Stonehenge

We really don't know why they built this edifice. As with so many things from the ancient world we don't know as there are no written records. It could have been a calendar, it could have been temple, heck even a symbol of unity (though this seems rather far fetched to assume that stone age Britons gathered together in some kind of a-political gaggle to celebrate their unified culture); it could have been an alter upon which they sacrificed people.

But this latest theory postulates that the larger stones were set before the smaller ones, which is interesting, as it gives stone age man credit for being able to conceive of and build structures without the act itself being a learning experience. Like the Great Pyramids. Experience taught the Egyptians the art of the building; but the conceptual planning of those three giant structures was pre-planned before construction began. The same can be said for Stone Henge. Some ancient Briton King turned to his priests and said, "I want it larger. So that all the peoples know I am their King!"

They are us. . . minus the phone.

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