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  1. who were they? by buttahead · · Score: 1 · on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning

    hmmm... they are either ax heads... meaning the people who built these were a war-like band, or they were really into or mushrooms

  2. Re:But how do they know... by stevesliva · · Score: 2, Informative · on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning
    Could the stone arrangement predate the carvings?
    From the press release:
    The stones at Stonehenge were put up in about 2,300 BC. The axes are of types made around 1,800 BC, so the carvings are likely to be five centuries younger than the stones. Their purpose is a mystery.
  3. Re:Hmmm... by stevesliva · · Score: 1 · on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning
    From the press release:
    The stones at Stonehenge were put up in about 2,300 BC. The axes are of types made around 1,800 BC, so the carvings are likely to be five centuries younger than the stones. Their purpose is a mystery.

    Axe carvings on other monuments from this time are associated with burials, such as the seven axes found on a stone burial cist (a box shaped stone structure) in Argyll, Scotland. This could indicate that Stonehenge was a place where the dead were commemorated, a theory backed by the many burial mounds found near the monument.

  4. That looks familiar by thrill12 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning

    Isn't that the Mars face ?

    OMG StoneHenge was created by aliens!

  5. Hmmm... by Whispers_in_the_dark · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning

    I'm no archaeologist, but the images have about the same level of conclusiveness as to their composition (that they are "axe-heads") as the Cydonia Face. I'm sure there are other reasons for their conclusions but I sure don't see them from my untrained eye.