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Welsh Built Stonehenge

Written by DeadGirl
Sunday, 20 June 2004
Jun 21 2004 Grave solves druid mystery By Geoffrey Lakeman THE 4500-year-old mystery of who built Stonehenge may have finally been solved. After studying skeletons found in nearby graves, archaeologists are convinced the creators of the great stone circle were Welsh. The breakthrough has been revealed as an estimated 30,000 people prepare to converge on Stonehenge today to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Workmen discovered the graves while they were laying pipes. Three adults, a teenager and three children were from the same family were found in one grave. Chemical analysis of their teeth showed they were raised in Wales. Experts believe they helped heave some of the giant stones more than 200 miles from their homeland to Salisbury Plain. The skeletons were discovered on Boscombe Down, not far from Stonehenge, and have been labelled the 'Boscombe bowmen' because of the flint arrow heads discovered with them. The bones were in varying degrees of preservation but the shape of the skulls shows that they were related. An adult male, who died between the ages of 30 and 45, had at some point badly broken his leg. The three children were buried near his head and one of them, who died between the ages of two and four, had been cremated. The other two children were aged between five and seven years old. The teenager was between 15 and 18 and the other two were aged 25 to 30. Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick, of Wessex Archaeology, said: 'For the first time, we have found the mortal remains of one of the families who were almost certainly involved in the huge task of bringing the stones to Stonehenge. 'There are two real possibilities of how they moved the stones. 'One is by pulling them by oxen or by human labour to the water where they were floated and were eventually delivered up the river Avon to the site. 'And the other is over land on a sort of sledge. Whichever way it was done, it would have been back-breaking work.' http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=14351448&method=full&siteid=89488&headline=welsh-built-stonehenge-name_page.html

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries