Over the course of the last ten days or so, this site has received periodic visits from Tom Flowers, who owns the Stonehengeology site. As you’ll see for yourselves, there’s not a great deal there, but what it lacks in quantity, it surely makes up for in quality, because the brief introduction states “…if it’s an answer to Stonehenge that you are looking for – if you want the one and only true answer – then you have come the right place.”
Well, at first glance, we’re all surely blessed by the existence of this answer, even if it means having to fork out for one or more books of uncertain quality, but I can’t help thinking that any answer to Stonehenge depends on what the question is. I’ve gone through much of this before on this site, but now seems as good a time as any to write down any questions about the monument that instantly spring to mind.
- Was the site of Stonehenge in any way significant to our Palaeolithic ancestors?
- If so, why?
- We know from charcoal recovered during an excavation in 2008 that our Mesolithic ancestors frequented the site – what were they doing there?
- Did they use it for more than one purpose?
- If so, what were these purposes?
- Did the Mesolithic postholes to the northwest of Stonehenge comprise the ‘foundations’ of a single structure, or more than one?
- Whether there were multiple structures or just one, what was its purpose?
- Why have no artefacts from this period been found around the postholes, when there are tens of thousands of them, if not more, at nearby Vespasian’s Camp?
- Was the site of Stonehenge continuously used through the end of the Mesolithic period and into the Neolithic?
- Why the did the builders of the Cursus and the 15 or so long barrows in the Stonehenge area avoid the site of Stonehenge like the plague?
- What purpose was served by “Stonehump” and the North Barrow, the earliest known features on the site?
- How far back does the use of these features extend?
- Does the shape of the first known earthworks on the site replicate a crater in the Moon’s southern hemisphere?
- Why was there an internal bank?
- Are there even earlier features beneath the bank i.e. pits or postholes?
- What purpose did the counterscarp serve?
- Why was the original ditch dug as a series of loosely-linked pits?
- How many sections were there to the original internal bank?
- Does this number correspond to the amount of long barrows nearby?
- If so, is there any significance to this correlation?
- Were there originally three entrances to Stonehenge i.e. a southern one, a northeastern one and a northwestern one?
- Which were entrances, which were exits?
- What was the significance of the ox jaws and possible skulls buried in the ditch next to the southern causeway?
- What was the significance of the deer tibia in the same place?
- Were the original earthworks at Stonehenge the culmination of the causewayed enclosure tradition?
- What relationship did Bluestonehenge bear to Stonehenge?
- Were there originally bluestones in the holes at Bluestonehenge?
- Were they indeed there before they were moved to Stonehenge?
- Were they placed in the Aubrey Holes?
- If so, why were they removed?
- Where were they taken to before being replaced at Stonehenge?
- How many arrangements of bluestones were there at Stonehenge?
- How did the bluestones get to Stonehenge?
- Did our ancestors see the colours in some of the bluestones as representations of the night sky, or Milky Way?
- Why were there 56 Aubrey Holes?
- What was their original purpose?
- What other purposes did they serve?
- How did our ancestors lay out the Aubrey Holes?
- Were the earliest burials at Stonehenge those of prehistoric royalty?
- Did they die elsewhere, or were any of them killed at the site?
- Why was the site apparently abandoned or less frequented after this early tradition of burial?
- What form did the ‘wooden phase’ at Stonehenge originally take?
- What was its purpose?
- How many timber phases were there?
- Was the form of the sarsen circle preceded by a wooden form?
- Did a single individual have the idea or vision of this circle of uprights surmounted by lintels?
- Why are the lintels flat on top?
- What is the significance of the strange circular holes on top of the lintels?
- Why does the lintel from the Great Trilithon have two rough holes bored on top?
- Why are some of the uprights dressed smoothly?
- Why were there thirty uprights?
- Why is Stone 11 so short in comparison with its neighbours?
- Was there ever a complete circle of interlocking lintels?
- If not, what purpose or function did Stone 11 serve?
- What is the meaning of the dagger carving?
- What is the meaning of the axe carvings?
- What is the meaning of the lattice carving?
- What is the meaning of the ‘Earth Mother’ carving?
- How were the sarsens brought to Stonehenge?
- How were they carved to such a high degree of precision?
- How were they put in place?
- Did the inner trilithons once form a complete Stonehenge?
- How many stones are missing from Stonehenge?
- Where are they?
- Was prehistoric Stonehenge ever a ‘healing place?’
- Why was the man in the ditch killed by arrows in 2,300BC?
- Why was he buried in the ditch?
- Was Stonehenge primarily a place of the dead?
- Was it a place of Sun worship?
- Was it a place of Moon worship?
- Can the Druids be linked with Stonehenge?
- Was Stonehenge the ’round temple’ described by Pytheas of Massilia in 350BC?
- Was it a place where our ancestors communed with the dead?
- Was it a place where they practised astrology?
- Was there ever a similar structure to Stonehenge in prehistoric Britain?
- If not, why was it a one-off?
- By what name was it known in the Mesolithic Era?
- By what name was it known in the Neolithic Era?
- By what name was it known in the Bronze Age?
- By what name was it known in the Iron Age?
- What did these names mean?
- Were any of them the same – did any name survive from one era to the next, or from one particular usage to the next?
- Is Boadicea buried in the vicinity?
- What is the significance of the form of a great dog on the Heel Stone?
- What is the significance of the array of features stretching to the northwest of Stonehenge?
- Why did the ‘Amesbury Archer’ travel from continental Europe in 2,300 BC to Stonehenge?
- Why were the Archer and his companion buried nearby with such riches?
- Is the name of the Silures linked to Stonehenge?
- What did the Romans make of Stonehenge when they first encountered it?
- What use did they make of it?
- Did they destroy part of it?
- Did they rearrange some of it for their own purposes?
- If so, what were these purposes?
- Did the Emperor Hadrian visit the site?
- What was the purpose of the Y and Z holes?
- When were they dug?
- Why were they abandoned almost overnight after being dug?
- What was the purpose of Stone Hedge?
- Was Stonehengehog a pig or a hedgehog?
- Why was King James I so fascinated with the place….?
There. A hundred questions without drawing breath, while I could add a great many more and I’m certain that others can do so as well. In fact, I’ve left out some of my favourites concerning Geoffrey of Monmouth and the survival of details of prehistoric ceremonies at Stonehenge into later Arthurian lore, but I could continue for hours more, simply listing questions I have about the monument and its builders in prehistory, while I’ve barely touched on other features in the Stonehenge landscape.
Many of these questions have been discussed here on Eternal Idol, while plausible answers may have been provided for some of them. I look forward to discussing all this and much more with others who are similarly disposed, but if you’re in search of the one and only true answer to Stonehenge, then you know where to look and I hope you’ll find it an equally satisfying experience.
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Dennis -
An amazing list, truly amazing. And you didn’t even touch upon the Avenue, Bush Barrow, the King Barrows, Avebury, Durrington Walls, the Slaughter Stone, Silbury Hill, and ever so much more.
Many, many questions about their association with Stonehenge.
It’s actually disheartening to face all these questions and realize that we will never know all the answers.
Juris
Surely there’s only one answer to all of those questions…42.
Sorry. Couldn’t resist.
I don’t think you’re far wrong, Aynslie, because the answer might well be ‘fortitude’…
Juris – as I said, I wrote this list without stopping or picking up a book and it was amazingly easy to do. As you rightly point out, I left out far more than I put in, so I don’t doubt that it would be simple to compile a list of 500 or so relevant and meaningful questions about Stonehenge alone, even before you move on to Silbury Hill and the like.
Otherwise, I think I’m greatly more optimistic about you concerning the answers and no, I’m not referring to the book that apparently contains the one true answer. We all enjoy pondering the achievements and practices of our remote ancestors, and I look forward to doing so with you and others for a long while to come.
Great list Dennis, some questions about the questions:
10. Why the did the builders of the Cursus and the 15 or so long barrows in the Stonehenge area avoid the site of Stonehenge like the plague?
Is there specific evidence for avoidance?
48. What is the significance of the strange circular holes on top of the lintels?
Which lintel sets are you referring to?
57. What is the meaning of the lattice carving?
New one to me (unless I know it by another name). Which Stone is this on?
98. What was the purpose of Stone Hedge?
Do you mean the vegetation of the bank?
As for 10, I wrote about this on a post called something like the Stonehenge long barrows. There’s a graphic there as well, showing how the site wasn’t built on, or avoided for around 1,000 years, when other huge monuments were dotting the area.
As for 48, I mean the lintels on the uprights to the northeast of the monument, although there may be others that I don’t know about.
57…I shall have to ask one of my learned friends who owns a copy of Stonehenge in its landscape to dig this out for me, because I don’t have a copy myself. A lattice or perhaps a trellis carving was mentioned in SIIL and it stuck in my memory.
98: No, I mean the two concentric rings between the bank and the uprights that were discovered a few years back and which are apparently still visible. The archaeologists who found them thought they might have been the bases of hedges surrounding the stones, but it’s all on here somewhere, along with links.
As for 48, I mean the lintels on the uprights to the northeast of the monument, although there may be others that I don’t know about.
Thanks Dennis. I don’t suppose anyone knows if there are similar holes in Stone 122?
A lattice or perhaps a trellis carving was mentioned in SIIL and it stuck in my memory.
You’re right. How did you remember that? It’s Stone 3 and Atkinson mentioned it but no-one else has since.
No, I mean the two concentric rings between the bank and the uprights that were discovered a few years back and which are apparently still visible.
Oh yes.. sorry. I know the ones (between Y&Z and then just outside Z)
What do you think would be good questions that Stonehenge could answer? Most ideas that have Stonehenge performing a utility function need a whoppingly good explanation. If the monument is an semi-artistic expression of a secondary idea or religion, it’s much easier to formulate a question.
I can’t remember when I last read SIIL, but it was a long time ago. However, the mention of a lattice or trellis carving made a big impression on me, although I can’t recall ever seeing it mentioned elsewhere, while the ‘Earth Mother’ carving is almost similarly forgotten.
I’ll have to have a good think about your last question, because I’m very much inclined to agree with you about this, although I’m sure that others will have a different take on the matter.
Dear Dennis,
Have you finished venting your spleen yet?
I have a painting on my stair-landing of a fascinated young boy who is watching a soap bubble floating in the air and wondering what it is. In fact I think the painting is called Bubbles. What is a soap bubble, how is it made? Why do I have hairs growing out of my nose and spots on my bum? What is the meaning of life, and is there life after death?
The world is full of questions Dennis, go ahead and solve them if you can – me, I’ve got better things to do.
Incidentally, I have solved some of the questions on your list – the more important ones – that is, but to put them on your blog would be tantamount to giving my book away quite free.
My mother said I should never argue about politics and religion because followers have an answer to everything. Daddy said never to shout at grandma because she wants and prefers to be deaf!
“The world is full of questions Dennis, go ahead and solve them if you can – me, I’ve got better things to do.”
And with that, M’Lud, I rest my case.
Dennis
I have four booklets to sell and have had for some time. Cannot seem to get through to place them on Amazon!
You remarked that there wasn’t much on my Website, so have put them up. No images of their front pages, I’m afraid, because Yahoo complicated things by requesting more money for more memory.
Hit on “Booklet” hyperlink to see what they are.
Plenty for you to pick fault with, with these!
Snotty Tom
Your questions numbered 26 to 33, in relation to the bluestones, including sometimes “bluestonehenge”, still need to be asked. Mike Parker Pearson and the Stonehenge Riverside Project team have gone strangely quiet after the initial fanfare regarding the apparent ‘exact imprints’ of (missing) bluestones discovered in the henge at the end of the Avenue by the river. As far as I’m aware, MPP and his colleagues have not yet given us a comprehensive account to back up those original statements from around the end of 2008. It’s now half way through 2012…….. Can you hear us, MPP?
Hi Tony,
I too am curious to hear the next installment. I hope they are busy finding and verifying more evidence to support their startling leaps of imagination. I don’t know whether the time delay is an indication that the evidence will not appear, or a signal that they are busy making the case sufficiently bullet-proof to convince the many skeptics.
I would prefer that they take us with them on their voyage of discovery; after all many of us tax-payers are making a contribution and don’t like to be left in the dark for too long. We are accustomed to managing doubt and uncertainty – what Keats called “negative capability”.
And then there’s the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project. All went a bit quiet after Geo pointed out that the figures didn’t work:
http://mikepitts.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/view-from-the-heelstone/
Not sure you’re doing yourself many favours Tom. Today was a truly beautiful morning for those up at sunrise: Here’s a photo of it taken from a little known (neolithic) barrow:
http://www.envisager.com/images/misc/sunrise.jpg
Dennis, have you run past Dr Terrence Meaden with your [Number 84] great dog carved on the Heel Stone? I’m sure you’ll know Terrence has studied the Stonehenge and Avebury Stones and ‘found’ faces on them – he has written books, etc.
Just came across his information about a fairly convincing face he found in 1999 on the side of a Stonehenge sarsen stone. This appears on the BBC’s website at:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/474977.stm
Sorry if my last comment made the Great Dog sound like an entrant at the Dog Races, unintended! Perhaps your daughter will also see the funny side of my wording.
Do not worry, Tony, no offence was taken this end. Yet again, I can’t remember exactly where it is now, but I mentioned Dr Meaden’s ‘face’ some years back and wrote about it in some detail. From memory, the major part of the post concerned William Blake and some “frowning sarsens” he’d written about at Stonehenge, something that interested me greatly and which suggested to me that Blake had spotted this face and perhaps others a long time before we discerned such things. All this has reminded me about another post I’d intended to write about Apollo Cunomaglus, so thank you for jogging my memory!
Just came across his information about a fairly convincing face he found in 1999 on the side of a Stonehenge sarsen stone. This appears on the BBC’s website at:-
Apparently a second ‘face’ has also been discovered on Stone 53. The first face (Stone 54) is the shape of a ‘T’ as seen from the west and has a slightly longer horizontal projection facing north than south relative to the spine. From the photo’s I’ve been sent of 53 (unknown provenance), the dimensions of the relief carving on that stone appears to be a mirror image (as seen from the east, the horizontal projection of the ‘T’ is also longer pointing north)
This could be quite interesting if accurate because it implies that the image was made relative to directions (north and south) rather than being a straightforward 2D image. (a straightforward image, such as an arrow, would point south if it were mirrored)
Sorry, should have said an image of an arrow would point south if it were not mirrored!
Jonathan, that’s fascinating to learn of a ‘mirror image’ face on Stone 53 to the one I referred to which you’ve identified as being on Stone 54.
Terrence Meaden, although originally a Physicist, also has an M Sc in Archaeology from Oxford and takes his investigations very seriously.
Hi Tony
Haven’t seen the feature myself but was sent a photo: Unfortunately it was a close-up so I can’t tell where on the stone it is located. The east face of Stone 53 is the location claimed.
Thanks for the info on Terrence. It is exceptionally unusual to find an archaeologist who would be able to combine a knowledge of physics with that of archaeology.
jon
By the way, on the subject of cup-holes in the top of lintels to the north east, Pete Glastonbury recently posted up a link to a picture of them:
http://www.peteglastonbury.plus.com/LintelCups.jpg
Hi Tony. Another query if I may:
Do you happen to know if Terence is open to receiving unsolicited contact regarding Stonehenge? Since working on the original project (details somewhere on Dennis’s website), we’ve found a large number of additional correlation anomalies: It sounds to me as if Terence would easily be able to critically evaluate these.
Jon
Hi Jonathan
I don’t know for certain, but there may be a good chance Dr Terence might help, if you give him full details of your project.
Don’t have an email address for him, but have met him & he’s a member of the Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Soc., based at Wiltshire Heritage Museum [Devizes].
So I suggest you email that Museum’s Director, David Dawson, mention my name as a WANHS member, and maybe ask him to forward on your general enquiry to Dr Meaden via email. David’s email is:-
d.dawson@wiltshireheritage.org.uk.uk
And the Museum’s website is:-
http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk
Terence also has a website which is:-
http://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/DrTerenceMeaden
Good luck!
Have a look at http://www.stonehenge-avebury.net/stnhngecarv.html
I’m perfectly happy for everyone to discuss this again here, but I seem to recall that we went into this in great detail some years ago, although I can’t remember the name of the post. The page you’ve supplied, John, states “At Stonehenge there is a carving cut in deep relief which had gone unnoticed until recently” but I’m not aware there’s any proof that it was carved. Of course, if there’s a ‘face’ there to be seen and if it were visible millennia ago, then there’s a good chance that our ancestors discerned it and ascribed it certain properties, although I’m particularly interested in the idea that William Blake noticed these things and referred to them as “frowning sarsens”.
Likewise, “Similar carved heads have been reported for major megaliths at Avebury” where the same principle about carving/simulacra applies.
Anyone wishing to read–or contribute to–previous discussions here at Eternal Idol about faces on stones at Stonehenge can check out the following:
An Embarrassment of Riches
A new henge at Stonehenge? Stonehenge Riverside Project update
Two Unfathomable Mysteries? Beyond All Reasonable Conjecture?
Blake’s “Frowning Face” Revealed
William Blake’s “Frowning Sarsens”, Part II
Fact, Fable and Shades of Grey
Simulacra — The “Green Man”
Aynslie -
Appreciate you posting those links to previous EI discussions on stone faces. Very interesting to peruse those, and it was particularly fascinating to re-read Alex Down’s contributions. The man was special, he really was, and is missed greatly.
While I’m at it, I need to inform you of the second meeting of the North American Chapter of Eternal Idol which will occur this Thursday evening, May 31, in Roseville, Minnesota. Dan and I will be there, and as you are a charter member of our Chapter your presence would grace us indeed. Apologize for the short notice but the meeting was just set up an hour ago when Dan emailed me and said he would be here in town.
The customary agenda, established during our first meeting, includes Stonehenge and beer although not necessarily in that order.
If you can’t attend, we certainly understand given the short notice. Rest assured that Dan and I will hoist one or two to you, Dennis, and especially to Alex.
Juris
Excellent work Aynslie. I could not recall the Blake’s Frowning Face post where Terence Meaden is mentioned.
This site is now an encyclopaedia and really deserves a superior search engine. I justify this by the fact that searches on Google often result in the site being very high in the listings. As such it must be reference source for so many.
Thanks Tony
Much appreciated
Jon
Hello, this reminds me of a podcast I listened to a few months ago, by a husband and wife team who have been studying the stones at Carnac, France. They too have found faces on the stones, but they also think our ancestors knew the composition of the stones ( lots of silica ?) was perfect for holding information, that would transmit in certain circumstances. What a great thought, it’s just waiting to be downloaded!
Juris – Thanks for the invitation. If I had a Star Trek-type transporter, you wouldn’t be able to keep me away. Alas…..
I will be sure to “hoist” one of my own tonight in your general direction, and then one in Dennis’ and Alex’s direction. If it’s available where you’re going, have something Belgian for me, and perhaps send us another photo?
John, I agree, Dennis’ Eternal Idol site is a veritable encyclopaedic mine of information.
Brian John’s ‘Stonehenge Thoughts’ blogsite [which Dennis kindly links us to from his Home Page] has a very effective search engine which I’ve used with success.
In the first instance, my apologies to everyone once again for not contributing more often here, but while I have a large backlog of posts, my time seems to be taken up more and more these days by all manner of things demanding my attention. I’m waiting for three or more guest posts to come in, one from Angie Lake, so I’ll publish them when they come in and I’ll try to post more, although I’m very pleased that so many people seem to be enjoying their visits here.
In the second instance, I’m also pleased that everyone views this site as such a huge and free repository of information and views on Stonehenge, as well as Silbury Hill and others. The relatively recent new layout of Eternal Idol means that older posts can suddenly spring back to life and I’m often surprised when I browse through the site, because there’s just such a huge amount here by way of posts, texts, comments, links, quotes and others. I have every intention of continually adding to it, while I have two unpublished comments by Tom Flowers waiting in the wings that will serve as a demonstration of precisely how not to go about things, when I find some time.
In the third instance, I don’t know what to do about the search engine, although I’ll ask my friend Ian, who runs and maintains this site, if it can be improved upon. If not, it’ll just have remain an ever-growing ‘book’ where we rely on our collective memories for information contained in the various posts and comments.
In the fourth instance, I want to thank Tina for writing in, while if you have any more information on the faces at Carnack you speak of, I’m sure I wouldn’t be the only one who’d be interested in learning more. This particular post started life simply as a list of the first 100 questions that sprang to mind concerning “the one and only true answer” to Stonehenge, but as I’m sure everyone is aware, there are many more that we could ask. Strangely enough, the line of enquiry has turned towards faces and other simulacra, which reminds me yet again that I must try to publish another post on Apollo Cunomaglus that’s waiting here.
And finally, for now, I’m very pleased indeed to learn of the Second Extraordinary Meeting of the North American Chapter of Eternal Idol, which I presume is being held in Minnesota as I write this. I’m looking forward to reading the minutes of this meeting and seeing the photos, which I’ll post up as soon as they come in, along with my own thoughts on the matter.
Regarding the “search engine”: If any reader has trouble finding what they want here at EI using the search feature, I can find it within minutes for you. Yes, I’m blowing my own horn, but I’m that good. Of course, I mean minutes after I start searching, but if you have an urgent need to hunt something down, you can always email me at elswyth@mindspring.com.
Aynslie, this is incredibly generous of you. I never dreamed that Eternal Idol would be graced with a flesh and blood keeper of the archives, who can remember more about what’s here than I can, so I’d say we’re all very fortunate, while you’re actually better than you describe yourself, as I know full well. Thank you again and may blessings rain upon your head.
If of any help, you can usually get good site-specific results out of google by using quotes;
For example, searching for “roman”, type the following into google;
“eternal idol” “roman”
Tony
Thanks for mentioning Terence’s name: He was kind enough to give quite a long and well thought out response to the introductory paper. Can’t ask for better than that!
Jon
Jon
it was a pleasure and very glad you got that response from Terence. I had met him a few times, he is not only interested in Archaeology but has also been at Natural History outdoor meetings here in Wiltshire – and I knew of his interest in tornadoes in relation to crop circles from an even earlier time. I must now take a look at your own website, as I am aware of this from Brian John’s blog, Stonehenge Thoughts.
And thank you, Dennis, for enabling messages to be passed on.
Tony
Thanks again Tony.
Terence mentioned he’ll be in Ireland soon, which is where I am this week! There’s a lot of interesting structures here; with a bit of luck I’m also hoping to be able to look at Avebury on the way back.
If you have any difficulty finding the website, let me know: It’s not as easy to find now that we’re so close to publication of the associated documents (the first paper of the related works are also currently with a journal called “time and mind” but no idea if they’ll publish). The links on Dennis’s (and Brian’s) website should all be valid but much of the video composite works have been removed.
Cheers (and also thanks to Dennis)
Jon
Its taking you a long time to moderate Dennis. Need some help?
Tom Flowers
Another text-book example of a complete moron, in this instance offering to moderate my site. As I’ve just spelled out, I take pains to edit contributions coming in and to correct any mistakes; I do not think I can be assisted in this by someone who spells “It’s” as “Its”, and who omits to place a comma after the word ‘moderate’- all this on a publicly-viewed, specialist forum from someone who’s hoping to make a name for himself as a great writer with a unique insight into Stonehenge.
16th veto, then Dennis? And quite right too, because I’ve belatedly realised that you’ve consistently done me a huge favour by not posting up most of the cretinous, insulting, poorly-spelt and increasingly deranged comments I’ve been submitting recently in a futile and drunken attempt at self-publicity.
It’s also finally dawned on me that neither you nor the other infinitely patient administrators are under any obligation whatsoever to post up anything at all that’s sent in, whether it’s by an obnoxious old fool like myself or anyone else for that matter, because it’s your site. Nothing is ever posted on my site, but that’s probably because no one can be bothered to write in anyway, despite the fact that I possess “The One And Only True Answer To Stonehenge.”
Looking over the excellent and admirable Eternal Idol, I see that you’ve regularly posted comments that differ with your own views, while you’ve also happily and selflessly promoted the work of others. There must be limits, of course, and I fully understand that my selfish, tiresome and consistently churlish outbursts aren’t really what anyone wants to read, especially on a quality, text-based site like this. I shouldn’t really be allowed internet access, I now realise, so I shall return to ponder the lamentable content of my own site on Stonehenge and my dismal attempts to engage other contributors to Eternal Idol, while I shall also rethink my patently flawed strategy on How To Win Friends And Influence People.
You do not have so many friends and admirers at WAHNS yourself mate, as I checked by telephone when I first heard of you. So they are not going to help you sell your book either. And when it comes to vanity: well, at least I am not up my own ass.
WAHNS? I’ve never heard of it, or them.
How many solutions to Stonehenge have been and will be proved incorrect?
Not many! That is because the evidence remains so vague and imprecise that it is possible to extrapolate entirely contradictory arguments from it.
If there is one thing I learnt from university, it was that professors based courses around their own books. In that way ‘thinking’ can be held back many years, but a site like EI is one way to prevent this happening.
Clearly a lot of time and effort goes into the contributions on this site and they reflect current and original thinking – long may it continue.
I’ve recently learned of two new ideas or concepts, John, so I’ll be writing a post about one book as soon as I can. I’m in the process of contacting someone else about their ideas concerning Stonehenge, so when I hear back from them, I’ll post up their material as well. I’ve not had time to digest everything these two people have to say and it may be that I don’t completely agree with them, but that’s not a barrier to me highlighting their work here, of course.
Dennis -
You need some education:
WAHNS is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany.
Its town plaque shows two things. A chicken about to run around because its head will be cut off, and a fish about to go belly up (to use an American phrase).
Of course, there are many people that do that too, and indeed I see that some of those post here on EI.
We can’t confuse WAHNS with WANHS. I’ve been a member of the latter for some ten years, one of perhaps a half dozen US members. But clearly that’s not the organization of interest here.
Juris
Juris, thank you for clearing all that up in such a concise yet colourful fashion, while I consider myself educated or enlightened now, thank you! Back to business as usual…
Juris — While traveling to and from Michigan last weekend—and even while there for 3 days—I kept seeing you. People who, at first glance, I thought were you. But then, of course, they turned out not to be. I am now, however, reconsidering that very strange experience. Perhaps they all were you, after all.
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