Name: Stars & Stones 2010 - History Channel - Unexplained Structures - Armenian Stonehenge
Uploaded: 2013-09-10T04:38:13.000Z
Duration: 9 min 5 s
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Perhaps a recently discovered archaeological  site in Armenia will provide the answer.

Approximately 140 Miles southeast of the nation's

capital, Yerevan, lies the city of Sisian.

hundreds of ancient stones, some weighing more than 50 tons,

estimated to be approximately  7,500 years old, Carahunge

people hear of stone henges, they think of the Stonehenge in England.

on who lived there or who the builders were of that site.

What we do know, though, is that the entire site is definitely

Narrator: But how could this simple circular array of stones

England's Oxford University sent an expedition to investigate.

Howarth: What makes this exceptional megalithic monument

Uh, what they're pointing at is still a mystery to us.

But we can say with certainty from the archaeological

evidence that they were some sort of way to connect man and

this with the defense on that with the same

That we can say that people were systematically trying to

Wilcock: This site is also called the Zorats Karer, which

And what has been determined is that the outline of these stones

actually does correspond to the constellation  known as Cygnus,

which in certain cultures, is also referred to as the vulture.

among cultures around the world for many, many thousands of years

Narrator: The early Greeks, Chinese and others also believed that Cygnus had a special power or unique significance.

Why would so many ancient cultures around the world have similar myths about the same constellation?

Tsoukalos: The only reason why I would do this, if I were on a foreign planet, is to give

on a foreign planet, is to give a message to future generations

is no longer possible to see Cygnus through the notches of Carahunge, many theories exist

as to why the position of the constellation

Wilcock: This site dates back to antiquity,

where the earth's axis was in a different position

earth was on a different tilt of its axis entirely.

Narrator: Mainstream scientists have calculated that

But there are other researchers who believe these shifts happen more suddenly and dramatically.

But if these rapid shifts did occur, might Carahunge have been

might Carahunge have been designed to provide something of a warning?

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Stars & Stones 2010 - History Channel - Unexplained Structures - Armenian Stonehenge

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