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Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Want more business? - consider advertising with Weird
Find out what is FREE at our eventes and on the website and also check out our costed advertising packages!
Become a market stall holder at Weird 11
With over 500 people expected at Weird 11 why not take this unique opportunity to sell your products? This is a low cost effective way of getting your products known!
What do you get?
·Table inside the main event auditorium
·Placement on the Weird Market Internet Page
·Placement on the Weird links / supporters page
·Placement on our rotating banners throughout the web site
·Inclusion on our event video shown throughout the weekend
·Copy of the Guide for Merchants PDF with full details about the event
What does it cost?
Each table costs £30 per day or £50 for the entire weekend.
The hire cost includes a standard table (6' x 1.5') and chairs. The cost does not include any table decoration
Merchandise must be suitable for viewing by young adults of 12 years and older.
To book your market place visit the Weird Shop
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Acoustic 'cloaking device' shields objects from sound
Scientists have shown off a "cloaking device" that makes objects invisible - to sound waves.
Such acoustic cloaking was proposed theoretically in 2008 but has only this year been put into practice.
Described in Physical Review Letters, the approach borrows many ideas from attempts to "cloak" objects from light.
It uses simple plastic sheets with arrays of holes, and could be put to use in making ships invisible to sonar or in acoustic design of concert halls.
Much research has been undertaken toward creating Harry Potter-style "invisibility cloaks" since the feasibility of the idea was first put forward in 2006.
Those approaches are mostly based on so-called metamaterials, man-made materials with properties that do not occur in nature. The metamaterials are designed such that they force light waves to travel around an object; to an observer, it is as if the object were not there.
But researchers quickly found out that the mathematics behind bending these light waves, called transformation optics, could also be applied to sound waves.
"Fundamentally, in terms of hiding objects, it's the same - how anything is sensed is with some kind of wave and you either hear or see the effect of it," said Steven Cummer of Duke University. "But when it comes to building the materials, things are very different between acoustics and electromagnetics.
"The thing you need to engineer into the materials is very different behaviour in different directions that the wave travels through it," he told BBC News.
In 2008, Dr Cummer first described the theory of acoustic cloaking in an article in Physical Review Letters, and earlier this year a group from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrated the first practical use of the theory in an article in the same journal.
That work showed acoustic invisibility in a shallow layer of water, at ultrasound frequencies above those we can hear.
Now, Dr Cummer and his colleagues have shown off an acoustic cloaking technique that works in air, for audible frequencies between one and four kilohertz - corresponding to two octaves on the higher half of a piano.
The cloaking shell is made of easily-manufactured sheets of plastic with holes through them It works by using stacked sheets of plastic with regular arrays of holes through them. The exact size and placement of the holes on each sheet, and the spacing between the sheets, has a predictable effect on incoming sound waves.
When placed on a flat surface, the stack redirects the waves such that reflected waves are exactly as they would be if the stack were not there at all.
That means that an object under the stack - in the team's experiments, a block of wood about 10cm long - would not "hear" the sound, and any attempts to locate the object using sound waves would not find it.
"How the sound reflects off this reflecting surface with this composite object on it - which is pretty big and has a cloaking shell on it - really reflects... just like a flat surface does," Dr Cummer said.
Hole poking
Ortwin Hess, a director of Imperial College London's Centre for Plasmonics and Metamaterials, called the work "a really remarkable experimental demonstration".
"It shows very nicely that although acoustic and electromagnetic waves are very different in nature, the powers of transformation optics and transformation acoustics are [similar] - I'm quite pleased that there's activity on both ends."
Professor Hess pointed out that the demonstration was for very directed sound waves, and only in two dimensions, but the most notable aspect of the approach was its simplicity.
"It's almost like someone could take a pencil and poke holes in a particular way in the plastic," he told BBC News.
"It's a bit more challenging for three dimensions. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be possible but it won't be just an afternoon's work."
The work shows that an object can be hidden from sonar, and protected from incoming sound, but the same principles could be applied in the other direction - that is, containing or directing the sound within a space, for instance in soundproofing a studio or fine-tuning the acoustics of a concert hall.
Read the full article on BBC news
Such acoustic cloaking was proposed theoretically in 2008 but has only this year been put into practice.
Described in Physical Review Letters, the approach borrows many ideas from attempts to "cloak" objects from light.
It uses simple plastic sheets with arrays of holes, and could be put to use in making ships invisible to sonar or in acoustic design of concert halls.
Much research has been undertaken toward creating Harry Potter-style "invisibility cloaks" since the feasibility of the idea was first put forward in 2006.
Those approaches are mostly based on so-called metamaterials, man-made materials with properties that do not occur in nature. The metamaterials are designed such that they force light waves to travel around an object; to an observer, it is as if the object were not there.
But researchers quickly found out that the mathematics behind bending these light waves, called transformation optics, could also be applied to sound waves.
"Fundamentally, in terms of hiding objects, it's the same - how anything is sensed is with some kind of wave and you either hear or see the effect of it," said Steven Cummer of Duke University. "But when it comes to building the materials, things are very different between acoustics and electromagnetics.
"The thing you need to engineer into the materials is very different behaviour in different directions that the wave travels through it," he told BBC News.
In 2008, Dr Cummer first described the theory of acoustic cloaking in an article in Physical Review Letters, and earlier this year a group from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrated the first practical use of the theory in an article in the same journal.
That work showed acoustic invisibility in a shallow layer of water, at ultrasound frequencies above those we can hear.
Now, Dr Cummer and his colleagues have shown off an acoustic cloaking technique that works in air, for audible frequencies between one and four kilohertz - corresponding to two octaves on the higher half of a piano.
The cloaking shell is made of easily-manufactured sheets of plastic with holes through them It works by using stacked sheets of plastic with regular arrays of holes through them. The exact size and placement of the holes on each sheet, and the spacing between the sheets, has a predictable effect on incoming sound waves.
When placed on a flat surface, the stack redirects the waves such that reflected waves are exactly as they would be if the stack were not there at all.
That means that an object under the stack - in the team's experiments, a block of wood about 10cm long - would not "hear" the sound, and any attempts to locate the object using sound waves would not find it.
"How the sound reflects off this reflecting surface with this composite object on it - which is pretty big and has a cloaking shell on it - really reflects... just like a flat surface does," Dr Cummer said.
Hole poking
Ortwin Hess, a director of Imperial College London's Centre for Plasmonics and Metamaterials, called the work "a really remarkable experimental demonstration".
"It shows very nicely that although acoustic and electromagnetic waves are very different in nature, the powers of transformation optics and transformation acoustics are [similar] - I'm quite pleased that there's activity on both ends."
Professor Hess pointed out that the demonstration was for very directed sound waves, and only in two dimensions, but the most notable aspect of the approach was its simplicity.
"It's almost like someone could take a pencil and poke holes in a particular way in the plastic," he told BBC News.
"It's a bit more challenging for three dimensions. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be possible but it won't be just an afternoon's work."
The work shows that an object can be hidden from sonar, and protected from incoming sound, but the same principles could be applied in the other direction - that is, containing or directing the sound within a space, for instance in soundproofing a studio or fine-tuning the acoustics of a concert hall.
Read the full article on BBC news
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Pay for View - Now you can enjoy Weird 11 anywhere in the World!
We are in the process of setting up a pay-4-view channel which will live stream all of the conference talks and have an interactive chat room to post messages to the speakers!
If you can't get to Swindon in September but you have an internet connection then watch out for further announcements about our live stream service and you too can be part of the UK's premier event on UFOs, the Paranormal and the Unexplained - no matter where you live!
If you can't get to Swindon in September but you have an internet connection then watch out for further announcements about our live stream service and you too can be part of the UK's premier event on UFOs, the Paranormal and the Unexplained - no matter where you live!
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Alien Museum arrives on Facebook
Alien Museum now has its very own facebook page.
You can view the artwork and find out more about Step, his work and the concept and experiences behind the Museum!
Visit the musem http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alien-Museum-by-Step-Shurman/207277959309660
You can view the artwork and find out more about Step, his work and the concept and experiences behind the Museum!
Visit the musem http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alien-Museum-by-Step-Shurman/207277959309660
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Alien Museum - How it all started - Abducted!
In November 2009, Step Sherman and his partner experienced a full encounter with ETs. Although the veil of the room was visible, they realised they had been shifted to a completely different energy field. They could sense they were inside some sort of craft with a seemingly thick atmosphere. They were subject to a series of operations and sensed insect like protrusions working inside their heads. During this time they were reassured by telepathy and instead of a terrifying and shocking experience it became one of bliss. Step believes that specific memory implants were given to him which were subsequently unlocked at the appropriate moment.
On March 9th, 2011, the visions of ‘Alien Museum’ started channelling through in flashes. It started with a vision of ‘Exhibit’: a single tank, in an isolated space which widened into a walled area with many tanks with further ‘doors’ revealing themselves at the far end. Exhibit was the initial imprint and in hindsight it appeared to be an overriding image or symbol of the general state of the human condition.. It symbolises the separation of chakras, the lack of connection to the earth and that all workable limbs can become counterparts to be used and collaborated with higher and lower energy fields, giving the illusion of a physical spectacle in the tank.
The second wave of insight came in the form of ‘Thresher’ showing the removal of skin and bone from the human structure, strangely altering the appearance of the internal organs into a parallel of an alien-hybrid life-form. It also highlights the misuse and resulting distortion and colour changes that the human species inflicts on itself life after life.
Step believes the ideas resonate from this higher dimension where patterns of humans, animals, plants, advanced machinery, insects and a vast array of mythical creatures have been stored in an out of this world akashic where all counterparts are mixed and configured for cosmic research, learning and entertainment. In some ways a mirror to our own zoos, circuses, experimental labs and museums.
Perhaps imagination comes from a different reality and if so, Alien Museum is a filter, shaping the ideas and concepts that Step visualises in his work.
The Alien museum is an infinite space, with small rooms that feel larger when you enter, the internal space expanding as necessary to reveal the strange, perhaps even bizarre contents. The vaults appear to become truly massive when exposed to the human consciousness giving no limits to what lies inside apart from perhaps the limits of the viewers imagination.
Step is not alone when exploring this reality, other people can be seen viewing the exhibits, a feature expressed in the artwork he produces. Are these other creative consciousness’s, each viewing and then expressing what they have witnessed in whatever creative way they can? Some like Step through art, others perhaps through sculpture or writing?
Access to the museum is achieved in different ways. Occasionally the visions come through meditation, but as Step says sometimes the images come to him for no apparent reason. They appear out of the blue as a fleeting glimpse and are in danger of being lost forever. These are exciting times as Step has to stop everything else he may be doing to ensure he captures the images accurately.
There is a sense of energy within the museum, one that surrounds and penetrates. The exhibits are arranged in strange and weird anatomical ways, at least from our realities perspective. The final physical representation of any of the exhibits housed in the museum could be reconfigured in any way and placed in any dimension and in any time, not simply what would work in our reality as we experience it.
The images have become more elaborate since the first image of ‘Exhibit’ was received. As Step explores his surroundings his paintings become more detailed and the contents of the cells become more exotic. Step has become consumed by the experiences, so much so he cannot visualise working on anything else and sees no end to the images and the resulting artwork. Step believes that it is important that everyone sees, if not totally understands, what he visualises from the museum and that it is important. It moves away from the standard Alien and paranormal encounters and takes us down a different path of exploration of possible realities that exist around us.
‘Exhibit’ (pictured) was the first image received and painted by Step. This was quickly followed by other images. Step has now created fifteen paintings from the Museum including works entitled Mermaid, Godzilla and Structure amongst others.
It perhaps is hard to accept the idea that these images of existence could be stored, filed and used as reference for those who choose to access them. Whatever the reality, no-one can doubt that the images created by Step are unique and combined with his style of painting, represent something truly different in a world dominated by the same kind of experiences of UFOs, ghosts and other anomalous events.
In many aspects, Alien Museum represents the perfect paranormal anomaly.
Step has worked with Mad Magazine & Spitting Image and has had numerous successful exhibitions in London during the nineties, including his sell out show, ‘Freaks no More'. His works have graced the boardrooms of Live 8, Big Issue and the Lighthouse Camden. He has an ever growing international collector base with portraits owned by Pink Floyd, Richard Ashcroft, Underworld and Ian Brown amongst others.
Chris Williams is an established UFO & Paranormal investigator and is the creator and organiser of the Weird Events Conference in 2011 - Weird 11 – the Premier Conferences you can attend in the UK today.
The Alien museum can be viewed at www.weirdwiltshire.co.uk.
Friday, 3 June 2011
Free copy of UFO Matrix Magazine
Sample of UFO Matrix Magazine (issue 6)
http://www.weirdwiltshire.co.uk/adverts/UFO%20MATRIX_6_FREEBIE_72DPI.pdf
http://www.weirdwiltshire.co.uk/adverts/UFO%20MATRIX_6_FREEBIE_72DPI.pdf
Thursday, 2 June 2011
May News Update
Weird News
Welcome to the Weird May News update.
Evening of Saturday 17th
With the Saturday activities ending at 7:30pm we have been asked if we would put on a buffet and extend the opening hours of the event until 10pm. We think this is a good idea but wondered what you thought? There would be a small additional charge for the buffet but it sounds like a great chance to meet new friends and chat about our favourite subject matters. If we get enough interest in this we will arrange to keep the event open - but you have to let us know!
Fancy Dress & Raffles
We had no intention of running any other activities this year, but we have had a number of people write in and ask about raffles and some even asking if we could put on a Fancy Dress competition. At first we were very sceptical about the Fancy Dress, but then though it would be a bit of fun to do. If we get enough interest in the fancy dress we will run a competition on the event day and give out some prizes for the best costume. You can come as anything you want as long as it is themed around the event.
Weird Articles & Multi-Media
The new design of the website gave us the opportunity to promote articles and to link to various videos and audio files on the internet. We will be publishing our own material as well, but will more than welcome any submissions that we can put on the site for others to view.
Ticket Affiliates
Weird have always been open to working with partners and this month we launched our official affiliates programme. Although currently geared towards ticket sales the program does extend to the artwork of Step Shurman and the Alien Museum. Our thanks to the six affiliates that have already signed up and we look forward to expanding the program in the run up to our huge event this year. Signing up to the programme does give lifetime commissions, as our events will continue for many years to come and our product range will expand. If you have a website why not sign up?
We have also signed up a number of high street shops in towns around Wiltshire who are selling tickets. If you have customers who you think may be interested in the Weird 11 Event, why not get in touch and offer tickets for sale? Weird 11 is an international event so wherever you are based you could still benefit! Remember you still attract the commission for each sale!
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Features:
Weird Investigations
Back in 2010 we ran a series of paranormal evenings under the Weird Investigations banner. Weird Investigations is back in 2011 but with a slightly modified format. As the organiser of Weird I am fortunate to have investigated hundreds of cases. These cases range from Alien Abduction to full body ghostly apparitions. From June 2011 I am re-opening the case book and will be looking at cases reported into Weird in my role as an objective investigator and researcher. We may also run public investigations and if we have enough interest to take a small group of people with us. We would limit this number to five or six under normal circumstances. If you have an experience or a sighting, then get in touch via our website!
Alien Museum
The Alien Museum has been open for a month and we have received a lot of positive feedback. Each of these pieces is unique and only one exists of each type. An article about the museum will be appearing soon but why not take a look at this artwork and consider owning one of these very unique items. The artist, Step Shurman has a growing international following and you could have one of his works on your wall!
Speaker: Nick Pope - Lizards and LiesIs the world really run by a shadowy elite of shape-shifting reptilians, hell-bent on engineering some sinister New World Order? Do democratically-elected governments really assassinate errant Royals and government scientists, or engineer false flag attacks that kill thousands of their own citizens? And if they don’t, why do so many people believe otherwise? In this provocative and entirely new presentation, former Ministry of Defence official Nick Pope will examine a wide range of popular conspiracy theories, such as those involving 9/11, the death of Princess Diana, chemtrails and the death of weapons inspector Dr David Kelly. Drawing on his extensive experience of the way in which government works, he’ll evaluate these theories critically and see whether any of them could be true.
Author, journalist and TV personality Nick Pope used to run the British Government's UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. Initially sceptical, his research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon and access to classified government files on the subject soon convinced him that the phenomenon raised important defence and national security issues, especially when the witnesses were military pilots, or where UFOs were tracked on radar. While working on the MoD's UFO project Nick Pope also looked into alien abductions, crop circles, animal mutilations, remote viewing and ghosts. He is now recognised as a leading authority on UFOs, the unexplained and conspiracy theories. He does extensive media work, lectures all around the world and has acted as presenter, consultant or contributor on numerous TV and radio shows.
Weird Talking - Outer Limits Radio Show
A new monthly paranormal radio show is being broadcast on Swindon 105.5 from June this year. I will be a studio regular from mid-June onwards. from 10pm - 11pm. You can listen to the show via the internet on the Swindon 105.5 website and we will put out a reminder for the show on facebook and on the Weird News page.
Visit to Megalithomania
Weird were at the 2011 Megalithomania conference at the Assembly Halls in Glastonbury this month. The conference had a fantastic atmosphere and we got to meet lots of fantastic people. The event was a great success and we would like to that Thalia and Hugh for their kind hospitality while we were there! A few strange conversations were had and the Weird Stall generated a lot of positive interest from people new to us and for those who had been to our 2010 event and popped over to say hello.
Look out for the new issues of UFO Matrix and Paranormal Magazine - Sponsors of Weird.
Welcome to the Weird May News update.
Evening of Saturday 17th
With the Saturday activities ending at 7:30pm we have been asked if we would put on a buffet and extend the opening hours of the event until 10pm. We think this is a good idea but wondered what you thought? There would be a small additional charge for the buffet but it sounds like a great chance to meet new friends and chat about our favourite subject matters. If we get enough interest in this we will arrange to keep the event open - but you have to let us know!
Fancy Dress & Raffles
We had no intention of running any other activities this year, but we have had a number of people write in and ask about raffles and some even asking if we could put on a Fancy Dress competition. At first we were very sceptical about the Fancy Dress, but then though it would be a bit of fun to do. If we get enough interest in the fancy dress we will run a competition on the event day and give out some prizes for the best costume. You can come as anything you want as long as it is themed around the event.
Weird Articles & Multi-Media
The new design of the website gave us the opportunity to promote articles and to link to various videos and audio files on the internet. We will be publishing our own material as well, but will more than welcome any submissions that we can put on the site for others to view.
Ticket Affiliates
Weird have always been open to working with partners and this month we launched our official affiliates programme. Although currently geared towards ticket sales the program does extend to the artwork of Step Shurman and the Alien Museum. Our thanks to the six affiliates that have already signed up and we look forward to expanding the program in the run up to our huge event this year. Signing up to the programme does give lifetime commissions, as our events will continue for many years to come and our product range will expand. If you have a website why not sign up?
We have also signed up a number of high street shops in towns around Wiltshire who are selling tickets. If you have customers who you think may be interested in the Weird 11 Event, why not get in touch and offer tickets for sale? Weird 11 is an international event so wherever you are based you could still benefit! Remember you still attract the commission for each sale!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Features:
Back in 2010 we ran a series of paranormal evenings under the Weird Investigations banner. Weird Investigations is back in 2011 but with a slightly modified format. As the organiser of Weird I am fortunate to have investigated hundreds of cases. These cases range from Alien Abduction to full body ghostly apparitions. From June 2011 I am re-opening the case book and will be looking at cases reported into Weird in my role as an objective investigator and researcher. We may also run public investigations and if we have enough interest to take a small group of people with us. We would limit this number to five or six under normal circumstances. If you have an experience or a sighting, then get in touch via our website!
The Alien Museum has been open for a month and we have received a lot of positive feedback. Each of these pieces is unique and only one exists of each type. An article about the museum will be appearing soon but why not take a look at this artwork and consider owning one of these very unique items. The artist, Step Shurman has a growing international following and you could have one of his works on your wall!
Author, journalist and TV personality Nick Pope used to run the British Government's UFO project at the Ministry of Defence. Initially sceptical, his research and investigation into the UFO phenomenon and access to classified government files on the subject soon convinced him that the phenomenon raised important defence and national security issues, especially when the witnesses were military pilots, or where UFOs were tracked on radar. While working on the MoD's UFO project Nick Pope also looked into alien abductions, crop circles, animal mutilations, remote viewing and ghosts. He is now recognised as a leading authority on UFOs, the unexplained and conspiracy theories. He does extensive media work, lectures all around the world and has acted as presenter, consultant or contributor on numerous TV and radio shows.
A new monthly paranormal radio show is being broadcast on Swindon 105.5 from June this year. I will be a studio regular from mid-June onwards. from 10pm - 11pm. You can listen to the show via the internet on the Swindon 105.5 website and we will put out a reminder for the show on facebook and on the Weird News page.
Visit to Megalithomania
Weird were at the 2011 Megalithomania conference at the Assembly Halls in Glastonbury this month. The conference had a fantastic atmosphere and we got to meet lots of fantastic people. The event was a great success and we would like to that Thalia and Hugh for their kind hospitality while we were there! A few strange conversations were had and the Weird Stall generated a lot of positive interest from people new to us and for those who had been to our 2010 event and popped over to say hello.
Look out for the new issues of UFO Matrix and Paranormal Magazine - Sponsors of Weird.
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Marlborough mound mystery solved – after 4,400 years
For generations, it has been scrambled up with pride by students at Marlborough College. But the mysterious, pudding-shaped mound in the grounds of the Wiltshire public school now looks set to gain far wider acclaim as scientists have revealed it is a prehistoric monument of international importance.
After thorough excavations, the Marlborough mound is now thought to be around 4,400 years old, making it roughly contemporary with the nearby, and far more renowned, Silbury Hill.
The new evidence was described by one archeologist, an expert on ancient ritual sites in the area, as "an astonishing discovery". Both neolithic structures are likely to have been constructed over many generations.
The Marlborough mound had been thought to date back to Norman times. It was believed to be the base of a castle built 50 years after the Norman invasion and later landscaped as a 17th-century garden feature. But it has now been dated to around 2400BC from four samples of charcoal taken from the core of the 19 metre-high hill.
The samples prove it was built at a time when British tribes were combining labour on ritual monuments in the chalk downlands of Wiltshire, including Stonehenge and the huge ditches and stone circle of Avebury.
History students at the college will now have the chance to study an extraordinary example just a stone's throw from their classroom windows. Malborough's Master Nicholas Sampson said: "We are thrilled at this discovery, which confirms the long and dramatic history of this beautiful site and offers opportunity for tremendous educational enrichment."
The Marlborough mound has been called "Silbury's little sister", after the more famous artificial hill on the outskirts of Avebury, which is the largest manmade prehistoric hill in Europe.
Marlborough, at two-thirds the height of Silbury, now becomes the second largest prehistoric mound in Britain; it may yet be confirmed as the second largest in Europe.
Jim Leary, the English Heritage archeologist who led a recent excavation of Silbury, said: "This is an astonishing discovery. The Marlborough mound has been one of the biggest mysteries in the Wessex landscape. For centuries, people have wondered whether it is Silbury's little sister, and now we have an answer. This is a very exciting time for British prehistory."
The dating was carried out as part of major conservation work amid concerns that tree roots could be destabilising the structure
Read the Full Article (thanks to Jeffery Pritchett)
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| Ancient mound in the grounds of Marlborough College, Wiltshire. Photograph: Steven Vaux /Marlborough College |
After thorough excavations, the Marlborough mound is now thought to be around 4,400 years old, making it roughly contemporary with the nearby, and far more renowned, Silbury Hill.
The new evidence was described by one archeologist, an expert on ancient ritual sites in the area, as "an astonishing discovery". Both neolithic structures are likely to have been constructed over many generations.
The Marlborough mound had been thought to date back to Norman times. It was believed to be the base of a castle built 50 years after the Norman invasion and later landscaped as a 17th-century garden feature. But it has now been dated to around 2400BC from four samples of charcoal taken from the core of the 19 metre-high hill.
The samples prove it was built at a time when British tribes were combining labour on ritual monuments in the chalk downlands of Wiltshire, including Stonehenge and the huge ditches and stone circle of Avebury.
History students at the college will now have the chance to study an extraordinary example just a stone's throw from their classroom windows. Malborough's Master Nicholas Sampson said: "We are thrilled at this discovery, which confirms the long and dramatic history of this beautiful site and offers opportunity for tremendous educational enrichment."
The Marlborough mound has been called "Silbury's little sister", after the more famous artificial hill on the outskirts of Avebury, which is the largest manmade prehistoric hill in Europe.
Marlborough, at two-thirds the height of Silbury, now becomes the second largest prehistoric mound in Britain; it may yet be confirmed as the second largest in Europe.
Jim Leary, the English Heritage archeologist who led a recent excavation of Silbury, said: "This is an astonishing discovery. The Marlborough mound has been one of the biggest mysteries in the Wessex landscape. For centuries, people have wondered whether it is Silbury's little sister, and now we have an answer. This is a very exciting time for British prehistory."
The dating was carried out as part of major conservation work amid concerns that tree roots could be destabilising the structure
Read the Full Article (thanks to Jeffery Pritchett)
Hand gliders or something else? (Haven't we seen this before???)
The Internet is abuzz over an alleged UFO sighting in the night sky over Oakland, California. Three fast-moving dots of light can be seen travelling close together in a video posted on YouTube by a KevinMC360.
The 'UFO squadron' shows the three lights in a triangular pattern spotted on May 26.
Cynics claim the cameraman has merely captured a flock of birds, but Kevin insists the sighting was genuine.
In the film, he follows a plane as a point of reference.
'For all you bird lovers out there you can call them geese, if you like, but I will only laugh at you,' he said.
The UFO video has already attracted more than 2,500 viewings.
He posted it a year after claiming to have filmed 'a group of spacecraft' over Oakland.
'I got them. There was a squadron of spacecraft,' he claimed in the video, which shows five lights in a V-formation.
The 'UFO squadron' shows the three lights in a triangular pattern spotted on May 26.
Cynics claim the cameraman has merely captured a flock of birds, but Kevin insists the sighting was genuine.
In the film, he follows a plane as a point of reference.
'For all you bird lovers out there you can call them geese, if you like, but I will only laugh at you,' he said.
The UFO video has already attracted more than 2,500 viewings.
He posted it a year after claiming to have filmed 'a group of spacecraft' over Oakland.
'I got them. There was a squadron of spacecraft,' he claimed in the video, which shows five lights in a V-formation.
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