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In archaeology, a term used to denote lines of standing stones. Many of these are associated with burial chambers and cairns, while others are associated with stone circles. Megalithic alignments, or avenues, in Britain date from the Bronze Age.

It has been suggested that some of these megalithic standing stones or alignments were set up and used for making astronomical observations, but this remains a subject for debate since it assumes a far more advanced mathematical and scientific knowledge among prehistoric insular peoples than previously considered possible.


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Seven months ago now, Venus and Mars were in alignment with the sun; that is to say, Mars was in opposition from the point of view of an observer on Venus.
A moment later the officers began to bustle among the men, pushing them into a more com- pact mass and into a better alignment.
Then suddenly from either side airships began dropping out of alignment, smitten by missiles he could neither see nor trace.
 
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