Saturday, May 13, 2006

'Brazilian Stonehenge' discovered

Brazilian archaeologists have found an ancient stone structure in a remote corner of the Amazon that may cast new light on the region's past.

The site, thought to be an observatory or place of worship, pre-dates European colonisation and is said to suggest a sophisticated knowledge of astronomy.


I have the feeling we're going to keep on finding things like this; ultimately, such discoveries will prove to have less relevance to our past than to our future.

4 comments:

Paul Kimball said...

I have a feeling that you may be right.

Paul

W.M. Bear said...

I hate to keep harping on this analogy (actually, I obviously LIKE to keep harping on it!) But if a picture of a similar rock formation (minus the green grass of the article pic, of course) were returned by one of the MERs, it would instantly be classed as "an interesting geological formation." (In fact, I'd argue that pictures at least as suggestive as the one in the article HAVE been returned by the MERs.)

Mac said...

(In fact, I'd argue that pictures at least as suggestive as the one in the article HAVE been returned by the MERs.)

Perhaps not by the MERs, but certainly by the orbiters.

W.M. Bear said...

Perhaps not by the MERs, but certainly by the orbiters.

No, I meant the MERS. I'm thinking particularly of scenes like the numerous shots of "Home Plate" by Spirit from various angles, which seem to me (and like-minded wingnuts) to contain strong evidence of possible ruins. In fact, I don't think a picture like the one in the article is really comparable to orbital pix. For comparison purposes for those, you want aerial photos of ruins.