. It seems to add up.

8 posted on 10/23/2002 7:10:31 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: scouse

9 posted on 10/23/2002 7:20:18 PM PDT by Consort
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To: MacDorcha
Have you watched Stargate recently? (The movie particularly, although the TV series, too.)
10 posted on 10/23/2002 7:22:33 PM PDT by The Grammarian
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To: RightWhale
the impossible thing was in ref to the Great Pyramids (note, only those three) as for the hypothesis. its been said "maybe a calender" "star chart (religious or research based) and "navigation" none proven, none disproven. truth is, we havent a clue.
11 posted on 10/23/2002 8:08:40 PM PDT by MacDorcha
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To: The Grammarian
yes and yes, but im not just doing some geeked up thing here, its been bouncing around in my head since before i ever got into sci-fi.
12 posted on 10/23/2002 8:10:56 PM PDT by MacDorcha
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To: RightWhale
oh, and you find me machines that could get into that area, and lift those stones (without heavy mrkings being left on them) and also show me how they got technology beyond the pulley systems that humans were capable of then. we didnt get much further than pulleys and rolling things on logs. and there is still the matter of erectiong such a rock. 200 tons? 400,000 lbs? that would take about 40,000 men just to raise one! and that doesnt even answer how they found something to lever it against. and considering the time frame involved, and the population curve? wouldn't finding 4,000 men be difficult? too many questions to know for sure how.

cranes top off at about 200 tons, and you still have to place it, give it gas, and take it down, let alone at the time, make an internal combustion engine. that still doesnt explain how they could get a machine up there to use it. where's the remains of great and fosilized mechanics?
13 posted on 10/23/2002 8:25:46 PM PDT by MacDorcha
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wouldn't finding 4,000 men be difficult?

yes, not a typo. i know i said it would take 40,000 to raise. and it says 4,000 here. thats my point.
14 posted on 10/23/2002 8:26:52 PM PDT by MacDorcha
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Should we take that to be a "no bid" on the contract? LOL
15 posted on 10/24/2002 9:03:58 AM PDT by RightWhale
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