[Stones] So, is this what some think of our heritage?

[Ric]

aw cum'on, Littlestone - you forgot the guy who said
Stonehenge was an 'opencast coal mine', remember him?

:-))

have a nice one tomorrow, Stonesers!

Ric

--- littlestone <littlestone at supanet.com> wrote:

> And further more, if we're going to apply modern
> interpretations to ancient paintings (or structures)
> there's no end to the mischief we might get up to.
> How Stonehenge has been perceived down the centuries
> is a perfect example of how people have
> misinterpreted the structure.
> 
> "Ever since Geoffrey's time (Geoffery of Monmouth),
> historians and archaeologists have squabbled
> bitterly over the secrets of the stones. Who built
> the henge, and when, and why? The vast literature on
> the subject offers dozens of guesses, some more
> educated than others: Stonehenge was a Druid temple,
> it is said, or an ancient clock, a place where the
> Saxons hanged their British enemies, a computer, a
> tomb; and it was erected by the Romans, the Danes,
> early Britons, Phoenicians, Atlanteans or even
> (according to W S Blacket, author of Researches Into
> the Lost Histories of America - 1883) by a band of
> American Indians who worshipped the old Greek gods.
> 'One might also suppose,' the antiquarian John
> Michell wryly observes, 'that it was specially
> designed to accommodate every notion that could
> possibly be projected on it.'
> 
> "...whatever else Stonehenge may be - it serves as a
> colossal mirror, reflecting the prejudices and
> preferences of each passing age."*
> 
> Aye... and the Mirror continues to reflect ;-)
> 
> * The Stonehenge Companion. Editor James McClintock.
> ISBN 1-90562-408-5>