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Apr 20, 2009, 5:58:12 AM4/20/09
to The Book Of THoTH
Newsletter for the week of April 13th to April 19th
Hello to everyone! To all of our new subscribers out there, welcome
to the book of THoTH Newsletter and to our Book of THoTH Google
group. Thanks for taking the time to subscribe and thanks for joining
our group. We're glad that you've joined our mailing list and hope
that you enjoy what we have to offer in its pages.
As of this newsletter, we have had 20 new members to join us this
week at BoT. To those who've joined, we say thanks for taking the
time to be a part of the greatest paranormal site on the web! Due to
this new addition of members, we now stand at 7,848 members strong. A
huge thanks to each and everyone of you for helping to make this site
what it has become! We couldn't do it without you.
This Week at BoT:
Our last holder of the GoldStar, Silversurfer, has passed the most
prestigious award onto yet another deserving member. After much
thought and consideration, he has decided that the GoldStar should go
to someone deserving, but has never held the honor before. As a
result, Silver has chosen nigelelan53. Nigelelan53 has been awarded
this spinning gold star for the great information that they bring to
the forums of BoT. Congratulations, Nigelelan53! Wear it well and
keep it shining.
In the LabCoat department, Momma is still waiting for a correct answer
to her BoT LabCoat question. Her question is:
"In the 18th century..an artist painted pictures of a scientific
experiment..some people saw these pictures and actually tried the
experiment for themselves. One of them being a member of a European
aristocracy..
Who was the scientist ?
What was the name of the experiment ?
Why was this a misnomer ?
What was the outcome of the Royals attempt ?"
It's been partially answered, but not completely. If you think you
have what it takes to answer the question and take the BoT LabCoat,
give it a shot in the "BoT LabCoat Quiz Part VIII" thread.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopic-19452-120.html
This Week on the Front Page:
IlluminatusRex has an article on the front page this week which is a
follow-up to a previous experiment of his. "Conscious Effects on
Reality" is about his experiments with that very same topic. Can
someone consciously affect what will happen to them? If you don't
think so, this article may give you some food for thought after
reading of his experiences while house sitting. To read more, don't
miss IlluminatusRex's article on the front page.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/article1838.html
"Annunaki & Bible Stories" is a front page article this week by
Anuatlantian that compares various Biblical stories with those of the
Lost Book of Enki. To read some surprising comparisons, this is one
that you don't want to miss. From the stories in Genesis to the flood
of Noah, there's more in common that you might think.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/article1839.html
This Week in the Forums:
Entity's posted a topic in the UFO section about a possible USO that
was filmed by divers. To take a look at the video and add your
comments, see entity's thread, "Amazing UFO/USO Recorded By Submerged
Divers".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20278.html
Also in the UFO section is thread by Lonecat which reports on some
stories told by former employees at Area 51. To read about their
interesting experiences at a facility that's not supposed to exist,
don't miss Lonecat's "The Road to Area 51".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20243.html
Has the tomb of Cleopatra finally been found? It's possible,
according to an article linked to by Dawn in the History of the World
section. To read more about this exciting find and to comment on it,
see "Possible Tomb of Cleopatra & Antony Found".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20279.html
In the Astronomy section, Silversurfer reports on an incident during
the up and coming Lyrid meteor shower which will cause Venus to
disappear. During the peak of the shower, Venus will be hidden behind
the crescent moon. To read more about this, including viewing times,
be sure to see the thread "Venus To Disappear!".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20266.html
"Cahokia America's Lost City" is a thread by crystalsage that tells of
a lost Mississippian city that lies beneath St. Louis. To read the
information on the link that she's provided and to view the videos,
don't miss her thread in the Alternative History & Civilisations
section.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-19812.html
Random Site Feature of the Week:
If you've ever wondered where all of our members are from, then stroll
on over to our Visitor Map. This is a map, courtesy of Google Maps,
where you can place a virtual pin on your location for all of BoT to
see where you live. And if you're lucky enough to be photographed by
a satellite, you can even place it right on top of your house! So
please, have a look and let us know what part of the world you call
home.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/View-Members.html
Strange Fact of the Week:
In 1974, word has it that there was a very close encounter with
Ogopogo, the creature that inhabits British Columbia's Lake Okanagan.
The incident happened one morning during the summer when a girl felt
something bump against her legs as she was swimming toward a raft.
From the raft, she saw a huge, snake-like animal, just under the
surface of the water. She described the creature as being more than
20 feet long and said that it "looked more like a whale than a fish,
but I have never seen a whale that skinny and snakey-looking before."
Trivia Question of the Week:
In Mediterranean lands, what people are more likely to be acused of
possessing the evil eye?
Answer to Last Weeks Trivia Question:
What American president wrote about a deadly encounter with what is
now thought to be a Sasquatch?
Teddy Roosevelt wrote about such an encounter in his book, "Wilderness
Hunter" in 1892. The incident was not witnessed by himself, but was a
story told to him by a "grizzled, weather-beaten old mountain hunter,
named Bauman".
According to Roosevelt, Bauman described footprints near the disturbed
campsite of his and his trapping companion which indicated an upright
creature on two legs. Later that same night, he reported a strong
"wild-beast odor" coming from an unseen animal in the woods. The next
day, more upright footprints were discovered near their camp. Later
that evening after Bauman returned from checking beaver traps, he
discovered the body of his friend with a broken neck and "four great
fang marks in the throat." The same upright footprints were again
seen around the campsite.
This Week in History:
April 19, 1775: The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial
Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord,
Mass., starting the American Revolution.
April 19, 1897: A slow moving UFO crashed in Aurora, Texas,
reportedly crashing into a local Judge's windmill and exploding,
scattering debris over several acres of land. According to local
stories, the pilot was buried in the town's only cemetery.
April 20, 1841: The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders
in the Rue Morgue was published.
April 20, 1902: Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.
April 21, 1836: Texan army under Sam Houston defeated the Mexican
army in the Battle of San Jacinto.
April 21, 1997: The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22
others blasted into space for the first space funerals.
April 22, 1500: Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it
for Portugal.
April 22, 1889: The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to
settlers.
April 23, 1616: Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-
Avon, England.
April 23, 1954: Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs.
April 24, 1915: Turks began deportation of Armenians that led to the
massacre of between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.
April 24, 1990: The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble
Space Telescope.
April 25, 1928: The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S.
Frank.
April 25, 1953: The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing
the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.
This Week's Birthdays:
Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903) - Ness started his career in 1929 as
special agent for the U.S. Department of Justice. After recruiting a
force of un-bribable agents, he later became known as the leader of
the "Untouchables". It was this group who helped bring down Al Capone
in Chicago in 1931.
Joan Miró (April 20, 1893) - Joan Miró was a Spanish Catalan painter,
sculptor, and ceramist. His work has been described as Surrealism, a
sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and
a manifestation of Catalan pride. In several interviews, he expressed
contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting
bourgeoise society, and famously declared an "assassination of
painting" in favor of upsetting the visual elements of established
painting.
Queen Elizabeth II (April 21, 1926) - Queen of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, she is the eldest daughter and successor of George
VI. Made a State Counselor at age 18 and trained as a junior
subaltern during WW II, her coronation was in 1953 after the death of
her father over one year earlier.
J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904) - Oppenheimer was an American
physicist whose early work with quantum theory and nuclear physics
contributed to the quantum theory of molecules. He was director of
the atomic-energy research project at Los Alamos, New Mexico where he
made important contributions to the development of atomic energy for
military purposes. After the atomic bomb was used against Japan, he
became one of the foremost proponents of civilian and international
control of atomic energy and was served with several atomic energy
committees.
William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564) - William Shakespeare (April 23,
1564) - He was an English poet and playwright who is highly regarded
as the greatest writer of the English language. Known sometimes as
the "Bard of Avon", he wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets,
as well as a variety of other poems. Counted as one of the few
playwrights who have excelled in both comedy and tragedy, his works
have been translated into every major language and and are continually
performed all over the world.
Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904) - Willem de Kooning was an abstract
expressionist artist who painted in a style that came to be referred
to variously as Abstract expressionism, Action painting, and the New
York School.
Guglielmo Marconi (April 25, 1874) - Marconi was an Italian physicist
who was known for his development of wireless telegraphy (radio). He
improved upon the inventions of H. R. Hertz and others as well as
inventing a practical antenna. In 1899 he transmitted signals across
the English Channel and later in 1901 he received a signal transmitted
from St. John's, N.L. to Poldhu, Cornwall. In 1909 he shared the
Nobel Prize in Physics with K. F. Braun for his work in wireless
telegraphy.
We have three members of BoT who are having birthdays this coming
week. Cutbythedawn's birthday is on April 22, TrentCoole celebrates
his on April 23, and Lonecat celebrates on April 24. Happy Birthday
to all of you! May you have a wonderful day and an exciting and
fulfilling year to come.
Tech Tip of the Week:
If you're still using an older (and many times, slow) comptuer, you'll
find that things can be quite slow at times. A few of these things
you can speed up by making some changes in Windows' registry. One of
the things that we'll tell you how to speed up this week is the Start
menu, due to it's default speed being somewhat slow.
First, be sure to back up your registry.
After you've got your registry backed up, click on Start and then on
Run. Type Regedit into the Run box and click OK or press Enter on
your keyboard.
Once in the Registry Editor panel, go to the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay
By default, the value is "MenuShowDelay=400". You can however set the
value between 0 and 400. Change the value to 0 to speed things up
considerably.
Once you've changed the value, close the registry editor and restart
your computer. This will enable any changes made to go into effect.
Unsolved Question of the Week:
A major archaeological investigation is getting under way at one of
Western Europe's most impressive prehistoric sites. The Ring of
Brodgar in Orkney is the third largest stone circle in the British
Isles, but little is known about it. A month-long program of
investigations will be undertaken by a 15-member team. The last
important archaeological studies took place there in the 1970s.
Significant developments have taken place since then in analytical
techniques, including dating. Historic Scotland said very little was
actually known about the site, including its exact age and purpose.
A scheduled ancient monument, the stone circle and henge of the Ring
of Brodgar is part of 'The Heart of Neolithic Orkney' World Heritage
Site, inscribed by UNESCO in 1999. The project will involve the re-
excavation and extension of trenches dug in 1973. Geophysical surveys
will also be undertaken to investigate the location of standing
stones. Dr Jane Downes of the Archaeology Department, Orkney College,
UHI, and Dr Colin Richards of the University of Manchester are the
project directors. Dr Downes said: "Because so little is known about
the Ring of Brodgar, a series of assumptions have taken the place of
archaeological data." "The interpretation of what is arguably the most
spectacular stone circle in Scotland is therefore incomplete and
unclear." Dr Richards added: "At present, even the number of stones in
the original circle is uncertain. The position of at least 40 stones
can be identified but there are spaces for 20 more." The project is
being partially funded by Historic Scotland. The Ring of Brodgar is
situated on a low-lying piece of land, separating the lochs of Harray
and Stenness. Other features in the area include the Stones of
Stenness, a much smaller stone circle set within an enclosing ditch;
Maeshowe, a Neolithic chambered cairn; and a number of standing
stones.
What was the purpose of the Ring of Brodgar? Could it be, like
Stonehenge, a purported Druid Ring for yearly celebrations, or was it
set up to be an ancient observatory? Some answers to the many
questions surrounding the Ring of Brodgar may come after the latest
round of excavations. Until then, we only have our imaginations to
rely upon.
Quote of the Week:
"The whole is more than the sum of its parts."
- Aristotle
That concludes this week's edition of the BoT newsletter. We hope
that you've enjoyed it, found it a nice change in your inbox, and are
looking forward to receiving the next one. As always, we should have
lots more waiting in store for you.
Until next time, keep your eyes to the skies and the door to your mind
unlocked. You never know who might drop by for a visit.
Hello to everyone! To all of our new subscribers out there, welcome
to the book of THoTH Newsletter and to our Book of THoTH Google
group. Thanks for taking the time to subscribe and thanks for joining
our group. We're glad that you've joined our mailing list and hope
that you enjoy what we have to offer in its pages.
As of this newsletter, we have had 20 new members to join us this
week at BoT. To those who've joined, we say thanks for taking the
time to be a part of the greatest paranormal site on the web! Due to
this new addition of members, we now stand at 7,848 members strong. A
huge thanks to each and everyone of you for helping to make this site
what it has become! We couldn't do it without you.
This Week at BoT:
Our last holder of the GoldStar, Silversurfer, has passed the most
prestigious award onto yet another deserving member. After much
thought and consideration, he has decided that the GoldStar should go
to someone deserving, but has never held the honor before. As a
result, Silver has chosen nigelelan53. Nigelelan53 has been awarded
this spinning gold star for the great information that they bring to
the forums of BoT. Congratulations, Nigelelan53! Wear it well and
keep it shining.
In the LabCoat department, Momma is still waiting for a correct answer
to her BoT LabCoat question. Her question is:
"In the 18th century..an artist painted pictures of a scientific
experiment..some people saw these pictures and actually tried the
experiment for themselves. One of them being a member of a European
aristocracy..
Who was the scientist ?
What was the name of the experiment ?
Why was this a misnomer ?
What was the outcome of the Royals attempt ?"
It's been partially answered, but not completely. If you think you
have what it takes to answer the question and take the BoT LabCoat,
give it a shot in the "BoT LabCoat Quiz Part VIII" thread.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopic-19452-120.html
This Week on the Front Page:
IlluminatusRex has an article on the front page this week which is a
follow-up to a previous experiment of his. "Conscious Effects on
Reality" is about his experiments with that very same topic. Can
someone consciously affect what will happen to them? If you don't
think so, this article may give you some food for thought after
reading of his experiences while house sitting. To read more, don't
miss IlluminatusRex's article on the front page.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/article1838.html
"Annunaki & Bible Stories" is a front page article this week by
Anuatlantian that compares various Biblical stories with those of the
Lost Book of Enki. To read some surprising comparisons, this is one
that you don't want to miss. From the stories in Genesis to the flood
of Noah, there's more in common that you might think.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/article1839.html
This Week in the Forums:
Entity's posted a topic in the UFO section about a possible USO that
was filmed by divers. To take a look at the video and add your
comments, see entity's thread, "Amazing UFO/USO Recorded By Submerged
Divers".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20278.html
Also in the UFO section is thread by Lonecat which reports on some
stories told by former employees at Area 51. To read about their
interesting experiences at a facility that's not supposed to exist,
don't miss Lonecat's "The Road to Area 51".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20243.html
Has the tomb of Cleopatra finally been found? It's possible,
according to an article linked to by Dawn in the History of the World
section. To read more about this exciting find and to comment on it,
see "Possible Tomb of Cleopatra & Antony Found".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20279.html
In the Astronomy section, Silversurfer reports on an incident during
the up and coming Lyrid meteor shower which will cause Venus to
disappear. During the peak of the shower, Venus will be hidden behind
the crescent moon. To read more about this, including viewing times,
be sure to see the thread "Venus To Disappear!".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-20266.html
"Cahokia America's Lost City" is a thread by crystalsage that tells of
a lost Mississippian city that lies beneath St. Louis. To read the
information on the link that she's provided and to view the videos,
don't miss her thread in the Alternative History & Civilisations
section.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-19812.html
Random Site Feature of the Week:
If you've ever wondered where all of our members are from, then stroll
on over to our Visitor Map. This is a map, courtesy of Google Maps,
where you can place a virtual pin on your location for all of BoT to
see where you live. And if you're lucky enough to be photographed by
a satellite, you can even place it right on top of your house! So
please, have a look and let us know what part of the world you call
home.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/View-Members.html
Strange Fact of the Week:
In 1974, word has it that there was a very close encounter with
Ogopogo, the creature that inhabits British Columbia's Lake Okanagan.
The incident happened one morning during the summer when a girl felt
something bump against her legs as she was swimming toward a raft.
From the raft, she saw a huge, snake-like animal, just under the
surface of the water. She described the creature as being more than
20 feet long and said that it "looked more like a whale than a fish,
but I have never seen a whale that skinny and snakey-looking before."
Trivia Question of the Week:
In Mediterranean lands, what people are more likely to be acused of
possessing the evil eye?
Answer to Last Weeks Trivia Question:
What American president wrote about a deadly encounter with what is
now thought to be a Sasquatch?
Teddy Roosevelt wrote about such an encounter in his book, "Wilderness
Hunter" in 1892. The incident was not witnessed by himself, but was a
story told to him by a "grizzled, weather-beaten old mountain hunter,
named Bauman".
According to Roosevelt, Bauman described footprints near the disturbed
campsite of his and his trapping companion which indicated an upright
creature on two legs. Later that same night, he reported a strong
"wild-beast odor" coming from an unseen animal in the woods. The next
day, more upright footprints were discovered near their camp. Later
that evening after Bauman returned from checking beaver traps, he
discovered the body of his friend with a broken neck and "four great
fang marks in the throat." The same upright footprints were again
seen around the campsite.
This Week in History:
April 19, 1775: The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial
Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord,
Mass., starting the American Revolution.
April 19, 1897: A slow moving UFO crashed in Aurora, Texas,
reportedly crashing into a local Judge's windmill and exploding,
scattering debris over several acres of land. According to local
stories, the pilot was buried in the town's only cemetery.
April 20, 1841: The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders
in the Rue Morgue was published.
April 20, 1902: Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.
April 21, 1836: Texan army under Sam Houston defeated the Mexican
army in the Battle of San Jacinto.
April 21, 1997: The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22
others blasted into space for the first space funerals.
April 22, 1500: Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil and claimed it
for Portugal.
April 22, 1889: The land rush in Oklahoma began when it was opened to
settlers.
April 23, 1616: Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-
Avon, England.
April 23, 1954: Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs.
April 24, 1915: Turks began deportation of Armenians that led to the
massacre of between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.
April 24, 1990: The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble
Space Telescope.
April 25, 1928: The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S.
Frank.
April 25, 1953: The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing
the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.
This Week's Birthdays:
Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903) - Ness started his career in 1929 as
special agent for the U.S. Department of Justice. After recruiting a
force of un-bribable agents, he later became known as the leader of
the "Untouchables". It was this group who helped bring down Al Capone
in Chicago in 1931.
Joan Miró (April 20, 1893) - Joan Miró was a Spanish Catalan painter,
sculptor, and ceramist. His work has been described as Surrealism, a
sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and
a manifestation of Catalan pride. In several interviews, he expressed
contempt for conventional painting methods as a way of supporting
bourgeoise society, and famously declared an "assassination of
painting" in favor of upsetting the visual elements of established
painting.
Queen Elizabeth II (April 21, 1926) - Queen of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, she is the eldest daughter and successor of George
VI. Made a State Counselor at age 18 and trained as a junior
subaltern during WW II, her coronation was in 1953 after the death of
her father over one year earlier.
J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904) - Oppenheimer was an American
physicist whose early work with quantum theory and nuclear physics
contributed to the quantum theory of molecules. He was director of
the atomic-energy research project at Los Alamos, New Mexico where he
made important contributions to the development of atomic energy for
military purposes. After the atomic bomb was used against Japan, he
became one of the foremost proponents of civilian and international
control of atomic energy and was served with several atomic energy
committees.
William Shakespeare (April 23, 1564) - William Shakespeare (April 23,
1564) - He was an English poet and playwright who is highly regarded
as the greatest writer of the English language. Known sometimes as
the "Bard of Avon", he wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets,
as well as a variety of other poems. Counted as one of the few
playwrights who have excelled in both comedy and tragedy, his works
have been translated into every major language and and are continually
performed all over the world.
Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904) - Willem de Kooning was an abstract
expressionist artist who painted in a style that came to be referred
to variously as Abstract expressionism, Action painting, and the New
York School.
Guglielmo Marconi (April 25, 1874) - Marconi was an Italian physicist
who was known for his development of wireless telegraphy (radio). He
improved upon the inventions of H. R. Hertz and others as well as
inventing a practical antenna. In 1899 he transmitted signals across
the English Channel and later in 1901 he received a signal transmitted
from St. John's, N.L. to Poldhu, Cornwall. In 1909 he shared the
Nobel Prize in Physics with K. F. Braun for his work in wireless
telegraphy.
We have three members of BoT who are having birthdays this coming
week. Cutbythedawn's birthday is on April 22, TrentCoole celebrates
his on April 23, and Lonecat celebrates on April 24. Happy Birthday
to all of you! May you have a wonderful day and an exciting and
fulfilling year to come.
Tech Tip of the Week:
If you're still using an older (and many times, slow) comptuer, you'll
find that things can be quite slow at times. A few of these things
you can speed up by making some changes in Windows' registry. One of
the things that we'll tell you how to speed up this week is the Start
menu, due to it's default speed being somewhat slow.
First, be sure to back up your registry.
After you've got your registry backed up, click on Start and then on
Run. Type Regedit into the Run box and click OK or press Enter on
your keyboard.
Once in the Registry Editor panel, go to the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay
By default, the value is "MenuShowDelay=400". You can however set the
value between 0 and 400. Change the value to 0 to speed things up
considerably.
Once you've changed the value, close the registry editor and restart
your computer. This will enable any changes made to go into effect.
Unsolved Question of the Week:
A major archaeological investigation is getting under way at one of
Western Europe's most impressive prehistoric sites. The Ring of
Brodgar in Orkney is the third largest stone circle in the British
Isles, but little is known about it. A month-long program of
investigations will be undertaken by a 15-member team. The last
important archaeological studies took place there in the 1970s.
Significant developments have taken place since then in analytical
techniques, including dating. Historic Scotland said very little was
actually known about the site, including its exact age and purpose.
A scheduled ancient monument, the stone circle and henge of the Ring
of Brodgar is part of 'The Heart of Neolithic Orkney' World Heritage
Site, inscribed by UNESCO in 1999. The project will involve the re-
excavation and extension of trenches dug in 1973. Geophysical surveys
will also be undertaken to investigate the location of standing
stones. Dr Jane Downes of the Archaeology Department, Orkney College,
UHI, and Dr Colin Richards of the University of Manchester are the
project directors. Dr Downes said: "Because so little is known about
the Ring of Brodgar, a series of assumptions have taken the place of
archaeological data." "The interpretation of what is arguably the most
spectacular stone circle in Scotland is therefore incomplete and
unclear." Dr Richards added: "At present, even the number of stones in
the original circle is uncertain. The position of at least 40 stones
can be identified but there are spaces for 20 more." The project is
being partially funded by Historic Scotland. The Ring of Brodgar is
situated on a low-lying piece of land, separating the lochs of Harray
and Stenness. Other features in the area include the Stones of
Stenness, a much smaller stone circle set within an enclosing ditch;
Maeshowe, a Neolithic chambered cairn; and a number of standing
stones.
What was the purpose of the Ring of Brodgar? Could it be, like
Stonehenge, a purported Druid Ring for yearly celebrations, or was it
set up to be an ancient observatory? Some answers to the many
questions surrounding the Ring of Brodgar may come after the latest
round of excavations. Until then, we only have our imaginations to
rely upon.
Quote of the Week:
"The whole is more than the sum of its parts."
- Aristotle
That concludes this week's edition of the BoT newsletter. We hope
that you've enjoyed it, found it a nice change in your inbox, and are
looking forward to receiving the next one. As always, we should have
lots more waiting in store for you.
Until next time, keep your eyes to the skies and the door to your mind
unlocked. You never know who might drop by for a visit.
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