Archive for the ‘Ancient Megaliths and Mysteries’

  • The Sacred Megalith – Stonehenge of the UK
    The religious places of now are well known to the world. But most of the truly sacred spaces in the world existed during the ancient times. They exist even now, but no urban life seems to be visiting them, and hence, are they not that well known to everyone. Lets take a voyage around and see one of them in detail. There are stone structures are called stone rings that exist in the Isles of the UK. The number of these stone rings, two times of the existing count, was built originally. Rather than circles, these are called rings, since they are built in slightly non-circular, elliptical shapes. More than nine hundred of them exist. Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument, is located in Wiltshire, an English country. Stonehenge is one of the most famous sites, for its sacredness, in the world. Composed of earthworks that surround a set of  [...]
    Posted at August 25th, 2010 at 09:08 am
  • Mysterious Easter Island
    Easter Island (or Rapa Nui in Rapa Nui language which is an Eastern Polynesian language) is a distant volcanic island (164 square kilometres in area) located at the southeastern limit of Polynesia in South Pacific Ocean. Easter Island was earlier called Te-Pito – Te-Henua (Land’s end). Easter Island today is inhabited by about 2,000 Rapa Nuis, mostly in and around Hanga Roa, the capital of Easter Island and its only town. Cooks Bay is the only port of Easter Island. The Spanish name of Easter Island is Isla de Pascua. Spanish and Rapa Nui are the main official languages spoken at Easter Island. Easter Island is a special territory of Chile annexed under an agreement of September 1888.  Today, Easter Island is a World Heritage Site and much of its area remains protected under the Rapa Nui National Park. Dutch explorer  [...]
    Posted at February 24th, 2010 at 01:02 am