[Zeppelin]

*****Well preserved and each weighing several tons, the stones were arranged upright and evenly spaced. *****

maybe God was playing with his dominoes... =P

[kb2614]

For some reason, I saw the title of the thread and thought, "oh, Spinal Tap made a bossa nova album".

;-)

[Caipirabob]

Pingao! Ancient Brasilians "Samba com as estrellas"

[DainBramage]

I'm assuming the Stones were dropped from a coconut tree.

[Grut]

Pic from the article:

[csvset]

Ping

[CDHart]

Very interesting article, IMO. Thanks for posting it.

Carolyn

[martin_fierro]

Brazilian Stonehenge PING

[SunkenCiv]

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[NormsRevenge]

AFP BumP

'Amazon Stonehenge' found in Brazil
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1631806/posts

[steveo]

I'm guessing some ancient Samba line thingy.

[RightWhale]

It was traditionally thought that before European colonisation, the Amazon had no advanced societies

This statement ought to be severely doubted.

[Ptarmigan]

Interesting find! I wonder who made it.

[leadpenny]

bump

[SunkenCiv]

the first one:

2 men discover what may be hemisphere's oldest seasonal calendar
Orange County Register via Duluth News Tribune | Tuesday, May 2, 2006 | Tom Berg
Posted on 05/02/2006 12:15:49 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1625347/posts

[SunkenCiv]

oops, my mistake, this is the first:

Professor shares Andean discovery, a 4,000-year-old temple
Columbia Missourian | April 25, 2006 | Ryan B. Schreiber
Posted on 04/26/2006 11:44:19 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1622258/posts

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Colonel Fawcett tried to tell them...