Posted on 07/21/2019 10:36:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Ancient people may have moved some of the massive megaliths of Stonehenge into place by greasing giant sleds with pig lard, then sliding the giant stones on them across the landscape, a new study suggests.
After re-analyzing ceramic pots that earlier researchers believed were used to cook food, archaeologist Lisa-Marie Shillito concluded that many of those pots may have been used to collect fat that dripped off pigs as they were spit-roasted. The grease would have been stored as lard or tallow and used to lubricate the sleds most archaeologists believe were used to move the stones...
The pottery fragments came from Durrington Walls, a site near Stonehenge where workers lived while building the monument. Since excavations began in the 1960s, archaeologists have found a puzzling combination of artifacts at the site, including pottery fragments and animal remains...
By looking at traces of compounds left behind, including isotopes, or different versions of chemical elements, "we can determine what types of foods were processed in ancient pots," Julie Dunne, a biomolecular archaeologist at the University of Bristol in the UK, told Live Science. A 2018 analysis suggested that about a third of the pots archaeologists have found were used to cook pork. And they weren't just frying a bit of bacon, either.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Some of the original stones were tipping over, and were straightened. A similar process has been performed here and there on Easter Island for those big heads.
Debunked: Photos that “Prove” Stonehenge was Built in 1898 or 1954
http://wafflesatnoon.com/stonehenge-built-modern-times/
Architect Inigo Jones, 17th century, ideas about Stonehenge:
http://www.google.com/search?q=inigo+jones+stonehenge
:^) Mary Stewart incorporated that legend into her Arthurian series.
Nope Unicorns did it!
The unicorns were responding to the music of the Irish Rovers. That's how the stones got across the open waters from Ireland.
The pyramids likewise.
My life is a joke.
Still, it s’fine theory.
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