Ten Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2013-- Part 2

Continued from January 11, 2014. //// 5. WAR'S DESTRUCTION-- Syria. With no one to protect it, the ancient Roman city of Apamea is riddled with looting holes. Ebla, containing thousands of cuneiform tablets, has been thoroughly looted. (Not excatly sure why they included this in the "Cool" category. It is anything but "cool." //// 6. HEROD'S TOMB?-- At the Herodium complex he had built. There is some doubt, however, because of its shoddy and poor construction. The man built magnificent structures. //// 7. STONE HENGE HUNTING GROUNDS-- the area around it might have been a sacred hunting ground where animals used for feasts congregated. Humans came to Stonehenge to feast. //// --Still Not Sure About #5. --Cooter

Seven Most Mysterious Archaeological Finds on Earth

From the July 22, 2010, Love Science by Heather Whipps.

I'm just listing. The site has pictures and more information:

1. Atlantis

2. Stonehenge

3. Ancient Animal Traps? in Israel, Egypt and Jordan

4. ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM-- Found on a sunken Greek cargo ship believed to be at least 2,000 years old with a maze of interlocking gears and mysterious etched characters.

5. Nazca Lines

6. Great Pyramids

7. GOBEKLI TEPE-- Turkey, considered to be the oldest place of worship.

I'd never heard of 3. 4 or 7. I've seen 2 and 6 thanks to Mom.

--DaCoot

Stonehenge a Health Spa?

The May 14th Chicago Tribune had an article by Thea Chard about the first excavation within the circle of stones in over 40 years. A team of British archaeologists hope to prove the site was more of a healing spa tham place of sacrament.

They are looking closely at the 82 bluestones which form a double circle with some of them weighing 4 tons that were brought in during the second stage of Stonehenge about 2100 BC and are the first stone construction at the site.

About 150 years later, they were rearranged and the larger sarsen stones brought in.

The bluestones were brought in somehow, from the Preseli Hills in Wales, about 250 miles away. The Welch site had springs that were believed to have medicinal powers.

The team also hopes to get a correct timeline of Stonehenge to within ten years by collecting and analyzing samples taken from the site.

This Date in History: In 1927, "Lucky" Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York in the small plane Spirit of St. Louis" en route for Paris and the history books.

Of Course, One of the Halloween Movies Had the Real Reason. --Old Coot