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Is Stonehenge Roman?
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| 4-14-2008
| Current Archaeology
Posted on 04/14/2008 3:35:15 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
04/14/2008 3:35:15 PM PDT
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blam
To: blam
It would be funny if it turned out to be a play fort some Roman prefect had built for his kids. ;)
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posted on
04/14/2008 3:36:31 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/14/2008 3:36:59 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
Did whales build Stonehenge?
To: j. earl carter
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posted on
04/14/2008 3:45:07 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Voting CONSERVATIVE in memory of 5 children killed by illegals 2/17/08 and 2/19/ 08)
To: blam
Every one knows that the stones were ensorceled into their place by Merlin for the benefit of the Druids. He raised them up from their quarry miles away, made them dance and set them down where they remain today.
Anyway that is as good a story as any I ever heard about how they were raised up.
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posted on
04/14/2008 3:48:04 PM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: blam
“we went on to Woodhenge”
Next they will be going to Clayhenge. Then Silverwarehenge! On to Rubberhenge! They’re saving Toadhenge for last.
To: blam
Obviously it was the Good People who built Stonehenge.
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posted on
04/14/2008 3:51:02 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Hinneh 'anokhi sholeach lakhem 'et 'Eliyyah HaNavi' lifnei bo' Yom HaShem HaGadol veHaNora'!)
To: j. earl carter
Did whales build Stonehenge? No, the whales built Wales.
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posted on
04/14/2008 3:55:07 PM PDT
by
~Peter
To: blam
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posted on
04/14/2008 3:57:35 PM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: cripplecreek
To: Mr. Jeeves
It would be funny if it turned out to be a play fort some Roman prefect had built for his kids. ;)Yes, on the plans he wrote 13' instead of 13".
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posted on
04/14/2008 4:02:07 PM PDT
by
x
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Carhenge in Nebraska is pretty interesting
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posted on
04/14/2008 4:05:57 PM PDT
by
Plain Old American
(Remember who said what; Remind those who don't Remember; Vote and take a friend to the polls)
To: blam
So,
All the theories and tales about Stonehenge might be based on examination of a much older site, 'tidied up' and moved around by much later Mediterranean invaders, then left alone a few centuries for modern researchers to misinterpret.
I love it when that happens!
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posted on
04/14/2008 4:07:06 PM PDT
by
norton
To: allmendream
Very funny video. Thanks.
To: blam
Great thread, blam! And I’ve decided that I should try to seduce Mr. Geoffrey Wainwright. He’s the cutest guy I’ve seen in a long time. He has eyes that are just captivating.
Oh well, I might be a little too old for him. ~</;o)
To: blam
Maybe it’s the remnants of a huge stone baked pizza franchise?
To: blam
It was Obelix and friends.
To: Flashman_at_the_charge
I stand by my earlier position that it was a tavern.
Nothing else would’ve been worth all that effort.
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posted on
04/14/2008 4:45:36 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: blam
Some years ago, the Smithsonian figured out a much less labor intensive way for large stone blocks to be moved. By putting rounded wooden sections, held together with pins, on four sides of the block, you turn a rectangular stone into something like a wide axle with two wheels.
By doing so, you can move large stones much faster, with fewer laborers, over greater distances.
Interestingly, the technology to do so is even simpler than the technology to cut smooth stones, which would explain the unevenness of Stonehenge.
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