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One of the biggest modern myths I’ve heard told about Stonehenge is that it’s in the middle of a vast expanse of nothingness, as though successive generations of Britons have dared not build near it lest we disturb some ancient Celtic magic that…yeah, this was taken from a car stuck in a traffic jam on a main road. Probably caused by loads of people slowing down and gawking at its magnificence, and the tour buses slowing up to prepare for parking in the layby.
In fairness, Stonehenge really is a fascinating site, made even more intriguing by the discovery that the stones you see were quarried in Wales, which is many tens of miles from their final standing place in modern-day Wiltshire. Perhaps more intriguing is that the culture which built Stonehenge left no as-of-yet discovered written records, meaning that the site could have been used for any number of purposes. All we have to go on is a few pieces of graffiti on the stones megaliths themselves, which could have easily been made centuries after the stones were first installed on Salisbury Plain.
Hope you enjoy!
In fairness, Stonehenge really is a fascinating site, made even more intriguing by the discovery that the stones you see were quarried in Wales, which is many tens of miles from their final standing place in modern-day Wiltshire. Perhaps more intriguing is that the culture which built Stonehenge left no as-of-yet discovered written records, meaning that the site could have been used for any number of purposes. All we have to go on is a few pieces of graffiti on the stones megaliths themselves, which could have easily been made centuries after the stones were first installed on Salisbury Plain.
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I was always fascinated by Stonehenge as a child. I bought into the theory that it was some sort of Astrological prediction device. My thoughts on it have changed as I got older though. Now, I like to think that the whole thing was set up over a period of years by an ancient artist simply because he thought it would look cool. I imagine him as someone with a personality like me.
Nobody that I have ever encountered thinks even remotely like me so if I were to do something like write a movie I would intentionally make it confusing and give it a frustrating ending. When they asked me about it after I became famous for my amazing work and everyone wanted to know "What does it mean?" I would simply tell them. Now you know how it feels to be me.
Nobody that I have ever encountered thinks even remotely like me so if I were to do something like write a movie I would intentionally make it confusing and give it a frustrating ending. When they asked me about it after I became famous for my amazing work and everyone wanted to know "What does it mean?" I would simply tell them. Now you know how it feels to be me.
To be fair, I can see the appeal of that. When the time comes to refurbish my house, I'm thinking of writing a message under the plasterboard or leaving a note under one of the floorboards, so that years from now the next person who does the house up can get a glimpse into the person who lived here before them. ^__^
You totally should. I’ve seen some interesting stuff during remodeling before. This is kind of a sad story because we actually knew a bit of the prior owner of my grandparents house. I won’t go into the tragedy that happened but when redoing bathroom wallpaper because of damage from a leak we found the wall covered in sketches. It was basically a big mural of the family playing tennis together. There was some quotes that sounded like inside jokes too.
Darn, but dominoes were larger in the Neolithic.
I've seen every explanation from a nearly accidental arrangement to space aliens. Like the Egyptians' culture, nobody believes that mere humans could have created this. We split the atom and traveled to the moon in the last Century, but we couldn't have built something like this 5,500 years ago.
The site that blows my mind lately is Göbekli Tepe in Turkey.
I've seen every explanation from a nearly accidental arrangement to space aliens. Like the Egyptians' culture, nobody believes that mere humans could have created this. We split the atom and traveled to the moon in the last Century, but we couldn't have built something like this 5,500 years ago.
The site that blows my mind lately is Göbekli Tepe in Turkey.
Getting a domino in the Neolithic sounds quite painful, I must say. :P
Yes, it is quite strange how some people can't imagine that once humanity had established safe places to live and consistent sources of food and water, that nobody began turning thoughts to leaving their mark on the world, be it to appease their gods, or simply to leave something that would prove to other people living, possibly thousands of years from now that they existed.
Yes, it is quite strange how some people can't imagine that once humanity had established safe places to live and consistent sources of food and water, that nobody began turning thoughts to leaving their mark on the world, be it to appease their gods, or simply to leave something that would prove to other people living, possibly thousands of years from now that they existed.
Years ago there was a cartoon "Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors", in one episode the bad guy was too far ahead of them so they went for an ancient transporter device. Many of them were seeded around the universe and connected sort of like the Stargate. When they got to it it looked remarkably like Stonehenge. So they were saying Stonehenge was Earth's receiver pad for the transport network. Subtle and not forced, it was just how the thing looked and no one made any comments about the appearance.
I just liked how they did it.
I just liked how they did it.
Not all of the famous Rock Groups that I admire are musical... ;)
I grew up reading National Geographic, and I've always been fascinated by Stonehenge, Easter Island, Angkor Wat...all those places. And yes, legends and theories abound about places like these. For me, that's part of the fun of learning about them.
That you took this picture from a nearby traffic jam makes it all the more remarkable that you still captured the mysterious atmosphere of the place. Very nice! :)
I grew up reading National Geographic, and I've always been fascinated by Stonehenge, Easter Island, Angkor Wat...all those places. And yes, legends and theories abound about places like these. For me, that's part of the fun of learning about them.
That you took this picture from a nearby traffic jam makes it all the more remarkable that you still captured the mysterious atmosphere of the place. Very nice! :)
Yes, I know what you mean. There's as much to love in granite and limestone as there is in the Beatles and Pink Floyd. :P
I wholeheartedly agree! It's a fun exercise to try and get into the minds of the people who built this and subsequently maintained it, and try to imagine what they were trying to achieve here, if anything.
The mystery is in the tinted windscreen. ;-p
I wholeheartedly agree! It's a fun exercise to try and get into the minds of the people who built this and subsequently maintained it, and try to imagine what they were trying to achieve here, if anything.
The mystery is in the tinted windscreen. ;-p
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