Trying to avoid gunking up another thread, as is my normal practice. Here is some info on the latest/greatest Stonehenge theory:
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Takeaway:
"Stonehenge was built at a time of drastic population decline and dispersal, said Mike Parker Pearson, a professor at University College London who has made major Stonehenge-related discoveries, including the Durrington Walls settlement. There were few, if any, villages, and society was “trying to create a sense of unity and collaboration among its members,” he explained.
Built on the site of an ancient cemetery, Stonehenge was a “monument of remembrance,” he said, and an “expression of unity” that pulled people together in the pursuit of a common endeavor.
Yet, he said, “People don’t want it to be that simple as an explanation.”
“I was once told by a government minister that it was a great shame, what we were doing, because, of course, we were chipping away at the mystery” and “that does terrible things to the visitor numbers,” Parker Pearson added."
And here’s a gif representing my intention (not a promise) to better stay on topic in the future:
… but did they ever figure out how those mofos picked up all those rocks? I get it they were friends… but drinking buddies can’t pick up multi-ton rocks.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, drinking buddies can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - (maybe) Margaret Mead
