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Sunday, June 01, 2008

The two best books I've read so far this year

The New York Times | Stonehenge Used as Cemetery From the Beginning

Stonehenge
Ken Geiger/National Geographic


Stonehenge Used as Cemetery From the Beginning


By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
Published: May 30, 2008


"At least part of the mystery of Stonehenge may have now been solved: It was from the beginning a monument to the dead.

"New radiocarbon dates from human cremation burials among and around the brooding stones on Salisbury Plain in England indicate that the site was used as a cemetery from 3000 B.C. until after the monuments were erected around 2500 B.C., British archaeologists reported Thursday."

Astronomy Picture of the Day

 A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence from an image of the sun

A Twisted Solar Eruptive Prominence
Credit: SOHO Consortium, EIT, ESA, NASA


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