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'Brazilian Stonehenge' discovered
BBC ^ | May 13, 2006 | Steve Kingston

Posted on 05/13/2006 12:19:52 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu

Brazilian archaeologists have found an ancient stone structure in a remote corner of the Amazon that may cast new light on the region's past.

The site, thought to be an observatory or place of worship, pre-dates European colonisation and is said to suggest a sophisticated knowledge of astronomy.

Its appearance is being compared to the English site of Stonehenge.

It was traditionally thought that before European colonisation, the Amazon had no advanced societies.

Winter solstice

The archaeologists made the discovery in the state of Amapa, in the far north of Brazil.

A total of 127 large blocks of stone were found driven into the ground on top of a hill.

Stone structures in Amapa, Brazil The layout suggests a temple or an observatory

Well preserved and each weighing several tons, the stones were arranged upright and evenly spaced.

It is not yet known when the structure was built, but fragments of indigenous pottery found at the site are thought to be 2,000 years old.

What impressed researchers was the sophistication of the construction.

The stones appear to have been laid out to help pinpoint the winter solstice, when the sun is at its lowest in the sky.

It is thought the ancient people of the Amazon used the stars and phases of the moon to determine crop cycles.

Although the discovery at Amapa is being compared to Stonehenge, the ancient stone circle in southern England, the English site is considerably older.

It is thought to have been erected some time between 3000 and 1600 BC.


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KEYWORDS: agriculture; amazon; amazonia; animalhusbandry; annaroosevelt; archaeoastronomy; astrology; astronomy; brazil; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; jungle; megaliths; preclovis; precolumbianamazon; rainforest; rocks; sahara; slashandburn; stonehenge; terrapreta
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To: rod1

It looks like that's where the drive-thru window used to be, to me....:)


21 posted on 05/13/2006 8:52:14 PM PDT by Salamander (Cursed With Second Sight)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

bump


22 posted on 05/13/2006 9:09:42 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: rod1

My thought was the "C" stone looked Easter Islandish.


23 posted on 05/14/2006 4:21:14 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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To: bert; rod1
It looks like they were starting to carve out a figure of a sitting human with some kind of elongated (equine? bird?) face . . . . . . and for some reason stopped.
24 posted on 05/14/2006 9:35:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: SunkenCiv
"It was traditionally thought that before European colonisation, the Amazon had no advanced societies."

Someday 'academia' is going to have to open its collective mind to the evidence of the world straddling 'antediluvian' civilization.

25 posted on 05/14/2006 9:37:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: BenLurkin

In vietman I think they called them "slopes"


26 posted on 05/14/2006 10:17:13 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
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To: BenLurkin

It looks like they were starting to carve out a figure of a sitting human with some kind of elongated (equine? bird?) face . . . . . . and for some reason stopped.....

Probably the UFO's flew in and captured all the stone cutters!


27 posted on 05/14/2006 10:22:28 AM PDT by aShepard ((Maybe, with enough cash, he can get a doctor to de-puss that growth between his eyes!))
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To: aShepard

Heh-heh.

Check this out: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1631505/posts


28 posted on 05/14/2006 12:32:26 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: BenLurkin

WOW!
That is way too heavy for a good son-in-law, with a gin and tonic in his hand, to comprehend on Mother's Day!

Cheers!


29 posted on 05/14/2006 2:54:22 PM PDT by aShepard ((Maybe, with enough cash, he can get a doctor to de-puss that growth between his eyes!))
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To: BenLurkin

Bird's-Eye View Of The Amazon
(Airborne Archaeologist Challenges The Myth Of A Pristine Wilderness)
Penn Arts And Science | 5-30-2004 | Ted Mann
Posted on 05/30/2004 8:31:44 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1144921/posts

Amazonian find stuns researchers
The Seattle Times | 9-20-03 | By Thomas H. Maugh II
Posted on 09/20/2003 9:15:45 PM EDT by vannrox
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Explorer: Legendary El Dorado Pinpointed
Discovery News | August 12, 2002 | By Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News
Posted on 08/12/2002 7:27:35 PM EDT by vannrox
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Lost Inca city "El Dorado" discovered in Peruvian Amazon!
Northern Light | Story Filed: Saturday, July 27, 2002 5:02 PM EST
By David Blanco Bonilla. http://www.efe.es
Posted on 07/28/2002 7:05:10 PM EDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/723732/posts

Human settlements far older than suspected discovered in South America.
DISCOVER Vol. 23 No. 5 (May 2002) | (May 2002) | By John Dorfman
Posted on 04/21/2002 8:41:59 PM EDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/670296/posts

Going Into The Water: A Survey Of Impact Events
And The Coastal Peoples Of South-East North America
Cambridge Conference Network | 1-09-2002
Posted on 01/17/2002 7:08:32 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/610489/posts

Amazon related:

Researchers discover trees in Amazon much older than assumed
(Not as helpful with global warming)
Today@UCI | December 8, 2005 | Staff
Posted on 12/13/2005 1:56:43 PM EST by DaveLoneRanger
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539676/posts

Rain Forest Myth Goes Up in Smoke Over the Amazon
LA Times | Henry Chu
Posted on 06/08/2005 7:11:04 PM EDT by Coleus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1419117/posts

Vines Spread, Choke Trees in Deepest Amazon Jungle
Reuters | Wed Aug 14, 2:04 PM ET | Peter Graff
Posted on 08/14/2002 6:47:33 PM EDT by anymouse
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/733267/posts

Surprise: Rainforest Grows When It's Dry
LiveScience.com | 3/21/06
Posted on 03/21/2006 11:58:00 AM EST by anymouse
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1600375/posts


30 posted on 05/14/2006 4:32:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Zeppelin

It doesn't look all that sophisticated...perhaps it's just the crash site of one of their stone aeroplanes.


31 posted on 05/14/2006 4:35:25 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: SunkenCiv

Interesting posts, thank you!


32 posted on 05/14/2006 6:04:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: BenLurkin

:') Sorry for the length.


33 posted on 05/14/2006 6:16:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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the first one:

2 men discover what may be hemisphere's oldest seasonal calendar
Orange County Register via Duluth News Tribune | Tuesday, May 2, 2006 | Tom Berg
Posted on 05/02/2006 12:15:49 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1625347/posts


34 posted on 05/21/2006 6:44:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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oops, my mistake, this is the first:

Professor shares Andean discovery, a 4,000-year-old temple
Columbia Missourian | April 25, 2006 | Ryan B. Schreiber
Posted on 04/26/2006 11:44:19 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1622258/posts


35 posted on 05/21/2006 6:52:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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36 posted on 01/15/2011 7:45:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Colonel Fawcett tried to tell them...


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