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lagomorph777

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6. Very few modern people have anywhere near the understanding of sky and nature...

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 01:31 PM

Feb 2021

...that our ancestors did. It's difficult to even imagine how they could spend so much time studying and building giant things, given the conditions they lived in.

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Stonehenge may be a rebuilt stone circle from Wales [View all] left-of-center2012 Feb 2021 OP

There were engineering geniuses a long time ago. Chainfire Feb 2021 #1

Very few modern people have anywhere near the understanding of sky and nature... lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #6

that's right Chainfire. We will have to rediscover and reinvent the technology of moving large Nitram Feb 2021 #8

I suspect that the builder of the Coral Castle in Miami could have given us some pointers. Chainfire Feb 2021 #9

When at Stonehenge in 2015.... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2021 #2

Same here. tavernier Feb 2021 #5

Though it is always cheaper to build a new 33-MegaLith circle than upgrade an old slow one... TomVilmer Feb 2021 #3

I have always wondered how they moved wnylib Feb 2021 #4

That's what I've been saying for years, but nobody would listen to me. Nitram Feb 2021 #7

Your grandfather was Welsh? left-of-center2012 Feb 2021 #10

I saw a documentary on YouTube bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #11

"I saw a documentary ..." left-of-center2012 Feb 2021 #12

Yeah, either the same documentary, or they overlap quite a bit /nt bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #13

Truly fascinating! ailsagirl Feb 2021 #14

Stonehenge fascinates me. Seems there's a lot BootinUp Feb 2021 #15

I think Ylvis said it best Archetypist Feb 2021 #16

Egyptian wife's thoughts on Stonehenge. Loki Liesmith Feb 2021 #17

... left-of-center2012 Feb 2021 #18