[NormsRevenge]

Part of the group of 127 granite monoliths up to three-meters-high discovered 12 May, 2006 in the middle of the Amazonian florest, in the state of Amapa, northern Brazil. According to the archaeologists of the Scientific and Technological Research Institute of the state of Amapa (IEPA) this could possibly be the oldest astronomical observatory in Brazil.(AFP/SECOM/Gilam Nascimiento)

[NormsRevenge]

fyi

[Daralundy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631551/posts

[Lurker]

Archeology is the only 'science' where the scientists guess is as good as anyone elses as to what really went on all those years ago.

Was it 2,000 years ago? Could be. Was it 500 years ago? Could be.

Its exact age has been difficult to determine...

But we'll hazard a guess based on some other junk we found laying around in the same general area.

In December, the path of the sun allows rays to pass through a hole in one of the blocks, possibly to calculate agricultural activity and religious rituals.

Or it's possible they just like looking through the hole on that particular day after imbibing coca beer and having coffee and cacao enemas. Who knows?

These kinds of statements are my favorites:

Only a society with a complex culture could have built such a monument

Oh really. You mean it's absolutely impossible for a couple of dozen drunk and stoned natives to have hauled these rocks into these positions just because they were....well...drunk and stoned? Why do they always insist this kind of stuff is indicative of a 'complex culture'? How do they know that?

Oh well. I'm sure it's a really cool thing to see. I just can't fathom how they can read all this other stuff into it.

L

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, but alas...

'Brazilian Stonehenge' discovered
BBC | May 13, 2006 | Steve Kingston
Posted on 05/13/2006 3:19:52 AM EDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631551/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NR, nice photo.

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[Khurkris]

Obviously signs of an ancient and highly intelligent civilization.

[SunkenCiv]

oops, my mistake, this is the first:

Professor shares Andean discovery, a 4,000-year-old temple
Columbia Missourian | April 25, 2006 | Ryan B. Schreiber
Posted on 04/26/2006 11:44:19 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1622258/posts