An artist's impression of the 'King of Stonehange' who was buried at Bush Barrow 4,000 years ago
A 4,000-year-old gold body ornament found at the burial site in Wiltshire
The hoard of jewellery was recovered from Salisbury Plain near Stonehenge
Posted on 05/12/2009 8:57:45 PM PDT by JoeProBono
He was a giant of a man, a chieftain who ruled with a royal sceptre and a warrior's axe. When they laid him to rest they dressed him in his finest regalia and placed his weapons at his side. Then they turned his face towards the setting sun and sealed him in a burial mound that would keep him safe for the next 4,000 years. In his grave were some of the most exquisitely fashioned artefacts of the Bronze Age, intricately crafted to honour the status of a figure who bore them in life in death. For this may have been the last resting place of the King of Stonehenge - and the treasures that are effectively Britain's first Crown Jewels. Now the entire hoard, recovered from the richest and most important Bronze Age grave on Salisbury Plain, is set to go on permanent display. But 21st-century Britain has thrown up a problem that never troubled ancient man. The artefacts are so rare that they have been kept in a bank vault for the past three decades because they are too precious to put on show without extensive security. So today the Wiltshire Heritage Museum at Devizes is announcing a £500,000 appeal to fund a secure gallery.
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An artist's impression of the 'King of Stonehange' who was buried at Bush Barrow 4,000 years ago
A 4,000-year-old gold body ornament found at the burial site in Wiltshire
The hoard of jewellery was recovered from Salisbury Plain near Stonehenge
‘Tall Stout Man’, over 6 feet tall, buried in Bush Barrow, a huge burial mound that boasts the most commanding view of Stonehenge from nearby Normanton Down.
Buried with the same treasures as a Pharaoh.
I always wanted to see Stonhenge, my parents did and my son did.
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Lol, you have a graphic for everything. I have 13thousand, but you seem to have the right ones at the right time!
Well, at least I got to see ‘twinky-henge’ with bacon on top!
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Makes you wonder what structures have disappeared
They usually reused and adapted stones, blocks, etc
[Makes you wonder what structures have disappeared]
No question about it. We have no way of knowing what’s missing now, or what’s deep in the ground under it.
Well, it must be my bedtime as I can no longer see the pictures...../S
Lol
A mini Coliseum?
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Is that Tony Stewart doing practice laps at night?
[A mini Coliseum? ]
We’ll never know. I have a small stonehenge gif with a comet going over it. Too tired to find and upload it now. I’ve posted it to you before.
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