2010年07月23日08:58
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據英國媒體報道 英國考古學家稱，在離巨石陣900米處發現了另外一個環形陣，這是50年來最令人興奮的發現。
考古學家在位於巨石陣900米處的地方發現一個環狀溝渠，裡面還有一個更小的圓形深坑。他們已花費數百萬元經費用於研究，認為那裡面曾經安插著木頭柱子。
項目小組主要負責人，來自英國伯明翰大學的文森·加弗尼稱，這個發現“非同尋常”。
加弗尼稱，這個建於新石器時代和青銅時代的“環狀陣”有東北向和西南向兩個入口。環形陣內部還有一塊隆起的墓地，但那是在很久以后才建成的。依據形狀判斷，新環形陣應該與巨石陣同時期建成。
加弗尼激動地說道：“這真的很有趣，意義也非比尋常，它讓我們對這一景區又有了新的看法。”
考古學家們正在收集更多的遺址數據，試圖還原當巨石陣被建造時這個環形陣的景象。
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考古學家在著名地點發現古代木圈
Archaeologists discover ancient wooden circle at famous site
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:35 PM on 22nd July 2010
A second ceremonial monument has been discovered at Stonehenge, scientists said today.
第二座儀式紀念碑已在巨石陣被發現，科學家今天說。
Archaeologists have found a circular ditch surrounding a smaller circle of deep pits that would have once contained wooden posts at the World Heritage site.
考古學家已發現一圓形溝圍繞一個較小的圓形深坑，那會曾有鬆散的木柱在那世界遺產地點。
The discovery of the henge, which would have been built more than 4,200 years ago, has been hailed as the biggest find in 50 years.
陣的發現，它已被建成超過 4,200年前，被喻為50年來最大的發現。
A henge is a circular monument dating to Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
陣是一圓形的紀念碑追溯到新石器時代和青銅時代。
A magnetometric image of the free-standing wooden structure which was uncovered just two weeks into a three-year project to map the area
A magnetometric image of the free-standing wooden structure which was uncovered just two weeks into a three-year project to map the area一張自由站立的木結構的磁力圖象，那被揭開剛衹有兩星期，在一3年勘測該地區的項目
An artist's impression of a structure of wooden posts discovered by archaeologists studying the land surrounding Stonehenge, Wiltshire一名藝術家的想象，一木柱的結構被研究威爾特郡 巨石陣周圍土地的考古學家發現
It is about half a mile from the world-famous stones on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
Birmingham University’s Professor Vince Gaffney, who is leading the survey, described the find as ‘exceptional’.
It would have been almost the same size as the circle of standing stones at Stonehenge itself and would have been visible from its more famous relative.
Images show it has two entrances on the north-east and south-west sides and inside the circle is a burial mound on top which appeared much later.
Professor Vince Gaffney, from the University of Birmingham, said: 'It will completely change the way we think about the landscape around Stonehenge.
'People have tended to think that as Stonehenge reached its peak, it was the paramount monument, existing in splendid isolation.
'This discovery is completely new and extremely important in how we understand Stonehenge and its landscape.'
The new 'henge-like' late Neolithic structure would have stood within sight of Stonehenge and appears to have been built on the same orientation as the world-renowned monument.
It comprises a segmented ditch with entrances to the north east and south west, which are associated with internal pits up to three feet in diameter.
The international study forms part of the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project and was led by the University of Birmingham and the Austria-based Ludwig Boltzmann Institute.
The project aims to map 5.5 square miles of the terrain around Stonehenge, in Wiltshire, using the latest geophysical imaging techniques.
From left, archaeologist Eamonn Baldwin, University of Birmingham with archaeological geophysicist Dr Chris Gaffney of University of Bradford with Professor Wolfgang Neubauer, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology in Vienna左起，伯明翰大學考古學家 Eamonn鮑德溫，與布拉德福德大學的考古地球物理學家克里斯加夫尼博士，及維也納路德維希玻爾茲曼研究所董事沃爾夫岡紐鮑爾教授
Prof Gaffney added: 'Stonehenge is one of the most studied monuments on Earth, but this demonstrates that there is still much more to be found.
'To put this in context, we haven't found a major ceremonial site of this type, or of this significance, for probably 50 years or more within the area of Stonehenge.
'It fills in another gap in the landscape.
'The presumption was this was just an empty field - now we have got a major ceremonial monument, looking at Stonehenge.'
Archaeologists are using technology known as ‘ground-penetrating radar’ to collect more information so that they can discover what the site might have once looked like without digging.
Professor Gaffney said that 90 per cent of the landscape around Stonehenge was unexplored.
It is unclear what the wooden henge was used for but scientists believe it may have been used as a cemetery at some point and certainly had ceremonial importance.
Last month archaeologists began major dig to unearth the hidden mysteries of a buried ancient stone circle site that is ten times bigger than Stonehenge.
The enormous 4,000 year old Marden Henge, in Wiltshire, is Britain's largest prehistoric structure stretching for 10.5 hectares, the equivalent of 10 football pitches.
English Heritage is carrying out a six-week dig hoping to reveal the secrets behind the giant henge which has baffled historians for centuries.
The famous stone right at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire著名的石正正在威爾特郡梳利士巴利平原的巨石陣上
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1296749/Stonehenge-twin-Archaeologists-discover-wooden-henge-site.html
外星人有否在古代英國建立一種原始郵碼系統？
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