Stonehenge - England
The late-Neolithic monument of Stonehenge was built on Salisbury Plain in three stages, starting with the construction of a simple bank and ditch in about 3.000BC.
In the eighties of the past century Curator Jane Salter stumbled across two antler-picks found by Colonel Hawley at Stonehenge at the Society of Antiquaries headquarters, at Burlington House in London.
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Archaeologists have found a piece of an ancient red deer antler that was apparently used for digging in the Stonehenge Greater Cursus . The cursus, flanked by berms and located a few miles from the stones, is thought to have been used for sacred purposes, also. The antler was dated to between 3630 and 3375 B.C., 1.000 years before the erection of the sarsen stones. (Source: (...)
The construction stages of Stonehenge
Remembering a glorious apparition of Halley's Comet, as a proof of the existance of eternal returning soul of the King of Heaven, might have been the most important function of Stonehenge. We must understand that, before the astronomical nature of this comet became known, the return of Halley's Comet has, as I have noticed, been part of rituals and has been the major catalyst of construction megalithic sites. As I have argued before: The periodicity of Halley's Comet was already known in the time of the cave drawings of Lascaux. Prediction of the right year of the return of Halley's Comet was possible by observing the orbit of Jupiter. When, after 19 orbits of Jupiter, Jupiter was in the constellation of Leo, than Halley's Comet would return (225 years). Priest-astronomers who knew the secret of Halley's Comet returns must have had great powers over communities until the catastrophe year of 138 BC when the long sequence of the Jupiter in Leo relation on Halley's Comet return, as I have noticed using Joseph Brady's calculated dates of perihelion passages of Halley's Comet, suddenly ended. The circumstances, the rise of astronomical science and the end of the Jupiter in Leo sequence, might explain why Christianity became popular when, in the mean time, Halley's Comet former representing the soul of the King of Heaven, was banned.
Images, related to metaphors of Halley's Comet, like the manes of a horse, where removed from the temple walls in Egypt by the Copts. By introducing the importance of Halley's Comet into the roots of religion I am certain that many, so not all, ancient puzzles on megaliths constructions, might be solved.
The different stages of construction of Stonehenge correspond with some remarkable events in relation to the 'coming of the' Comet. These events might be a perihelion passage of the comet on or near the summer or wintersolstice, on or near the date of the equinoxes and very impressive apparitions of the 'horns', the obviously denser outerparts of the iontail and magnificent dusttail of Halley's Comet.
The comet seem to have had many metaphors, that were associated with animals, weapons, colors and so on, issues that were familiar to the people who watched the comet and looked for objects or animals to describe it. This might explain why in England the comet, when it had the structure of an antler, has been associated with the antlers of red deer, native to the country and in Peru, for instance, with lightning (Illapa) which has basically the same structure.
When we would have been able to observe the sometimes fishbone-like structure of the dusttail of Halley's Comet than we must consider the possibility that the tail of Halley's Comet has been associated with a (holy) fish, like the Newgrange-salmon of Ireland. In Sumer and also in Egypt sometimes the dusttail of Halley's Comet resembled the structure of the ear of corn and so, corn has been considered sacred in these regions. Other examples are the structure of a feather, the structure of a palmleaf and the structure of the 'tree of life': Thuja.
When Halley's Comet, a dirty snowball containing stones and ice, comes close to the sun, which it does every time it returns, than it will partly melt and some particles will come off. This small will bits might have become little comets which might probably explain an antler
-like appearance of the comet.
Halley's Comet could be seen all over the world
We must be aware of the fact that Halley's Comet could be seen, near the sun, on the same day from the whole northern hemmisphere and a great part of the southern hemmisphere as well! So on the 18 april 2647 BC it could be seen closest to the sun in China as well as in Sumer, as well as in Egypt, as well in Cyprus, as well in France, Ireland and England and also as well in America. And not for one day but for several days up to several weeks and several months! This might be the only good explanation why, simultaneously, all around the world, in approxitmately the same time, ancient constructions have been araised. While (total) suneclipses only last a few minutes and only in a relative small region; apparitions of Comet Halley could have been watched for many, many weeks by the naked eye.
I have found a method to extropolate the dates of perihelionpassages of Comet Halley, which have been calculated very accurate, by astronomer Joseph L. Brady which have been published in 1982. The oldest perihelion date that Brady provides is the perihelion passage of april 18 2647 BC.
Jupiter, Leo and Comet Halley
I noticed, as you can see in Table 1, there is a very tight relation between the return of Halley's Comet and the position of Jupiter between the years 2647 BC and 393 BC. On every third apparition of Comet Halley the slow orbing planet, it takes Jupiter 11.86 years to orb the sun, is in the constellation of Leo. (see also: Sphinx)
The construction dates of ancient sites in Britain seems to be related to apparitions of Comet Halley.
| PERIHELION DATE OF HALLEY"S COMET (according Joseph L. Brady) | JUPITER IN: |
| 87 BC Jul 10 | Gemini |
| 164 BC Jun 22 | Sagittarius |
| 241 BC Nov 30 | Cancer |
| 317 BC Oct 15 | Capricornus |
| 393 BC Apr 22 | Leo |
| 468 BC Jul 16 | Taurus |
| 544 BC April 10 | Sagittarius |
| 620 BC Oct 5 | Leo |
| 694 BC Nov 1 | Aries |
| 759 BC May 13 | Virgo |
| 845 BC Dec 29 | Leo |
| 918 BC Oct 31 | Gemini |
| 993 BC Mar 15 | Capricornus |
| 1069 BC Jul 13 | Leo |
| 1143 BC Apr 15 | Taurus |
| 1219 BC Feb 19 | Capricornus |
| 1295 BC Jan 31 | Leo |
| 1369 BC Mar 22 | Taurus |
| 1445 BC Jun 21 (Summersolstice apparition) |
Sagittarius |
| 1521 BC Aug 13 | Leo |
| 1594 BC Feb 2 | Taurus |
| 1670 BC Feb 27 | Sagittarius |
| 1746 BC Sep 19 | Leo |
| 1819 BC Nov 26 | Taurus |
| 1895 BC Mar 29 | Capricornus |
| 1971 BC Jun 10 | Leo |
| 2045 BC Oct 25 | Gemini |
| 2121 BC Dec 30 | Sagittarius |
| 2196 BC Jan 22 | Leo |
| 2270 BC Jan 26 | Taurus |
| 2347 BC Jul 21 | Ophiuchus |
| 2423 BC Sep 17 | Leo |
| 2497 BC Nov 1 | Aries |
| 2572 BC Jun 25 (Midsummer apparition) |
Sagittarius (Giza Sphinx) |
| 2647 BC April 18 | Leo (Sillbury Hill) (Giza piramids) |
| Extrapolation Leo-Jupiter correlation: (Copyright 2008: Gilbert de Jong) |
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| 2721 BC? | ? |
| 2798 BC? | ? |
| 2874 BC | Leo (Avebury) |
| 2949 BC? | ? (The Sanctuary) |
| 3024 BC? | ? |
| 3099 BC Dec 21(?) (Wintersolstice apparition) |
Leo (Newgrange) (Skara Brae) (Stonehenge) |
| 3174 BC? | ? |
| 3249 BC? | ? |
| 3324 BC | Leo (Dowth) (Windmill Hill, Avebury) |
| 3399 BC? | ? |
| 3474 BC? | ? |
| 3549 BC | Leo (Knowth) (West Kennet Long Barrow) |
Apollo
Stonehenge was considered to be sanctuary of the Greek and Roman god Apollo. It would be nice Apollo could be related to Halley's Comet.
The most important shrine of Apollo can be found on the Island of Cyprus. Apollo is the god of light, youth, beauty and prophesy. The parents of Apollo are Zeus (Jupiter) and Leto. The latter goddess is a bit obscure and her name probably means 'the hidden one". In my opinion it can be related to Leo, the cat that can't be seen unless you know your constellations.
One of Apollo's great deeds was the killing of the serpent Python, the feared beast residing in the hills near Delphi. The python is a strong metaphor for Halley's Comet because snakes of these size where not known in the area around Delphi.
"Apollo came down from Mount Olympus and with his silver bow and golden arrows, he slayed the beast in one shot to save the people of the land." Again the arrow is, because of the form and its flying nature, a strong metaphor of Halley's Comet.
"In rememberance of his deed, it's said that Apollo created the Pythian Games, held every four years. Today we have a very similar form of games, the summer olympics. After taking control of the oracle from Python, he bestowed special abilities of prophecy upon one of his priestesses and named her Pythia." Being able to predict its next return, and watching its apparition and its visibility at sunrise or sunset, might be one of the prime functions of ancient Greek theaters such as the one in Delphi.
"Another interesting myth about Apollo is his love for a mortal man by the name of Cyparissus, decendent of Heracles. As a token of his love, Apollo gave to Cyparissus a deer. Cyparissus and the deer were close companions until Cyparissus accidently threw a javelin into the deer, killing it. Cyparissus begged Apollo to let him die and allow his tears to fall forever. With that, Apollo turned him into a tree...a Cypress. The sap of the tree falls like that of tears" In this legend we might recognise the ancient knowledge that connects the apparition of the comet to the men from Cyprus (Cyparissus). The cypress can still be found on this island,with a rich and ancient history. The javelin is also a metaphor of Comet Halley and ofcourse, the metaphor of deer, the antlers, is also related to Stonehenge.
Nice but no evidence..
I believe it is.
- images found on the stones of Stonehenge might be considered metaphors of Halley's Comet (horns, tail, beard, dagger, sword, etc)
- the different phases of constructions can be related to apparitions of Halley's Comet for instance december 21 3099 BC, april 18 2647 BC, june 21
