Posted on 04/14/2008 3:35:15 PM PDT by blam
It would be funny if it turned out to be a play fort some Roman prefect had built for his kids. ;)
Did whales build Stonehenge?
Anyway that is as good a story as any I ever heard about how they were raised up.
“we went on to Woodhenge”
Next they will be going to Clayhenge. Then Silverwarehenge! On to Rubberhenge! They’re saving Toadhenge for last.
Obviously it was the Good People who built Stonehenge.
No, the whales built Wales.
Ave! Imperatorum!
Eddie Izzard has a good bit on Stonehenge...
Yes, on the plans he wrote 13' instead of 13".
Carhenge in Nebraska is pretty interesting
All the theories and tales about Stonehenge might be based on examination of a much older site, 'tidied up' and moved around by much later Mediterranean invaders, then left alone a few centuries for modern researchers to misinterpret.
I love it when that happens!
Very funny video. Thanks.
Great thread, blam! And I’ve decided that I should try to seduce Mr. Geoffrey Wainwright. He’s the cutest guy I’ve seen in a long time. He has eyes that are just captivating.
Oh well, I might be a little too old for him. ~</;o)
Maybe it’s the remnants of a huge stone baked pizza franchise?
I stand by my earlier position that it was a tavern.
Nothing else would’ve been worth all that effort.
Some years ago, the Smithsonian figured out a much less labor intensive way for large stone blocks to be moved. By putting rounded wooden sections, held together with pins, on four sides of the block, you turn a rectangular stone into something like a wide axle with two wheels.
By doing so, you can move large stones much faster, with fewer laborers, over greater distances.
Interestingly, the technology to do so is even simpler than the technology to cut smooth stones, which would explain the unevenness of Stonehenge.
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