 Editor in Chief Bill   | 21 Aug 2016 4:23 p.m. PST |
The researchers assert that "Nobody before this has ever statistically determined that a single stone circle was constructed with astronomical phenomena in mind."… link |
| JimDuncanUK | 21 Aug 2016 4:31 p.m. PST |
Not exactly news, in fact, its been a long standing suspicion, decades even. |
| Winston Smith | 21 Aug 2016 4:41 p.m. PST |
It's been "solved" for decades.
Harrumph. |
Extrabio1947  | 21 Aug 2016 4:57 p.m. PST |
Well phooey. There goes my bigfoots trained by ancient alien masons theory. |
| 79thPA | 21 Aug 2016 4:58 p.m. PST |
Yea, I don't see anything new here. |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 21 Aug 2016 5:21 p.m. PST |
"Do you have any idea how long it takes to reboot this thing?" |
| Wackmole9 | 21 Aug 2016 7:30 p.m. PST |
I once saw a picture of a steam crane putting the stone back up. So I question the accuracy of the circle circles layout. |
| Shagnasty | 21 Aug 2016 8:57 p.m. PST |
Indeed, this was a theory put forward by an American scientist 30 years ago in a film I showed my students in World History. Revisionism! |
| Pedrobear | 21 Aug 2016 9:29 p.m. PST |
If you just need a few objects to help you sight where what is, there is no reason why you need to make them giant rocks from miles and miles away. The underlying driver for all these megalithic structure is actually socio-economic. A surplus in food production/acquisition results in a surplus of labour, and as we all know unemployment leads to a host of social problems. Solution? Think up some reason to keep your populace employed and feed them with your surplus food! And aliens. Of course always aliens. |
| Tarleton | 22 Aug 2016 5:01 a.m. PST |
For all anyone really knows, it was painted pink and was a stone-age knocking shop! |
| jowady | 22 Aug 2016 8:08 a.m. PST |
This is actually an old theory (as others have noted) and frankly has been largely discredited by more recent Archaeological Studies. The current theories revolve around the relationship of "Stonehenge" to the nearby site known as "Woodhenge" as part of a very large Neolithic Religious site. |
| WillieB | 11 Sep 2016 12:18 p.m. PST |
I prefer Tarleton's explanation.
Although I think they were turquoise…. |
| Apache 6 | 30 Sep 2016 9:49 a.m. PST |
Tarleton: What is a "knocking shop?" I've not heard/seen that term before. |
