Chilligavva

Was I excited reading about the unearthing of a major pre-historic village, near Stonehenge in southern England. You can read more about it over here at the National Geographic site, which BTW is a sponsor.

EXCERPT FROM THEIR SITE..

“Cult Houses”

The project team says these imposing buildings to the west may have been the homes of chiefs or priests (photo) who lived separately from the rest of the community.

Another theory is that the buildings were used only for rituals, as hardly any trace of household waste has been found inside them.

“They may have been more like shrines or cult houses,” Thomas said. People may have gone to them “to invoke the spirits of ancestors” or “to have out-of-body or trance experiences.”

The main group of houses were clustered along an impressive stone avenue discovered by the team in 2005.

Measuring some 90 feet (27 meters) wide and 560 feet (170 meters) long, the avenue linked the site of the former massive timber circle at Durrington to the River Avon. The road mirrors a similar avenue at Stonehenge that connects to the Avon downriver of Durrington.

Did that mean, that as early as 2500 BC, people separated locations for religion and religious worship? Hmhh.. I wonder!

Also check out this article about the founders of rome..