South African Stonehenge
Coincident with last week's solar eclipse, Richard Wade, an archaeologist and astronomer with the Nkwe Ridge Observator in South Africa, presented his results of over 30 years of research on an early-world UN world-heritage site known as Great Zimbabwe located in Zimbabwe. For years, the site was theorized to have been a residence for royalty. However, Wade's research brings evidence to light that it might have been an astronomical observatory. He presented arguements that several monoliths in the structure line up with the appearance of certain stars, moons, or other heavenly bodies. Also, several notches in the walls accompanied by crescent shaped carvings seem to correspond with events such as the solar eclipse. Read more
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current science news posted by Kirsten at 12/06/2002 09:41:00 AM
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