http://www.megalithic.co.uk Articles, news and new discoveries from the Megalithic Portal featuring geolocation and maps of ancient and prehistoric sites en-us http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27079 Moti writes: Last Saturday I visited the Remains of several Chalcolithic settlements dating to the 4Th millennium BCE on the banks of wadi Be'er Shev'a in the southern suburbs of Be'er Shev'a city. I found out that not much survived ,Bir Abu Mattar is under a park and Bir Al - Safadi (the 2 sites are 500 M' apart , Bir Abu Mattar to the N' of the wadi and Bir Safafi to the S') neglected and not much to see ,i took photo's of the site Inc. 2 dwellings entrance,Chalcolithic potsherds and flint tools and shards and some surface structures. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:50:14 GMT 27079 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18242 Artificial Mound in Franklin County, Ohio.This was farmland under the plow before the public park was created. It contains a much reduced artificial mound, documented by modern settlers to the area, but with little documentation indicating any study or designation to a particular prehistoric period. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:52:30 GMT 18242 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6334019 A magnificent site not far from the town of St-Maixent-l'Ecole, and signposted for miles around. It was about €4 to get in (2005), and this includes everything. I spent more than three hours here, and went back the next day for more, as it had shut before I had finished seeing everything I wanted to, so it was good value. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:14:01 GMT 6334019 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27059 Standing stone covered in a red coloured lichen, near to the road on the Pla de Beret, in the Spanish Pyrenees. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:42:36 GMT 27059 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27005 Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Co. Waterford. In the ruins of St Declan's Cathedral at Ardmore are two 5th century pillar-stones with the Ogham script - the ancient Irish alphabet. Stone no 1 (illustrated) stands at just over 4 feet high. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:16:23 GMT 27005 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27050 Sculptured Stones in Kyrgyzstan. There are about 25 Balbals in the park in the centre of Karakol, Kyrgyzstan these balbals have been collected from the surrounding countryside. As with anything you might find in a public park some have been vandalised, including being daubed with paint. the stones seem pretty neglected some hidden in undergrowth or toppled over, most of the stones here stand aound 1.5metres of of the ground although there are some taller and also shorter examples. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:13:33 GMT 27050 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27047 Karfi is the highest peak sanctuary on Crete. Although originally Middle Minoan (2200-1600BC) it is one of the sites still in use after the Mycenaean "invasion." Clay goddesses found here have been dated to 1050BC. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:12:09 GMT 27047 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27048 Ancient Settlement in Turkey A Roman spa town mostly dating from the 2nd century CE. There is some evidence that it was also used in Hellenistic times. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:44:41 GMT 27048 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14684 Standing Stones in India. Near the village of Gandhigram in Mandvi taluka, Kutch, Gujarat state India. Ancient cemetery with standing stones and stone circles. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:30:20 GMT 14684 http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27038 Rock Art in Coconino County, Arizona.Petroglyphs attributed to the Sinagua culture on the walls of a box canyon.Both abstract and figures of humans and animals can be seen. Some of the figures appear to depict the way the box canyon was used to hunt deer or elk. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:09:30 GMT 27038