[poinq]

The answer is always, this was some religious temple based on tracking the solstices. They don’t need any proof or evidence. Its just the default answer for anything they can’t explain. “We don’t know” is never allowed.

[PistolPaknMama]

Yes, I do love how “religious ceremony” is always the go-to answer. Maybe it’s their version of an art museum or antique car show. They have no idea.

[Ellendra]

The answer is always, this was some religious temple based on tracking the solstices. They don’t need any proof or evidence. Its just the default answer for anything they can’t explain. “We don’t know” is never allowed.

I've heard stories of museums labeling object as "prayer sticks" or "religious objects", only to have some craftsperson come in and point out that no, those are drop spindles. And this thing here is for leatherworking.

I would love to get a close look at devices like the Antikythera Mechanism. I strongly suspect they were manufacturing tools, and not astronomy tools like they're assumed to be.

[dirtymac]

That is the final fall back position, and is correct. What bugs me is all the idiotic theories ‘scientist’ come up with that only a moron would propose. It happens in all fields and will be fiercely defended until absolute proof to the contrary.