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Monday, April 22, 2013

Is 'Siberian Stonehenge' really the birthplace of astronomy? Astonishing theory about remote spot 'used by stargazers 16,000 years ago'

Is 'Siberian Stonehenge' really the birthplace of astronomy? Astonishing theory about remote spot 'used by stargazers 16,000 years ago' | Mail Online: "A Russian scientist believes a remote Siberian rock formation may be the first place that humanity began to follow the movement of the heavenly bodies.

Professor Larichev believes it is the oldest astronomical observatory certainly in Asia and perhaps the world

Sunduki, known as the Siberian Stonehenge, is a series of eight sandstone outcroppings on a remote flood plain on the bank of the Bely Iyus river in the republic of Khakassia. Professor Vitaly Larichev, of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, claims that the 16,000-year-old site was not only a place of huge religious significance in the ancient world, but also its stargazing capital."

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