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Re:A New Story for Stonehenge by warning26 on Thursday April 07, 2022 @12:40AM (#30940665)
As we know from the classic song, it was either a giant granite birthday cake, or a prison far too easy to escape.

The song in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbyzgeee2mg

Re:A New Story for Stonehenge by SeanLuke on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @10:31PM (#30939999)
This is a nice report regarding new locations for the bluestones, but I was hoping it'd be talking about the "story" of Stonehenge. Modern archaeology and anthropological theory has transformed our understanding of Stonehenge, its purpose, and its relationship to nearby monuments, notably Woodhenge and the Durrington Walls.

The whole area is filled with amazing neolithic monuments and structures, and benefits greatly from a personalized guide. Be well prepared up-front. We picked Laurence Davies (https://oldburytours.co.uk/), who was excellent.

Re:A New Story for Stonehenge by Terry_Roll on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @10:53PM (#30940112)
> It was “one of those eureka moments,”

When considering how much imagery is being digitised, these Eureka moments will become a thing of the past as some computer program, probably Google, starts matching and identifying samples of stuff dispersed far and wide in collections around the world over the decades.

Its not the first time, I've heard of suggestions that some of the rocks might have come from Wales. This transportation might also shed light or contribute reinforcement on the general consensus of how the pyramids were built. Then the question of spontaneous insight or some travelling and imparting of knowledge may ensue.

Re:A New Story for Stonehenge by ben_ on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @09:35PM (#30939659)
I'd recommend anyone interested in visiting Stonehenge to also make a stop at Avebury - there are many more stones there that you can walk around and touch (without getting into trouble!)
Re:A New Story for Stonehenge by PaulDavisThe1st on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @11:44PM (#30940395)
I've visited both several times over the decades. The quote I always remember from the Avebury site is:

> Stonehenge is to Avebury as a parish church is to a cathedral.

Re:A New Story for Stonehenge by f_allwein on Thursday April 07, 2022 @12:48AM (#30940713)
Also, Newgrange in Ireland is fantastically interesting. Burial mound (probably) whose chamber is illuminated by the rising sun each year around December 21.