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Ancient Britain
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Pejo
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Kinda related, I just read an article about finding a 2000 year old mummified body of an Irishman in one of the bogs.
They call him Old Croghan Man
They call him Old Croghan Man
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Kinda related, I just read an article about finding a 2000 year old mummified body of an Irishman in one of the bogs.
They call him Old Croghan Man
Go_Ly_Dow
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Dr.Morris79
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Lunarorbit
Gold Member
The guy on the right took a ton of shots. Must have an iron jaw
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
New evidence has come to light that the central altar stone in Stonehenge has now been discovered to come from the far north of Scotland!!
That's absolutely mind-blowing that neolithic people's dragged a 7ton stone all the way from the tip of Scotland to the south of England, how in the hell did they do that 5000yrs ago.
The drive would do my head in, let alone hauling some ruddy great big rock all that distance through a landscape completely different to what we have now, the entire journey would've been ancient forests, it's crazy to think what us humans especially our ancient ancestors where capable off
That's absolutely mind-blowing that neolithic people's dragged a 7ton stone all the way from the tip of Scotland to the south of England, how in the hell did they do that 5000yrs ago.
The drive would do my head in, let alone hauling some ruddy great big rock all that distance through a landscape completely different to what we have now, the entire journey would've been ancient forests, it's crazy to think what us humans especially our ancient ancestors where capable off
Stonehenge: Central Altar Stone from Scotland not Wales
Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
They must have figured out a way to carry it on boats. it makes no sense otherwise.
more and more im starting to believe in aliens or a lost civilization/technology.
more and more im starting to believe in aliens or a lost civilization/technology.
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
So THAT's what happened to Bob the Troll....New evidence has come to light that the central altar stone in Stonehenge has now been discovered to come from the far north of Scotland!!
That's absolutely mind-blowing that neolithic people's dragged a 7ton stone all the way from the tip of Scotland to the south of England, how in the hell did they do that 5000yrs ago.
The drive would do my head in, let alone hauling some ruddy great big rock all that distance through a landscape completely different to what we have now, the entire journey would've been ancient forests, it's crazy to think what us humans especially our ancient ancestors where capable off
Stonehenge: Central Altar Stone from Scotland not Wales
Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows.www.bbc.co.uk
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
New evidence has come to light that the central altar stone in Stonehenge has now been discovered to come from the far north of Scotland!!
That's absolutely mind-blowing that neolithic people's dragged a 7ton stone all the way from the tip of Scotland to the south of England, how in the hell did they do that 5000yrs ago.
The drive would do my head in, let alone hauling some ruddy great big rock all that distance through a landscape completely different to what we have now, the entire journey would've been ancient forests, it's crazy to think what us humans especially our ancient ancestors where capable off
Stonehenge: Central Altar Stone from Scotland not Wales
Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows.www.bbc.co.uk
Is such a thing possible?
According to ancient alien technology experts…
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
For me, the biggest question isn’t how, but why? What would make them think that using a stone from that far away was a good choice, let alone necessary.New evidence has come to light that the central altar stone in Stonehenge has now been discovered to come from the far north of Scotland!!
That's absolutely mind-blowing that neolithic people's dragged a 7ton stone all the way from the tip of Scotland to the south of England, how in the hell did they do that 5000yrs ago.
The drive would do my head in, let alone hauling some ruddy great big rock all that distance through a landscape completely different to what we have now, the entire journey would've been ancient forests, it's crazy to think what us humans especially our ancient ancestors where capable off
Stonehenge: Central Altar Stone from Scotland not Wales
Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows.www.bbc.co.uk
Wildebeest
Member
From what I've read, they mostly stole the young male monks and sodomised them.
Religion is powerful.
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
It is, but why that rock? I want to know what about that specific rock made them want/need to do it. It’s very interesting.
Insane Metal
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This and many other threads here on Gaf just make me want to get out and travel morr and more. I'd love to get to know the world. It's so sad that everything requires money. Which I don't have.
winjer
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Some guy had an hallucination 5000 years ago and decided that rock was holy or something.
Religion is powerful but it's also very irrational.
One rule of thumb in archaeology, is that if something can't be explained by logical reasoning, it's religion.
Wildebeest
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One idea is that stones like that are trophies captured in tribal raids. But personally for me everything over 1500 years old that people find in dirt is a "burial goods".
P:axMagellanic
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Bell beaker peoples at this point were closely linked in trade and culture all across Europe. The copper trade was everything at this point, so the means was already there.
Items like stones and masonry have always been valued. the Popes and Italians for instance plundered ancient Rome of its masonry to decorate their Palazzo and churches. And the Romans themselves were obsessed with Egyptian Porphyry and shipped it over at unbelievable expense. Edward I famously took the Stone of Scone from Scotland and built the throne of England over it. Stones seem to have semi mystical properties to us and our ancestors, look at the Elgin marbles for example and the ferocity of debate and emotion that awakens.
That stone could very well have been a gift from one leader to another. Or purely as a power play to their neighbours on the logistical skill and wealth of transporting it from one end of the British Isles to another. It could also well be a religious, unifying gesture for the Island. We'll never know, but it's an absolutely fantastic discovery.
RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
One thing it does prove is that 5000 odd years ago the people's throughout the UK where all connected somehow from the tips of Scotland right down to the south of England and to think that somehow these people's thought it was a great idea to take a ruddy great big stone and traverse the entire island with it meant there was some enormous significance to it and it's all lost to time
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
Because there's a hymn called rock of ages or some shit and then Def Leppard thought it's a cool title for a song and made a cool rock anthem and the guy who carried the stone that far was a Def Leppard fan
Dirk Benedict
Gold Member
Getting Byrgenwerth Vibes.
Trilobit
Member
I saw some kids outside the local shop eating icecream and I got a bit jealous as the ratio of body/icecream is much bigger for them than for me. As a grownup I should get two icecreams for the price of one.
Toots
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Lunarorbit
Gold Member
You just wanted to create another roman history thread evilore!
You won't be satisfied until every man thinks about the holy Roman empire once a day! Monster!
You won't be satisfied until every man thinks about the holy Roman empire once a day! Monster!
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Amazing how you just take the piss out of us and we laugh it off or agree...some other countries however...
BigDeadFreak
Member
Very true! I think it's the mix of self-deprecating humour with the underlying belief that we are better than everyone else in the world.
We see foreigners taking this piss out of us is like a hamster trying to critique Einstein.
Also, as a British person our compatriots will mercilessly ridicule and attack us with endless banter, tearing apart our every achievement and shitting on all our dreams. Foreign banter is therefore shrugged off easily. We spar harder than they fight.
Tams
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'Stayed after hours'.
They shut at 5 on the dot and start kicking people out earlier than that, the lazy fuckers. Also, they failed to catalogue thousands of objects.
