Is Stonehenge a fake?
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They were restored with cranes and concrete later on, but there's no doubt that Stonehenge is an ancient site.
Stonehenge – the gift and 100 years of care
2018 marks an important anniversary for Stonehenge. It’s 100 years since local barrister Cecil Chubb and his wife Mary gifted the monument to the nation. This was a major turning point in the way Stonehenge was cared for. It set in train a programme of care and conservation for the monument and...
blog.english-heritage.org.uk
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Given that Stonehenge is some kind of calendar or timepiece, would that make it the neolithic version of a fake Rolex?
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Now when I see a Rolex I assume it's a fake, which I don't assume with an Omega or an Oris. Or an Orient.
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Fake?
No, it is probably true that three timber posts were erected at Stonehenge five thousand years before a ring of standing stones were placed there.
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Rip off?
Rather than being fake, I would say £21.50 to look at a few reconstructed 25 ton bolders is a bit of a rip off imao.
Perhaps I just do not appreciate the finer things.
No, it is probably true that three timber posts were erected at Stonehenge five thousand years before a ring of standing stones were placed there.
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Rip off?
Rather than being fake, I would say £21.50 to look at a few reconstructed 25 ton bolders is a bit of a rip off imao.
Perhaps I just do not appreciate the finer things.
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Hey, I've GOT a fake Rolex, Paid $20 for it at a flea market in Pennsauken NJ in '02 or '03.
Funny thing... it keeps time. possibly at least as good as a REAL Rolex.
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Well, just about any cheap quartz keeps better time than a Rolex. Modern watch enthusiasm is caught in an ironic state in which the functionally best type of watches is the least desired. Count me in that too.
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Yes its fake, just a knock-off copy of Carhenge.
They couldn't even use real cars, just cheap stone...
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It was not built with cranes. That trilithon had fallen back in late 18th century and that is simply a crane restoring it. As the link I posted above indicate, this and other similar photos merely depict excavations and restaurations. I reckon they are passed off as Stonehenge being built on internet, spreading the claim that the site is a modern fake, but that is, well, internet nonsense.
This is the photo you're referring to.
Really. I visited the site in 1985 and was pissed off because it was cordoned off. Probably to prevent tourists from tagging them, or climbing all over for selfies.
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OFF topic; My favourite story ever about instant karma for thoughtless tourists: Mormon Missionaries in Thailand though it would be spiffy to climb onto a statue of the reclining Buddha for some photos. They were immediately arrested and charged with sacrilege . True story, 1972.
"BANGKOK, Thailand, July 14 (Reuters)—A court in central Thailand has sentenced a young American Mormon missionary and a friend to six months’ imprisonment each for sacrilege, official provincial sources announced today.
They said that the district court at the provincial capital of Nakhon Sawan yesterday sentenced Joseph K. Wall, the Mormon, and his American friend Kimball Larsen to a year's imprisonment each, but reduced the sentences when they admitted committing sacrilege.
Mr. Larsen photographed Mr. Wall sitting on the head of a statue of Buddha in northern Sukhothai Province, the court was told. Buddhists, who make up 90 per cent of Thailand's population, consider touching the head of an image of Buddha with any part of the human body as sacrilege."
Thais Sentence 2 Americans On a Charge of Sacrilege (Published 1972)
Official sources announce on July 14 that young Amer Mormon missionary J K Wall and friend, K Larsen, are sentenced to 6 mos in jail for sacrilege in Thailand; 2 Amers photographed head of Buddha statue
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Beneath a cold sun, a grey sun, a Heretic sun...
Back in the bad old days, tourist groups were issued with a hammer and chisel so they could take home a souvenir they chipped off themselves.
Sounds about right.
In a London church there were some beautiful bronze tomb markers, over a metre long, they made great rubbings. This practice became so popular that the images began to be worn away. So, taking rubbings was banned. Didn't stop tourists from still trying to take them. .
Best rubbings. China; In Xian, in an open pavilion there are several granite blokes, each over two metre tall. Each is covered with inscriptions. They are books of medical treatments. Anyone is welcome to find treatments they want and to take a free rubbing. I was very impressed, as I was with so much I saw in China
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It would be better to say recovered and partially rebuilt, not built.
Anyway the main point is that we cannot be sure that the stones are exactly like they had disposed by the ancient builders. On the contrary, it’s well probable that there are little or great differences, maybe not in the position, but in their orientation.
This is important overall for the ones who apply archaeoastronomy to the monument. It’s evident that when we look for accurate alignments in the far past [even calculating the precession] we need to know exactly where the tip of this or that stone was. About a star some decimeters can generate a miscalculation. Obviously alignments with the sun or the moon require a well lower level of accuracy.
Anyway the main point is that we cannot be sure that the stones are exactly like they had disposed by the ancient builders. On the contrary, it’s well probable that there are little or great differences, maybe not in the position, but in their orientation.
This is important overall for the ones who apply archaeoastronomy to the monument. It’s evident that when we look for accurate alignments in the far past [even calculating the precession] we need to know exactly where the tip of this or that stone was. About a star some decimeters can generate a miscalculation. Obviously alignments with the sun or the moon require a well lower level of accuracy.
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1985 was the height of the police and the Thatcher government's war on hippies, 'New Age Travellers' and other 'undesirables'. You were fortunate it was even open. Battle of the Beanfield - Wikipedia
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