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