June 24, 2004

• In somewhat sillier news, the archdruid of Wales wants Stonehenge back.
• Interesting finds, homunculus -- thanks.
• Ohboyohboy this is neat. Thanks homunculus! And thanks for updating all those threads. It looked like a pixie had visited Mofi in the night.
• This is really interesting! Although from reading the article, it doesn't sound like they have any definitive proof that these people actually built Stonehenge.
• Not that it's possible to get any definitive proof.
• Stonehenge Where the demons dwell Where the banshees live and they do live well Stonehenge Where a man is a man And the children dance to the pipes of pan
• First they built Woodhenge and Strawhenge, but then a big bad wolf came and blew 'em down...
• so who's going to help me build bananahenge? awesome link, thank you!!
• bananahenge ...a big bad monkey will just gobble it up.
• bananahenge where the baboons howl where chimps fling poo and Nostril prowls
• Here's a MeFi post on the Amesbury Archer.
• Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring bananahenge...
• Bananahenge for monkeys...and melonhenge for Turkmenbashi. I musk be going now.
• The Boscombe Badgers?
• I'll see your badgers, and raise ye a pair of Bodgers.
• More archaeology fun: Mystery of Iron Age woman with rings on her toes
• ... There are badgers and bidgers and bodgers, and a Superintendent's House, There are masses of goats, and a Polar, and different kinds of mouse... -- A. A. Milne, "At the Zoo" [How I miss the late Gerald Durrell]
• 'Amazon Stonehenge' found in Brazil
• Thank gods for that. If it were found in Belgium, there'd be a whole lot of explaining would have to be done.
• New glacier theory on Stonehenge
• Stonehenge Didn't Stand Alone, Excavations Show
• A huge ancient settlement used by the people who built Stonehenge has been found, archaeologists have said.
• Excavation starts at Stonehenge
• Stonehenge extensively 'tidied up' and rearranged by the Romans?
• New owners are always like that aren't they? Knock a wall through here, patio, conservatory out the back; that sort of thing.
• New theory on Stonehenge: health center
• "You could put 10 archaeologists in a room, and you'd get at least 11 theories," said Dr. Andrew Fitzpatrick of Wessex Archaeology, a private company involved in the excavation, which was approved by English Heritage, which manages Stonehenge. Even if one of them had a bullwhip? Fascinating article, munkie. I think it's the mystery of why it's there, as much as the beauty of the thing, that keeps people interested.
• Stonehenge served as a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed, new research suggests.
• If the Stones Could Speak: Searching for the Meaning of Stonehenge
• Would Stonehenge Be Built Today?
• Trippy film of Neolithic monument
• Stonehenge was hidden from the lower classes.
• Going back a bit further into the past: Humans' early arrival in Britain: Researchers have discovered stone tools in Norfolk, UK, that suggest that early humans arrived in Britain nearly a million years ago - or even earlier.
• Mesolithic 'rest stop' found at new Sainsbury's site