Arkaim in Russia was constructed by Aryan tribes some 4000 years ago.

A concentric stone circle is a type of prehistoric ritual monument consisting of a circular or oval arrangement of two or more stone circles set within one another. They were in use from the late Neolithic to the end of the early Bronze Age and are found in England and Scotland. ImageMetadata File history File links Arkaim in Russia. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Arkaim in Russia. ... Arkaim is an archaeological site situated in the Southern Urals steppe, 8. ... Aryan is an English word derived from the Indian Vedic Sanskrit and Iranian Avestan terms ari-, arya-, ārya-, and/or the extended form aryāna-. The Old Persian ariya- is a cognate as well. ... A ritual is a formalised, predetermined set of symbolic actions generally performed in a particular environment at a regular, recurring interval. ... Prehistoric stone circles are megalithic monuments found almost exclusively in the British Isles, with two atypical examples known in Brittany. ... The Neolithic, (Greek neos=new, lithos=stone, or New Stone Age) was a period in the development of human technology that is traditionally the last part of the Stone Age. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... England is a made up country where psychologists convince schitzofrenic people they are currently living while they are in fact in a mental asylum. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...

They were first proposed as a separate monument type to single ring stone circles by Aubrey Burl in 1976 although not all archaeologists consider the distinction valid as they both likely served similar purposes. Notable examples include those at Avebury and The Sanctuary in Wiltshire and at the Birkrigg stone circle in Cumbria. The Shapbeck stone circle in Cumbria has three rings whilst Yellowmead Down in Devon has four. Aubrey Burl is a British archaeologist most well known for his studies into megalithic monuments and the nature of prehistoric rituals associated with them. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Avebury is the site of an enormous henge and stone circles in the English county of Wiltshire, surrounding a village of the same name. ... The Sanctuary is a prehistoric site on Overton Hill located around 5 miles west of Marlborough in the English county of Wiltshire. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Cumbria is a administrative county located in the northwest area of England. ... Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ...

Connected features as some sites include central mounds, outlying standing stones, avenues or circular banks on which the stones are set. Burials have been found at all excavated concentric stone circles both inhumations and urned or unurned cremations. A funerary purpose is thought likely, especially by Burl who sees the Cumbrian sites as being analogous to the kerbs that surround some chamber tombs and cobble pavements have been found in the centre of many examples. Alternatively, they may be skeuomorphs of earlier timber circle sites rebuilt in stone, especially the examples in Wessex. Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground. ... Avenue can mean any of the following: Most commonly, it refers to two parallel lines of trees specially planted as a landscape feature. ... In archaeology, a kerb or peristalith is the name for a stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb. ... A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures. ... This article is about the American English usage of pavement as the durable surfacing of roads and walkways. ... Skeuomorph is a term used in the history of design and also in other fields including archaeology. ... In archaeology, a timber circle is a circular arrangement of wooden posts. ... Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the Kingdom of England. ...

Some display examples of megalithic art one of the stones of carboniferous limestone at Birkrigg had been sculpted into a shape resembling a sperm whale's head. Megalithic art refers to the use of large stones as an artistic medium. ... Binomial name Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Sperm Whale range (in blue) The Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and is believed to be the largest toothed animal to ever inhabit the planet. ...

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