Haunted Spaces, Sacred Places: A Field Guide to Stone Circles, Crop Circles, Ancient Tombs, and Supernatural Landscapes

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ReadHowYouWant.com, Mar 31, 2009 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 384 pages
WHAT IS BEHIND THE STRANGE PHENOMENA AT OUR WORLD's ANCIENT SITES? Haunted Spaces, Sacred Places is a fascinating and thoroughly researched exploration of the archaeology, legends, and modern mysteries of 32 ancient places throughout the world - from the mysterious megaliths of Britain and Ireland, the haunted tombs of the Etruscans, and the Pagan origins of Germany's Aachen Cathedral to the ancient Native American city of Cahokia, the enigmatic Cambodian Temple of Angkor Wat, and the sacred Aboriginal rock formation of Uluru. Why are strange phenomena so often connected with these ancient sites? Are certain sacred places somehow able to generate or attract paranormal phenomena? Or can such events be explained in terms of modern myth and contemporary folklore? What can the legends and folklore of ancient places throughout the world reveal to us about the beliefs and ideas of our ancient ancestors? These are just some of the questions answered in Brian Haughton's enthralling book.
 

Contents

Newgrange and the Monuments of the Boyne Ireland
1
Stonehenge Prehistory and Legend England
14
The Sacred Megaliths of the Preseli Hills Wales
27
Maes Howe Scotland
36
Avebury Ritual Landscape
45
The Rollright Stones and Their Legends England
58
The Sacred Hill of Tara Ireland
70
Glastonbury A Confusion of Legends England
80
The Oracle at Delphi
180
The Mysteries of Davelis Cave
192
Axum The Ark of the Covenant and the Queen of Sheba
206
Mohenjo Daro
214
The Riddle of the Chinese Pyramids
223
The Mausoleum of Chinas First Emperor China
234
Angkor Wat Cambodia
242
Ayers Rock Uluru and the Dreamtime Australia
250

The Sunken Land of Cardigan Bay A Welsh Atlantis?
94
Ancient Dartmoor and Its Legends England
103
The Tower of London
114
The Stone Alignments of Carnac
126
Chartres Cathedral
135
The Sacred Town of Aachen
144
The Mysterious Etruscans and the Labyrinth of Porsena
152
The Hypogeum Funerary Complex of Malta Malta
161
The Temple of Olympian Zeus Greece
171
Cahokia United
261
Ohio Serpent Mound United
271
The Bighorn Medicine Wheel United States
281
Mount Shasta Creator of Legends United States
293
Legends of the San Luis Valley United States
305
The Mysteries of Cuzco Navel of the Incan World
317
Lake Titicaca
330
Bibliography
339
About
358

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