Lion with "sun's heat" rays coming out of his back. These are usually seen coming out of the shou... more Lion with "sun's heat" rays coming out of his back. These are usually seen coming out of the shoulders of the Mesopotamia Sun God Utu (Shamash). Article about solar lion, animal calendar marker for Jul/Aug, Leo, the hottest and driest time of the year in Mesopotamia, Levant, Central Asia...BTW, this is also the time when Eurasian lions main mating season starts...Hence Leo...
In this article I will talk about willow in Slavic spring fertility rituals, gardening and Cricke... more In this article I will talk about willow in Slavic spring fertility rituals, gardening and Cricket the cat...
Symbolism of the cow (and calf) among papyrus flowers in Egyptian mythology and how were these an... more Symbolism of the cow (and calf) among papyrus flowers in Egyptian mythology and how were these animals and plants used as animal calendar markers for the beginning of the Annual Nila Inundation...
One of many seals, from "Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit" by Boehmer, R. M. pu... more One of many seals, from "Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit" by Boehmer, R. M. published in 1965, depicting a bull carrying a building with plants growing (protruding) out of the building walls...
I would first suggest that the bull depicted on this seal is an animal calendar marker, Taurus, which has been used as a marker for Apr/May (beginning of the grain harvest season) all over Eurasia and North Africa since at least Early Neolithic in the Fertile Crescent...
Now this "Old Taurus" has nothing to do with stars. It is the marker that marks the be part of the year when Wild Eurasian Cattle begin to calve...
The analysis of the scenes from the two stelae, each bearing figures of the Storm-god leading a r... more The analysis of the scenes from the two stelae, each bearing figures of the Storm-god leading a ruler and a duplicate Hieroglyphic Luwian text, which were discovered in 2007 at Uluçinar (formerly Arsuz), on the Turkish coast south of İskenderun...
In the northern Sahara (Egypt) African wild cat breeding season runs from January to March. Gesta... more In the northern Sahara (Egypt) African wild cat breeding season runs from January to March. Gestation lasts for 56-68 days, meaning that kittens are usually born between March and May...Right on time for the grain harvest and the invasion of mice...Is this why the main festival of the Ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet was celebrated in April and May?
The timing of the start of the natural mating season of horses explains why the Phoenician and Gr... more The timing of the start of the natural mating season of horses explains why the Phoenician and Greek sea gods were linked to horses. Basically the beginning of the horse mating season coincided with the beginning of the sailing season in the Eastern Mediterranean
In the mountains of the Balkans, up until the end of the 20th century, shepherds carried with the... more In the mountains of the Balkans, up until the end of the 20th century, shepherds carried with them a calendar stick. It was a stick with a notch cut into it for every day of the year and a cross or some other symbol for major holy days, which in Serbia are all linked to major agricultural events and major solar cycle events. At the end of every day a piece of the stick up to the first notch, representing the previous day, was cut off from the stick. When the last piece was cut, the year was over.
Is it possible that this calendar is the remnant of the ancient European lunisolar calendar which was devised by the builders of the first Central European henges 7000 years ago?
Henges - Rondel enclosures
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. One of th... more Henges - Rondel enclosures
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. Archaeologists believe it was built from about 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The original structure was a henge which is a circular bank and ditch enclosure, measuring about 110 metres (360 ft) in diameter, with a large entrance to the north east and a smaller one to the south. It has been dated to about 3100 BC.
What most people don't know is that almost 2000 years earlier, the same types of henges were built in central Europe where they are called rondel enclosures. Henges, rondel enclosures originate in the middle Danube area and Morava area. From there they have spread northward towards south Baltic finally reaching Saxony and Pomeranija. This means that the culture that built these megalithic structures came from Central Europe and reached the British Isles via south Baltic, and specifically Elbe region, Pomerania, Pomorje, the land of Fomori.
Rondel enclosure, henge structures are mostly interpreted as having served a cultic purpose. Most of them are aligned and seem to have served the function of a calendar, in the context of archaeoastronomy sometimes dubbed "observatory", with openings aligned with the points sunrise and/or sunset at the solstices. This is the case with the "gates" or openings of the roundels of Quenstedt, Goseck and Quedlinburg as well as in Stonehenge. The observational determination of the time of solstice would have served a practical (agricultural) purpose. It could have been used to maintain a lunisolar calendar. The accurate knowledge of the date of solstice allows an accurate handling of intercalary months and determining the the correct date for agricultural activities such as plowing, sawing and harvesting.
I would like to present here an amazing word cluster which I have found in Serbian and Irish. The... more I would like to present here an amazing word cluster which I have found in Serbian and Irish. The word cluster is related to heat (warmth), the most basic sources of heat and the most basic uses of heat. The fact that this word cluster relates to such basic terms, suggests that it originated very early, maybe even in Neolithic and maybe even in Paleolithic time. Apart from Serbian and Irish, this word cluster is found in part in other "Slavic" languages and in traces in other "Celtic" languages. I would really appreciate any additional information regarding the existence of the words from this word cluster in other languages.
Have you ever wandered why oak trees and oak groves were considered sacred in the past? Maybe the... more Have you ever wandered why oak trees and oak groves were considered sacred in the past? Maybe the reason is that oaks are one of the most useful trees in the world.
"Baba" stones are a type of stone statue, an idol. Their meaning and purpose is still debated. It... more "Baba" stones are a type of stone statue, an idol. Their meaning and purpose is still debated. It is presumed that they are associated with the cult of the ancestors. These stone images, anthropomorphic stone sculptures, range in height from 1 to 4 m.
The earliest anthropomorphic stelae date to the 4th millennium BC, and are associated with the early Bronze Age Yamna Horizon, in particular with the Kemi Oba culture of the Crimea and adjacent steppe region. The simple, early type of anthropomorphic stelae are also found in the Alpine region of Italy, southern France and Portugal. Examples have also been found in Bulgaria at Plachidol, Vezevero, and Durankulak. The example illustrated above was found at Hamangia-Baia, Romania. The Cimmerians of the early 1st millennium BC left a small number (about ten are known) of distinctive stone stelae. Another four or five "deer stones" dating to the same time are known from the northern Caucasus. From the 7th century BC, Scythian tribes began to dominate the Pontic steppe. They were in turn displaced by the Sarmatians from the 2nd century BC, except in Crimea, where they persisted for a few centuries longer. These peoples left carefully crafted stone stelae, with all features cut in deep relief. The tradition was continued by Slavs and Prussians.
If we look at the iron age baba stones and anthropomorphic crosses, we find thousands of them in the Slavic lands of Central Europe and in old Scythian lands of Eurasia. It seems that the only other place where they are found in Europe is Ireland.
Who were the people who built Scythian Baba stones and anthropomorphic crosses in Ireland? How and when did they arrive there, and how come not a word can be read about them in any modern history of Ireland? The old histories of Ireland are not so silent. The old histories talk about Scythians who came to Ireland from the Caspian sea, but these old histories are ignored by modern historians as "fanciful" and "ridiculous". Maybe it is time to look at the old Irish histories again.
In Irish there is a word spreag meaning to "arouse, inspire; prompt, encourage" but also to to "r... more In Irish there is a word spreag meaning to "arouse, inspire; prompt, encourage" but also to to "rebuke, reprove". This very strange word which can have two completely opposite meanings actually has a full etymology in Serbian, and in a particular south Serbian dialect from the Serbian Bulgarian border, the area where people still use standing "Celtic" crosses as village crosses. I also believe that the word is very old, probably dating to the time when the first yokes, carts and ploughs were constructed, which would make this word another linguistic fossil. How and when did this word arrive in Ireland? With the first Fomorian farmers who also brought Crom Dubh? With the first wheeled vehicles and first toghers, tochers? Or much later?
In the mountains of the Balkans we find a peculiar type of "old style" singing which can only be ... more In the mountains of the Balkans we find a peculiar type of "old style" singing which can only be compared with the howling of the wolfs. The singing can be solo or group singing. If it is done in a group it has the same polyphonic characteristics as the howling of a wolf pack. In Serbian it is called "ojkanje". The center of this musical tradition seems to be in the area of the Dinaric alps and in the Balkan mountains.
We can find similar type of old style singing in Sardinia, Ireland and Estonia and Georgia. But the singing seems to become less animal and more human like, the further away you go from the Balkans.
How old is this type of singing? Is this maybe the oldest, the most primitive type of singing preserved today in Evroasia?
In this article I want to talk about the origin of the Rus. In particular I want to talk about th... more In this article I want to talk about the origin of the Rus. In particular I want to talk about the identity of Rurik, the leader of the Varangians...Varangians who in the first half of the 9the century controlled trading routes between Baltic, Caspian and Black Sea...I would like to ask a question: Was Rurik a personal name, or did it just mean "A man from Rerik, a major Viking Age Slavic trading port"?
After the analysis of the animal symbolism from the Nahal Mishmar hoard found in Israel and dated... more After the analysis of the animal symbolism from the Nahal Mishmar hoard found in Israel and dated 4000-3500BC, I proposed that the people who made these objects came from Iran, or Central Asia...It turned out genetic data from the site confirms this 100%
Lion with "sun's heat" rays coming out of his back. These are usually seen coming out of the shou... more Lion with "sun's heat" rays coming out of his back. These are usually seen coming out of the shoulders of the Mesopotamia Sun God Utu (Shamash). Article about solar lion, animal calendar marker for Jul/Aug, Leo, the hottest and driest time of the year in Mesopotamia, Levant, Central Asia...BTW, this is also the time when Eurasian lions main mating season starts...Hence Leo...
In this article I will talk about willow in Slavic spring fertility rituals, gardening and Cricke... more In this article I will talk about willow in Slavic spring fertility rituals, gardening and Cricket the cat...
Symbolism of the cow (and calf) among papyrus flowers in Egyptian mythology and how were these an... more Symbolism of the cow (and calf) among papyrus flowers in Egyptian mythology and how were these animals and plants used as animal calendar markers for the beginning of the Annual Nila Inundation...
One of many seals, from "Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit" by Boehmer, R. M. pu... more One of many seals, from "Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit" by Boehmer, R. M. published in 1965, depicting a bull carrying a building with plants growing (protruding) out of the building walls...
I would first suggest that the bull depicted on this seal is an animal calendar marker, Taurus, which has been used as a marker for Apr/May (beginning of the grain harvest season) all over Eurasia and North Africa since at least Early Neolithic in the Fertile Crescent...
Now this "Old Taurus" has nothing to do with stars. It is the marker that marks the be part of the year when Wild Eurasian Cattle begin to calve...
The analysis of the scenes from the two stelae, each bearing figures of the Storm-god leading a r... more The analysis of the scenes from the two stelae, each bearing figures of the Storm-god leading a ruler and a duplicate Hieroglyphic Luwian text, which were discovered in 2007 at Uluçinar (formerly Arsuz), on the Turkish coast south of İskenderun...
In the northern Sahara (Egypt) African wild cat breeding season runs from January to March. Gesta... more In the northern Sahara (Egypt) African wild cat breeding season runs from January to March. Gestation lasts for 56-68 days, meaning that kittens are usually born between March and May...Right on time for the grain harvest and the invasion of mice...Is this why the main festival of the Ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet was celebrated in April and May?
The timing of the start of the natural mating season of horses explains why the Phoenician and Gr... more The timing of the start of the natural mating season of horses explains why the Phoenician and Greek sea gods were linked to horses. Basically the beginning of the horse mating season coincided with the beginning of the sailing season in the Eastern Mediterranean
In the mountains of the Balkans, up until the end of the 20th century, shepherds carried with the... more In the mountains of the Balkans, up until the end of the 20th century, shepherds carried with them a calendar stick. It was a stick with a notch cut into it for every day of the year and a cross or some other symbol for major holy days, which in Serbia are all linked to major agricultural events and major solar cycle events. At the end of every day a piece of the stick up to the first notch, representing the previous day, was cut off from the stick. When the last piece was cut, the year was over.
Is it possible that this calendar is the remnant of the ancient European lunisolar calendar which was devised by the builders of the first Central European henges 7000 years ago?
Henges - Rondel enclosures
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. One of th... more Henges - Rondel enclosures
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. Archaeologists believe it was built from about 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The original structure was a henge which is a circular bank and ditch enclosure, measuring about 110 metres (360 ft) in diameter, with a large entrance to the north east and a smaller one to the south. It has been dated to about 3100 BC.
What most people don't know is that almost 2000 years earlier, the same types of henges were built in central Europe where they are called rondel enclosures. Henges, rondel enclosures originate in the middle Danube area and Morava area. From there they have spread northward towards south Baltic finally reaching Saxony and Pomeranija. This means that the culture that built these megalithic structures came from Central Europe and reached the British Isles via south Baltic, and specifically Elbe region, Pomerania, Pomorje, the land of Fomori.
Rondel enclosure, henge structures are mostly interpreted as having served a cultic purpose. Most of them are aligned and seem to have served the function of a calendar, in the context of archaeoastronomy sometimes dubbed "observatory", with openings aligned with the points sunrise and/or sunset at the solstices. This is the case with the "gates" or openings of the roundels of Quenstedt, Goseck and Quedlinburg as well as in Stonehenge. The observational determination of the time of solstice would have served a practical (agricultural) purpose. It could have been used to maintain a lunisolar calendar. The accurate knowledge of the date of solstice allows an accurate handling of intercalary months and determining the the correct date for agricultural activities such as plowing, sawing and harvesting.
I would like to present here an amazing word cluster which I have found in Serbian and Irish. The... more I would like to present here an amazing word cluster which I have found in Serbian and Irish. The word cluster is related to heat (warmth), the most basic sources of heat and the most basic uses of heat. The fact that this word cluster relates to such basic terms, suggests that it originated very early, maybe even in Neolithic and maybe even in Paleolithic time. Apart from Serbian and Irish, this word cluster is found in part in other "Slavic" languages and in traces in other "Celtic" languages. I would really appreciate any additional information regarding the existence of the words from this word cluster in other languages.
Have you ever wandered why oak trees and oak groves were considered sacred in the past? Maybe the... more Have you ever wandered why oak trees and oak groves were considered sacred in the past? Maybe the reason is that oaks are one of the most useful trees in the world.
"Baba" stones are a type of stone statue, an idol. Their meaning and purpose is still debated. It... more "Baba" stones are a type of stone statue, an idol. Their meaning and purpose is still debated. It is presumed that they are associated with the cult of the ancestors. These stone images, anthropomorphic stone sculptures, range in height from 1 to 4 m.
The earliest anthropomorphic stelae date to the 4th millennium BC, and are associated with the early Bronze Age Yamna Horizon, in particular with the Kemi Oba culture of the Crimea and adjacent steppe region. The simple, early type of anthropomorphic stelae are also found in the Alpine region of Italy, southern France and Portugal. Examples have also been found in Bulgaria at Plachidol, Vezevero, and Durankulak. The example illustrated above was found at Hamangia-Baia, Romania. The Cimmerians of the early 1st millennium BC left a small number (about ten are known) of distinctive stone stelae. Another four or five "deer stones" dating to the same time are known from the northern Caucasus. From the 7th century BC, Scythian tribes began to dominate the Pontic steppe. They were in turn displaced by the Sarmatians from the 2nd century BC, except in Crimea, where they persisted for a few centuries longer. These peoples left carefully crafted stone stelae, with all features cut in deep relief. The tradition was continued by Slavs and Prussians.
If we look at the iron age baba stones and anthropomorphic crosses, we find thousands of them in the Slavic lands of Central Europe and in old Scythian lands of Eurasia. It seems that the only other place where they are found in Europe is Ireland.
Who were the people who built Scythian Baba stones and anthropomorphic crosses in Ireland? How and when did they arrive there, and how come not a word can be read about them in any modern history of Ireland? The old histories of Ireland are not so silent. The old histories talk about Scythians who came to Ireland from the Caspian sea, but these old histories are ignored by modern historians as "fanciful" and "ridiculous". Maybe it is time to look at the old Irish histories again.
In Irish there is a word spreag meaning to "arouse, inspire; prompt, encourage" but also to to "r... more In Irish there is a word spreag meaning to "arouse, inspire; prompt, encourage" but also to to "rebuke, reprove". This very strange word which can have two completely opposite meanings actually has a full etymology in Serbian, and in a particular south Serbian dialect from the Serbian Bulgarian border, the area where people still use standing "Celtic" crosses as village crosses. I also believe that the word is very old, probably dating to the time when the first yokes, carts and ploughs were constructed, which would make this word another linguistic fossil. How and when did this word arrive in Ireland? With the first Fomorian farmers who also brought Crom Dubh? With the first wheeled vehicles and first toghers, tochers? Or much later?
In the mountains of the Balkans we find a peculiar type of "old style" singing which can only be ... more In the mountains of the Balkans we find a peculiar type of "old style" singing which can only be compared with the howling of the wolfs. The singing can be solo or group singing. If it is done in a group it has the same polyphonic characteristics as the howling of a wolf pack. In Serbian it is called "ojkanje". The center of this musical tradition seems to be in the area of the Dinaric alps and in the Balkan mountains.
We can find similar type of old style singing in Sardinia, Ireland and Estonia and Georgia. But the singing seems to become less animal and more human like, the further away you go from the Balkans.
How old is this type of singing? Is this maybe the oldest, the most primitive type of singing preserved today in Evroasia?
In this article I want to talk about the origin of the Rus. In particular I want to talk about th... more In this article I want to talk about the origin of the Rus. In particular I want to talk about the identity of Rurik, the leader of the Varangians...Varangians who in the first half of the 9the century controlled trading routes between Baltic, Caspian and Black Sea...I would like to ask a question: Was Rurik a personal name, or did it just mean "A man from Rerik, a major Viking Age Slavic trading port"?
After the analysis of the animal symbolism from the Nahal Mishmar hoard found in Israel and dated... more After the analysis of the animal symbolism from the Nahal Mishmar hoard found in Israel and dated 4000-3500BC, I proposed that the people who made these objects came from Iran, or Central Asia...It turned out genetic data from the site confirms this 100%
Slavic folk mythology, collected from illiterate peasants in the 19th and 20th century in Europe,... more Slavic folk mythology, collected from illiterate peasants in the 19th and 20th century in Europe, can perfectly explain mythological symbolism depicted on Bactrian seals in Central Asia 4000 years ago? Why? How?
Saint Bega was reputedly a saint of the Early Middle Ages. Her life was described in a medieval m... more Saint Bega was reputedly a saint of the Early Middle Ages. Her life was described in a medieval manuscript "The Life of St Bega", part of a collection of various English saints' lives that belonged to Holmcultram Abbey and is dated to the mid-13th century. According to this manuscript, she was a virtuous Irish princess who valued virginity. She was promised in marriage to a Viking prince who was "son of the king of Norway". On hearing this, Bega, fearing for her virginity, fled across the Irish sea to land at St. Bees on the Cumbrian coast. There she settled for a time, in a virgin cell which she built herself in a grove, leading a life of exemplary piety. Then, the Viking pirates started raiding the Cumbrian coast, and fearing (again) for her virginity, she moved over to Northumbria.
When Saint Bega fled the Cumbrian coast and moved to Northumbria, she allegedly left behind her one worldly possession, a bracelet. The writer of the Life of Saint Bega relates that St Bega was given a bracelet in Ireland by a heavenly being. which she left behind in St Bees when she travelled to Northumberland. It was described as having a holy cross upon it, which fits a style of the 9th and 10th centuries. The bracelet is mentioned several times in the charters of St Bees Priory; one instance is in the middle of the 13th century, when an oath was taken by John of Hale "having touched the sacred things ... and upon the bracelet of St Bega". An account roll from as late as 1516/1517 records offerings of 67s. 9d to the bracelet of St Bega; so the cult and the relic were still a going concern at that late time.
But was there ever St Bega? And what does all this have to do with a so called "Serbian cross"?
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I would first suggest that the bull depicted on this seal is an animal calendar marker, Taurus, which has been used as a marker for Apr/May (beginning of the grain harvest season) all over Eurasia and North Africa since at least Early Neolithic in the Fertile Crescent...
Now this "Old Taurus" has nothing to do with stars. It is the marker that marks the be part of the year when Wild Eurasian Cattle
begin to calve...
Is it possible that this calendar is the remnant of the ancient European lunisolar calendar which was devised by the builders of the first Central European henges 7000 years ago?
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. Archaeologists believe it was built from about 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The original structure was a henge which is a circular bank and ditch enclosure, measuring about 110 metres (360 ft) in diameter, with a large entrance to the north east and a smaller one to the south. It has been dated to about 3100 BC.
What most people don't know is that almost 2000 years earlier, the same types of henges were built in central Europe where they are called rondel enclosures. Henges, rondel enclosures originate in the middle Danube area and Morava area. From there they have spread northward towards south Baltic finally reaching Saxony and Pomeranija. This means that the culture that built these megalithic structures came from Central Europe and reached the British Isles via south Baltic, and specifically Elbe region, Pomerania, Pomorje, the land of Fomori.
Rondel enclosure, henge structures are mostly interpreted as having served a cultic purpose. Most of them are aligned and seem to have served the function of a calendar, in the context of archaeoastronomy sometimes dubbed "observatory", with openings aligned with the points sunrise and/or sunset at the solstices. This is the case with the "gates" or openings of the roundels of Quenstedt, Goseck and Quedlinburg as well as in Stonehenge. The observational determination of the time of solstice would have served a practical (agricultural) purpose. It could have been used to maintain a lunisolar calendar. The accurate knowledge of the date of solstice allows an accurate handling of intercalary months and determining the the correct date for agricultural activities such as plowing, sawing and harvesting.
You can read more things like this here:
http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.ie
You can read more things like this here:
http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.ie
The earliest anthropomorphic stelae date to the 4th millennium BC, and are associated with the early Bronze Age Yamna Horizon, in particular with the Kemi Oba culture of the Crimea and adjacent steppe region. The simple, early type of anthropomorphic stelae are also found in the Alpine region of Italy, southern France and Portugal. Examples have also been found in Bulgaria at Plachidol, Vezevero, and Durankulak. The example illustrated above was found at Hamangia-Baia, Romania. The Cimmerians of the early 1st millennium BC left a small number (about ten are known) of distinctive stone stelae. Another four or five "deer stones" dating to the same time are known from the northern Caucasus. From the 7th century BC, Scythian tribes began to dominate the Pontic steppe. They were in turn displaced by the Sarmatians from the 2nd century BC, except in Crimea, where they persisted for a few centuries longer. These peoples left carefully crafted stone stelae, with all features cut in deep relief. The tradition was continued by Slavs and Prussians.
If we look at the iron age baba stones and anthropomorphic crosses, we find thousands of them in the Slavic lands of Central Europe and in old Scythian lands of Eurasia. It seems that the only other place where they are found in Europe is Ireland.
Who were the people who built Scythian Baba stones and anthropomorphic crosses in Ireland? How and when did they arrive there, and how come not a word can be read about them in any modern history of Ireland? The old histories of Ireland are not so silent. The old histories talk about Scythians who came to Ireland from the Caspian sea, but these old histories are ignored by modern historians as "fanciful" and "ridiculous". Maybe it is time to look at the old Irish histories again.
We can find similar type of old style singing in Sardinia, Ireland and Estonia and Georgia. But the singing seems to become less animal and more human like, the further away you go from the Balkans.
How old is this type of singing? Is this maybe the oldest, the most primitive type of singing preserved today in Evroasia?
You can read more of my work here:
http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.ie
I would first suggest that the bull depicted on this seal is an animal calendar marker, Taurus, which has been used as a marker for Apr/May (beginning of the grain harvest season) all over Eurasia and North Africa since at least Early Neolithic in the Fertile Crescent...
Now this "Old Taurus" has nothing to do with stars. It is the marker that marks the be part of the year when Wild Eurasian Cattle
begin to calve...
Is it possible that this calendar is the remnant of the ancient European lunisolar calendar which was devised by the builders of the first Central European henges 7000 years ago?
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks. Archaeologists believe it was built from about 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The original structure was a henge which is a circular bank and ditch enclosure, measuring about 110 metres (360 ft) in diameter, with a large entrance to the north east and a smaller one to the south. It has been dated to about 3100 BC.
What most people don't know is that almost 2000 years earlier, the same types of henges were built in central Europe where they are called rondel enclosures. Henges, rondel enclosures originate in the middle Danube area and Morava area. From there they have spread northward towards south Baltic finally reaching Saxony and Pomeranija. This means that the culture that built these megalithic structures came from Central Europe and reached the British Isles via south Baltic, and specifically Elbe region, Pomerania, Pomorje, the land of Fomori.
Rondel enclosure, henge structures are mostly interpreted as having served a cultic purpose. Most of them are aligned and seem to have served the function of a calendar, in the context of archaeoastronomy sometimes dubbed "observatory", with openings aligned with the points sunrise and/or sunset at the solstices. This is the case with the "gates" or openings of the roundels of Quenstedt, Goseck and Quedlinburg as well as in Stonehenge. The observational determination of the time of solstice would have served a practical (agricultural) purpose. It could have been used to maintain a lunisolar calendar. The accurate knowledge of the date of solstice allows an accurate handling of intercalary months and determining the the correct date for agricultural activities such as plowing, sawing and harvesting.
You can read more things like this here:
http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.ie
You can read more things like this here:
http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.ie
The earliest anthropomorphic stelae date to the 4th millennium BC, and are associated with the early Bronze Age Yamna Horizon, in particular with the Kemi Oba culture of the Crimea and adjacent steppe region. The simple, early type of anthropomorphic stelae are also found in the Alpine region of Italy, southern France and Portugal. Examples have also been found in Bulgaria at Plachidol, Vezevero, and Durankulak. The example illustrated above was found at Hamangia-Baia, Romania. The Cimmerians of the early 1st millennium BC left a small number (about ten are known) of distinctive stone stelae. Another four or five "deer stones" dating to the same time are known from the northern Caucasus. From the 7th century BC, Scythian tribes began to dominate the Pontic steppe. They were in turn displaced by the Sarmatians from the 2nd century BC, except in Crimea, where they persisted for a few centuries longer. These peoples left carefully crafted stone stelae, with all features cut in deep relief. The tradition was continued by Slavs and Prussians.
If we look at the iron age baba stones and anthropomorphic crosses, we find thousands of them in the Slavic lands of Central Europe and in old Scythian lands of Eurasia. It seems that the only other place where they are found in Europe is Ireland.
Who were the people who built Scythian Baba stones and anthropomorphic crosses in Ireland? How and when did they arrive there, and how come not a word can be read about them in any modern history of Ireland? The old histories of Ireland are not so silent. The old histories talk about Scythians who came to Ireland from the Caspian sea, but these old histories are ignored by modern historians as "fanciful" and "ridiculous". Maybe it is time to look at the old Irish histories again.
We can find similar type of old style singing in Sardinia, Ireland and Estonia and Georgia. But the singing seems to become less animal and more human like, the further away you go from the Balkans.
How old is this type of singing? Is this maybe the oldest, the most primitive type of singing preserved today in Evroasia?
You can read more of my work here:
http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.ie
When Saint Bega fled the Cumbrian coast and moved to Northumbria, she allegedly left behind her one worldly possession, a bracelet. The writer of the Life of Saint Bega relates that St Bega was given a bracelet in Ireland by a heavenly being. which she left behind in St Bees when she travelled to Northumberland. It was described as having a holy cross upon it, which fits a style of the 9th and 10th centuries. The bracelet is mentioned several times in the charters of St Bees Priory; one instance is in the middle of the 13th century, when an oath was taken by John of Hale "having touched the sacred things ... and upon the bracelet of St Bega". An account roll from as late as 1516/1517 records offerings of 67s. 9d to the bracelet of St Bega; so the cult and the relic were still a going concern at that late time.
But was there ever St Bega? And what does all this have to do with a so called "Serbian cross"?