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Ancient Village Unearthed Near Stonehenge
cityhunter007 writes to point out coverage on CNN.com about an ancient village discovered two miles from Stonehenge that may have housed workers building the monument, or perhaps visitors after it was constructed. The village, at a site known as Durrington Walls, dates from about the time Stonehenge was built, 2600 BCE. The article says: "The researchers speculated that Durrington Walls was a place for the living and Stonehenge — where cremated remains have been found — was a cemetery and memorial... Stonehenge was oriented to face the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset, while the wooden circle at Durrington Walls faced the midwinter sunrise and midsummer sunset."
Nobody knows who they were
Or what they were doing...
(But they did have the sense to make Stonehenge a bit taller than 18".)
That's "Mr. Soulless Automaton" to you, Bub.
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.
2 miles of walking is about half an hour each way. So the Stonehenge workers spent a hour-a-day getting to and from work.
Some things never change.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
It's pretty obvious isn't it? The wind knocked over one of the stones. One of the Druids came back and told a few of his mates over a beer. The word got around and people figured the sky was falling, so they ran for the hills.
And with absolutely no evidence either way, that story is as good as any other.
How we know is more important than what we know.
BCE WTF?? At least Y2K is both culturally OK and well understood. I vote for BY2K.
Engineering is the art of compromise.
The SPLA: Stonehenge Project Licensing Authority official gift shoppe.
"My parents visited Stonehenge and all I got was this lousy cloak"
KFG