Now this was really neat news to read from CNN, since I've been a fan of not just history but the mystery of Stonehenge for as long as I can remember:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Archaeologists have uncovered what may have been a village for workers or festival-goers near the mysterious stone circle Stonehenge in England.
The village was located at Durrington Walls, about two miles from Stonehenge, and is also the location of a wooden version of the stone circle.
Eight houses have been excavated and the researchers believe there were at least 25 of them, archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson said Tuesday at a briefing held by the National Geographic Society. (Watch scientist describe big parties for Stonehenge builders )
The village was carbon dated to about 2600 B.C., about the same time Stonehenge was built. The Great Pyramid in Egypt was built at about the same time, said Parker Pearson of Sheffield University.
The small wooden houses had a central hearth, he said, and are almost identical to stone houses built at about the same time in the Orkney Islands.
The researchers speculated that Durrington Walls was a place for the living and Stonehenge -- where several cremated remains have been found -- was a cemetery and memorial. Both are connected to the Avon River by paths they called avenues.
I can't wait for more information to be released, either by National Geographic or some sort of special on this. This could be a major reason to re-think our not having cable tv should that appear to be coming.
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