http://www.megalithic.co.uk News and new discoveries from the Megalithic Portal en-us http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18238 Hillfort in Franklin County, Ohio. The earthwork surrounds an area at the top of a 100 foot cliff that overlooks the Oletangy River. It consists of an outer ditch and an inner embankment, with three gaps. (Added 2008-12-03 13:58:27) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=22370 Museum in Co. Roscommon. In the heartland of Connacht, Ireland a forgotten landscape is being brought to light in the award-winning Cruachan Aí Heritage Centre. Cruachan is one of the most important and best preserved Celtic Royal Sites in Europe, and the medieval village of Tulsk, Co. Roscommon is the setting for the new centre. (Added 2008-12-03 13:50:12) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413556 In 1908, while building a waterworks tunnel east of Hanlan's Point in Toronto Bay, a work crew came across 100 footprints in a layer of blue clay. The prints appeared to have been left by people wearing moccasins – 11,000 years ago. It was an astounding discovery, perhaps the first evidence of human habitation on Lake Ontario, but few recognized its significance. (Added 2008-12-03 13:41:35) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413555 Archaeologists in Shaanxi province have unearthed more than 1,100 oracle bone characters, shedding new light on the number of such inscriptions in existence. The find was made at a cluster of tombs in Qishan county that date back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 1000-771 BC). (Added 2008-12-01 17:49:36) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413554 Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an Iron Age chiseled stone slab that provides the first written evidence in the region that people believed the soul was separate from the body, University of Chicago researchers announced. (Added 2008-12-01 17:44:26) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5063 Hillfort in Wiltshire. Located in a dramatic location with fantastic views. It is accessed via a steep metalled road with passing places all the way to the country park at the top. (Added 2008-12-01 16:48:53) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6904 Museum in Wiltshire. One of the finest prehistoric collections in Europe with finds from over 500 excavations in Wiltshire. (Added 2008-12-01 16:41:04) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413553 The monuments date between the end of the 4th millennium and the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC. Members of Sochi geographical Society have discovered ancient writings on Dolmens located in the Sochi area. During their expedition scientists saw images on some of the stones and noticed that they closely resemble Asian petroglyphs. (Added 2008-12-01 16:39:00) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413552 While digging around the Tucson, Arizona, wastewater facility they discovered an Ancient village. Archaeologists from Desert Archaeology say they shouted when they found an ancient village which they estimate is 3,500 years old. (Added 2008-12-01 04:28:07) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=22224 Rock Art in West Yorkshire. Stanbury Hill (NGR SE 110434) is on the edge of Bingley Moor, overlooking Bingley and the Aire Valley in West Yorkshire. (Bingley Moor forms part of the well-known Rombalds Moor which consists of Addingham High Moor and Ilkey Moor to the North; Burley Moor and Hawksworth Moor to the East; Bingley Moor and Morton Moor to the South; High Moor to the West.) (Added 2008-11-30 23:12:12)