Crowds came together for the biggest gathering at Stonehenge since the pandemic began. Thousands of people gathered at Stonehenge on Wednesday morning to celebrate the annual winter solstice. The event, which marks the first sunrise after the longest night of the year, saw 2,500 people visit the World Heritage site in Salisbury – the largest gathering at […]
Thousands gathered at Stonehenge to celebrate the annual winter solstice. — Stonehenge Stone Circle News and Information
Amesbury’s mid-winter lantern procession will take place on Monday 20th December 2021. As in previous years, the procession will start at 5.15pm in the central car park and make its way to find the Solstice lantern which will have been lit at Stonehenge and placed in the grounds of Amesbury Abbey near the spring. Along […]
Stonehenge: the Amesbury Winter Lantern Procession 2021 — The Heritage Journal
Yellow momiji in front of Iwaya-Iwakage Shiho Tokuda has posted photos of kouyou autumn foliage at the Kanayama Megaliths on her blog. She has kindly permitted us to view some of them here. Above is a yellow momiji, Acer palmatum, known as the Japanese maple. The momiji also turns a bright orange, as seen below. […]
Autumn Color at the Megaliths — Iwaya-Iwakage of Kanayama Megaliths
SECRETS OF THE DEAD Season 19 Episode 3First aired: 03//11/2021 „A decade-long archaeological quest reveals that the oldest stones of Stonehenge originally belonged to a much earlier sacred site – a stone circle built on a rugged, remote hillside in west Wales.“ For generations many have argued over its origins, meaning and purpose but now […]
The First Circle of Stonehenge? — Landscape and Monumentality
A decade-long archaeological quest reveals that the oldest stones of Stonehenge originally belonged to a much earlier sacred site: a stone circle built on a rugged, remote hillside in West Wales. Using the latest tools of geotechnology, a dedicated team of archaeologists led by Professor Mike Parker Pearson (University College London) painstakingly searched for the evidence […]
Secrets of the Dead: The First Circle of Stonehenge. New evidence on the origins of Stonehenge is uncovered. — Stonehenge Stone Circle News and Information
“The Overton-hill, from time immemorial, the country people have a high notion of it. It was (alas, it was!) a very few years ago, crown’d with a most beautiful temple of the Druids. They still call it the sanctuary…..” – William Stukeley, 1743. The Star Chambered BarrowStanding outside West Kennet Long Barrow it’s hard not […]
The Destruction of The Sanctuary — Landscape and Monumentality
September 2e, 2021 at 12:49 in Iwaya-Iwakage The raging Covid-19 pandemic has lessened its hold, and people returned to visiting the Kanayama Megaliths while wearing masks. The tour was led by researcher-guide Shiho Tokuda. The photos you see here were kindly provided by Chika-san. Around 9:30 am. The spotlight is seen here next to stone […]
Autumn Equinox 2021 — Iwaya-Iwakage of Kanayama Megaliths
Source: Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets
Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets; Louise Shewan, Dougald O’reilly & Thonglith Luangkhoth; Phys.org — All About World Heritage Sites
Die Goldene Landschaft 