30 March, 2014 - 07:00 ancient-origins

Interview with Hugh Newman - Megalithic Sites of the World

In this interview with Ancient-Origins.Net, Hugh Newman, author, researcher, and founder of megalithomania.co.uk, sheds light on some of the most fascinating megalithic sites on the planet. Hugh draws interesting and intriguing parallels between the artwork and construction styles of different cultures around the world, and provides insight into the connections that may have bound these cultures together thousands of years ago.

You can visit Hugh's sites and pages below:

http://www.megalithomania.co.uk

http://www.youtube.com/MegalithomaniaUK

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Megalithomania/231233830259479

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angieblackmon wrote on 26 September, 2014 - 20:06

Minute and a half in and crop circles!!! I love crop circles! Wrote a paper about them in college...that's what happens when your teacher gives you an open topic paper! I sited my sources and argued for them to be true!

love, light and blessings

angieblackmon wrote on 26 September, 2014 - 20:49

Also when he talks about the carving of the reliefs....i talk about this to my mom anytime i can get her to listen (which isn't often!) I certainly no nothing about carving, but how do they plan out these complex 3-d figures???

love, light and blessings

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