No Exciting Alien-related Shit About Stonehenge, Just The Usual Dead People
July 29th, 2008
Filed under: Strange Artifacts, True History
New research suggests that Stonehenge was used as a cemetery for more than 500 years, much longer than previously thought. The new findings also show that people used the area as a burial site long before placement of its trademark stones (or sarsen stones) was complete.
The team was led by Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeology professor at the University of Sheffield, with support from the National Geographic Society.
Andrew Chamberlain, a colleague of Parker Pearson’s, says burial at Stonehenge was not for commonfolk. He believes Stonehenge was used as a burial site for an elite family, probably ancient royalty.
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July 29th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Some cremated bones in holes around the edge of the site and in the ditch (have a look at the photo), going on for few hundred years before Stonehenge was built. Does that make Stonehenge a cemetery? Bring back the Aliens that works for me…