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Ruby2
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« on: 11:21:09, 22-09-2008 »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7625145.stm

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Professors Darvill and Wainwright believe that Stonehenge was a centre of healing

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They note that "an abnormal number" of the corpses found in tombs nearby Stonehenge display signs of serious physical injury and disease.

Not a hugely effective one then...  Cheesy
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« Reply #1 on: 11:50:11, 22-09-2008 »
Huh, and they needed an excavation to prove this?  Anyone could have spotted Stonehenge's role as a UK hospital

  • completely inadequate parking facilities
  • core activities subverted by commercial concerns (souvenir shop etc)
  • very limited visiting hours
  • mainly staffed by immigrants from the "Recent Accession" EU nations
  • located behind an impenetrable fence
  • unserved by public transport
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« Reply #2 on: 12:48:23, 22-09-2008 »
Quote from: Reiner Torheit on 11:50:11, 22-09-2008
Huh, and they needed an excavation to prove this?  Anyone could have spotted Stonehenge's role as a UK hospital

  • completely inadequate parking facilities
  • core activities subverted by commercial concerns (souvenir shop etc)
  • very limited visiting hours
  • mainly staffed by immigrants from the "Recent Accession" EU nations
  • located behind an impenetrable fence
  • unserved by public transport
I was waiting for the NHS parallels to be drawn.   Cheesy

...and the equipment hasn't got much smaller either from what I saw the other week.
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« Reply #3 on: 14:06:13, 22-09-2008 »
Quote from: Ruby2 on 11:21:09, 22-09-2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7625145.stm

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Professors Darvill and Wainwright believe that Stonehenge was a centre of healing

Really funny thing that! The same proposal should be made for Ypres...

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They note that "an abnormal number" of the corpses found in tombs nearby Stonehenge display signs of serious physical injury and disease.

...based upon similar evidence.

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« Reply #4 on: 14:12:30, 22-09-2008 »
Quote from: Baz on 14:06:13, 22-09-2008
Quote from: Ruby2 on 11:21:09, 22-09-2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7625145.stm

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Professors Darvill and Wainwright believe that Stonehenge was a centre of healing

Really funny thing that! The same proposal should be made for Ypres...

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They note that "an abnormal number" of the corpses found in tombs nearby Stonehenge display signs of serious physical injury and disease.

...based upon similar evidence.

Baz

Quite so, Baz.  I am at a loss to see how this evidence necessarily challenges the traditional view that Stonehenge was part of a religious landscape; the idea of healing could ahve been quite consistent with ritual use, or as a centre for pilgrimage.  Given the BBC's habitual level of coverage of anything scientific, I do wonder whether someone has been doing a bit of selective quotation.
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« Reply #5 on: 14:21:15, 22-09-2008 »
I'm doing a bit of selective quoting myself here

Earliest occupation

Professor Wainwright added: "Was the Amesbury Archer, as some have suggested, the person responsible for the building of Stonehenge? I think the answer to that is almost certainly 'no'.

"But did he travel there to be healed? Did he limp, or was he carried, all the way from Switzerland to Wiltshire, because he had heard of the miraculous healing properties of Stonehenge? 'Yes, absolutely'. 

Er, 'absolutely' ? Really?
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« Reply #6 on: 14:30:43, 22-09-2008 »
Quote from: Reiner Torheit on 11:50:11, 22-09-2008
Huh, and they needed an excavation to prove this?  Anyone could have spotted Stonehenge's role as a UK hospital

  • completely inadequate parking facilities
  • core activities subverted by commercial concerns (souvenir shop etc)
  • very limited visiting hours
  • mainly staffed by immigrants from the "Recent Accession" EU nations
  • located behind an impenetrable fence
  • unserved by public transport

S'henges' Air Conditioning is rather good though.

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« Reply #7 on: 14:34:00, 22-09-2008 »
I think the NHS should be declared a World Heritage Site.
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« Reply #8 on: 14:39:12, 22-09-2008 »
Quote from: IgnorantRockFan on 14:34:00, 22-09-2008
I think the NHS should be declared a World Heritage Site.


The sandwiches alone in one of Wakefield's hospitals are old enough to deserve some form of protected status, certainly.
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