Looks like Stonehenge isn't so unique anymore....

[Karl J. Barnes]

Tropical Stonehenge may have been found By STAN LEHMAN, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jun 27, 5:54 PM ET



SAO PAULO, Brazil - A grouping of granite blocks along a grassy Amazon hilltop may be the vestiges of a centuries-old astronomical observatory — a find archaeologists say indicates early rainforest inhabitants were more sophisticated than previously believed.



The 127 blocks, some as high as 9 feet tall, are spaced at regular intervals around the hill, like a crown 100 feet in diameter.

On the shortest day of the year — Dec. 21 — the shadow of one of the blocks disappears when the sun is directly above it.

"It is this block's alignment with the winter solstice that leads us to believe the site was once an astronomical observatory," said Mariana Petry Cabral, an archaeologist at the Amapa State Scientific and Technical Research Institute. "We may be also looking at the remnants of a sophisticated culture."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060627/ap_on_sc/brazil_tropical_stonehenge

Pretty neat finding. I wonder, if there are anymore "Stonhenges" lying around out there, maybe like somewhere deep in Africa ?

[Phrozen]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060627/ap_on_sc/brazil_tropical_stonehenge

Pretty neat finding. I wonder, if there are anymore "Stonhenges" lying around out there, maybe like somewhere deep in Africa ?

There are at least a couple more stonehenge type structures in England itself.

[Karl J. Barnes]

There are at least a couple more stonehenge type structures in England itself.

Okay, I remember hearing about that, but I can't remember, if there were any other "Stonehenges" outside of England or as well known.

[The Mirrorball Man]

In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, there lived a strange race of people... the Druids.

No one knows who they were, or what they were doing, but their legacy remains... hewn into the living rock of Stonehenge.

[Karl J. Barnes]

In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, there lived a strange race of people... the Druids.

No one knows who they were, or what they were doing, but their legacy remains... hewn into the living rock of Stonehenge.

Watch out for the dwarves, so as they won't trod upon Stonehenge!!

[The Mirrorball Man]

Watch out for the dwarves, so as they won't trod upon Stonehenge!!
Actually, to keep up with the news, I think the dwarves should be replaced by mariachis.

[StoneGold]

But StoneGold is one of a kind!!!


Sorry, when I originally quickly flashed past the title, I thought the thread was about me.

[Forefinger]

Egomaniac.

[StoneGold]

Egomaniac.
Goddamn muthafuckin right!!!

[Karl J. Barnes]

Goddamn muthafuckin right!!!

He's da' pafizzle on the 'net's schumizzle!

[Phrozen]

Okay, I remember hearing about that, but I can't remember, if there were any other "Stonehenges" outside of England or as well known.

Sort of. In Central America there are carved calender stones. They aren't as comples as Stonehenge with the elevated stones but they exist.

[StoneGold]

And we had the Druids! Long white robes, long white beards, early transvestites, didn't get their shaving together; and they built Stonehenge, one of the biggest henges in the world. No one's built a henge like that ever since. No one knows what the fuck a henge is! Before Stonehenge, there was Woodhenge and Strawhenge, but a big bad wolf came and blew them down, and three little piggies were relocated to the projects.

[Karl J. Barnes]

And we had the Druids! Long white robes, long white beards, early transvestites, didn't get their shaving together; and they built Stonehenge, one of the biggest henges in the world. No one's built a henge like that ever since. No one knows what the fuck a henge is! Before Stonehenge, there was Woodhenge and Strawhenge, but a big bad wolf came and blew them down, and three little piggies were relocated to the projects.

Arf Arfsonson claimed to have made(by himself) the world's only Airhenge, but Arf is slightly mad and wears his underwear on the outside of his pants,so....

[Jasper]

The photos are really neat. I've heard of stonehenge type structures else where. There's the American stonehenge ( http://www.stonehengeusa.com/) that sticks pout in my mind right now.

[Jasper]

Arf Arfsonson claimed to have made(by himself) the world's only Airhenge, but Arf is slightly mad and wears his underwear on the outside of his pants,so....


Oh come now you can't just dismiss his claim because of the way he wears his underwear. Now you can dismiss it due to the fact that he was trying to claim his dog ate it shortly afterward to counter the claims that it was just all in his head.

[Karl J. Barnes]

The photos are really neat. I've heard of stonehenge type structures else where. There's the American stonehenge ( http://www.stonehengeusa.com/) that sticks pout in my mind right now.

Loved this bit on the site:The Davinci Code Connection to America's Stonehenge
http://www.stonehengeusa.com/Davinci%20Code%20Connection%20to%20America's%20Sto nehenge.htm

I wonder, if Dan Brown can copyright the title? Imagine the MILLIONS that he could make off it.

[tricksterpup]

The builders of this were Spider Monkeys.
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~gking/photos/2005/audubon/spider-monkeys.jpg

The one on the left learned Kung Fu by watching the Matrix.

[thehod]

Henges were big business back in the druids day.

They were practically the McDonalds of the druid world. They've probably even got one in Moscow.

They didn't have the fuckwit asking if you wanted fries with that, though.

[atoningunifex]

And we had the Druids! Long white robes, long white beards, early transvestites, didn't get their shaving together; and they built Stonehenge, one of the biggest henges in the world. No one's built a henge like that ever since. No one knows what the fuck a henge is! Before Stonehenge, there was Woodhenge and Strawhenge, but a big bad wolf came and blew them down, and three little piggies were relocated to the projects.

Eddie really rocks my world. I was so goign to post this if someone else hadn't.