I know it's not #StandingStoneSunday yet, but I'm really excited that this arrived today ... I was originally after Julian Cope's 'The Modern Antiquarian' but at £275 that was not an option. This one, however, is most excellent and a fraction of the price 💙
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Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists | Stonehenge | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/18/solstice-aligned-monument-archaeology-wiltshire-stonehenge-prototype
"A 5,000-year-old monument that was aligned with the summer and winter solstices and may have served as a prototype for the later solar alignment at Stonehenge has been discovered close to the famous neolithic site, in what archaeologists have described as a “once in a lifetime” find."
"A 5,000-year-old monument that was aligned with the summer and winter solstices and may have served as a prototype for the later solar alignment at Stonehenge has been discovered close to the famous neolithic site, in what archaeologists have described as a “once in a lifetime” find.
The structure at Bulford, 5km (3 miles) from the world heritage site in Wiltshire, has been carbon dated to around 3000BC, the same time as the earliest phase of construction at Stonehenge and 500 years before its huge trilithon stones were carefully placed to line up with the midsummer and midwinter sun."
Man with broken skull found in Corded Ware kiln – The History Blog
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/76318
"The deceased is a male between 23 and 25 years old lying in a crouched position on his right side facing south, a burial position typical of the Corded Ware Culture (ca. 2900-2050 B.C.). The skull bears the signs of injury."
4,000-year-old Mohenjo-daro study finds ancient city grew more equal over time
For decades, archaeologists argued that cities grew alongside inequality. As settlements expanded, wealth often moved toward rulers, priests, and elite families. A new study on Mohenjo-daro presents a different story...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/mohenjo-daro-grew-more-equal-over-time/
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Do you know the Garamantes? I certainly didn't. Fascinating.
> an ancient civilisation who lived over 2000 years ago in the southwest of modern-day Libya.
https://podcastindex.org/podcast/318133?episode=56137380307
Misha Glenny and guests discuss an ancient civilisation who lived over 2000 years ago in the southwest of modern-day Libya. During prehistoric times, the Sahara Desert was greener and even had large lakes, but for the last 5000 years it has been a hyperarid environment. Extreme swings of temperature and limited surface water might make the Sahara seem like an inhospitable place to live, but an ancient people in North Africa known to us as the Garamantes thrived there. Following descriptions of the Garamantes in Roman and Greek texts, the Garamantes have often been seen as pastoral nomads, or as tribal...
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