Jerry Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 About two years ago I saw Eddie Izzard on TV in a stand-up comedy -- where he said, "oh, yes we have a Stonehenge; we also have a Woodhenge, and a Strawhenge." At the time I fell down laughing. Then today, in the Times, archaeologists at Stonehenge say they have discovered a Wood Henge !!!!!! After all this time, I suspect there are no traces of Straw Henge, but.....?????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 The problem with this period is that there is no written evidence surviving, which suggests they didn't have education, education education! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted May 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 The actual Geographic report on the digs is going to be televised tomorrow locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Obs .......... yep no written evidence from the period. It makes me smile to think that people feel we've advanced beyond recognition in modern day society, yet even with all the modern technology, equipment etc that there is nowadays NOBODY can still figure out how they managed to construct Stonehenge originally !! .......... advancement ???? errrrrrrm ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Experimental archeology has successfully tested a number of theories of how it was done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Name one ! the emphasis being one the word 'theories' ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 They have to be "theories" because there is no written or other evidence on just how it was done. There have been many TV progs, showing how it could be done, which have successfully transported similar large stones over a distance and placed them in an upright position - all rather labour intensive of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Yes I've watched these kinds of things before ............. labour intensive YES !! but it's labour intensive to those who try it because they aren't used to physical hard work !! as are many today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Arguably, in history, folk were much stronger than we are today - at which point did we become so weak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Probably over the last 15 - 20 years ???? ever since the majority of occupations nowadays became far more sedentary than physical the words 'hard work' are said by many nowadays who simply have NO idea what it means Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Watched an OU History Prog the other night; the "working class" used to work from 6am to 9am six days a week, and still get up early on Sunday to go to Church - I'm exhausted just thinking about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 People nowadays keep banging on about 'I've got a very busy lifestyle' ......... thinking that it's something new !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demelzadoe Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Maybe Stonehenge was constructed by giants such as these:- Remains of giants have been claimed to have been found in America. Giants are usually classified as human-like remains that are 7' 5" (2.26 meters) or more in height. The book Forbidden Land by Robert Lyman (1971) recounts the following alleged finds: A decayed human skeleton claimed by eyewitnesses to measure around 3.28 metres (10 feet 9 inches tall), was unearthed by labourers while ploughing a vineyard in November 1856 in East Wheeling, now in West Virginia. A human skeleton measuring 3.6 metres (12 feet) tall was unearthed at Lompock Rancho, California, in 1833 by soldiers digging in a pit for a powder magazine. The specimen had a double row of teeth and was surrounded by numerous stone axes, carved shells and porphyry blocks with abstruse symbols associated with it. Several mummified remains of humans with reddish hair claimed to range from 2-2.5 metres (6.5 feet to over 8 feet) tall were dug up at Lovelock Cave, (70 miles) north-east of Reno, Nevada, by a guano mining operation. These bones supposedly substantiated claims for legends by the local Paiute Indians regarding giants which they called Si-Te-Cah. However, there appear to be no verified Paiute legends about giants or that call the Si-Te-Cah giants [4]. Fortunately one of the giant Lovelock skulls is still preserved today. It measures almost 30cm (1 foot) tall and resides along with other various Lovelock artefacts in the Humboldt Museum in Winnemucca, Nevada.[citation needed]? Some of these artifacts can also be found in the Nevada State Historical Society's museum at Reno. Adrienne Mayor states that these skeletons are normal sized.[5] She also points out that hair pigment does not stay stable after death, and that ancient very dark hair can turn rusty red or orange due to a variety of conditions such as soil condition, temperature, etc. A 9' 11" (3.02 meters) skeleton was unearthed in 1928 by a farmer digging a pit to bury trash in Tensas Parish, Louisiana near Waterproof. In 1931 a 10' 2" (3.1 meters) skeleton was unearthed by a boy burying his dog in 1933 in Nearby Madison Parish. Aside from in Forbidden Land, we can find other unverified examples or legends about the remains of giants: A 9' 8" (2.95 meters) skeleton was excavated from a mound near Brewersville, Indiana in 1879 (Indianapolis News, November 10, 1975). In Clearwater Minnesota, the skeletons of seven giants were found in mounds. These had receding foreheads and complete double dentition[citation needed] A mound near Toledo, Ohio, held 20 skeletons, seated and facing east with jaws and teeth "twice as large as those of present day people", and beside each was a large bowl with "curiously wrought hieroglyphic figures." (Chicago Record, October 24, 1895; cited by Ron G. Dobbins, NEARA Journal, v13, fall 1978). In the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada there is a span of mountains five miles long that is in the shape of a man wearing a headdress lying down on his back. The span is called "The Sleeping Giant" from local Ojibway legend that identifies the giant as Nanabijou, the spirit of the Deep Sea Water, who was turned to stone when the secret location of a rich silver mine, now known as Silver Islet, was disclosed to white men. [6] Patagons of Patagonia in South America, are giants claimed to have been seen by Ferdinand Magellan and his crew.[7] Drake reported only finding people of 'mean stature'[8] although his Chaplain reported giants. However, even before Magellan, a Spanish romance called Primale?n of Greece was published in 1512 in which a dashing explorer discovers savages, one named Patagon, whose descriptions are very similar to those of Magellan.[9] [edit] Giants in popular culture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 So, what's the theory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 the "working class" used to work from 6am to 9am Hmmmm,a 3 hour working day,sounds good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Well spotted Byrdy! Obviously a typo: should be 9PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonymaillman Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 Yer slipping Obs yer slipping ! ......... have to admit I didn't notice that bit either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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