JonSR77
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This Russian website shows stunning photos of what appears to be Stonehenge being built.
https://worldtruth.tv/1954-photos-show-stonehenge-being-built/
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Uh, yeah, styrofoam Stonehenge for some movie...
Excavation and Restoration: Stonehenge in the 1950s and 60s
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Uh, yeah, styrofoam Stonehenge for some movie...
Em in Ohio
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Well, it's not like they painted the images on Stonehenge. But, I had to laugh at this comment: “This is nuts, or should I say, completely unhenged,” read one of almost 6,000 replies to the tweet.
My pleasure and thanks for the welcome!
MountainRa
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- Upstate SC, USA
We have our own (modern) American Stonehenge in the state of Georgia. 
Called the Georgia Guidestones, erected anonymously in 1980, they are 4 massive granite slabs. Much rumor, conjecture, and sometimes, hysteria surrounds the guidestones. No individual or group has ever admitted responsibility for the monument.
The inscriptions on the Guidestones are meant for current and future generations. Sandblasted along the square capstone sitting atop the structure is the basic message: “Let these be guidestones to an age of reason,” in Babylonian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Sanskrit, and classical Greek. The four granite slabs, each weighing 42,137 pounds and standing more than sixteen feet in height, list ten “guides” for mankind in eight different languages. The languages represented on the four major stones are Arabic, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili.
Astronomical phenomena are also associated with the Guidestones. The four large upright granite slabs that compose the face of the structure are oriented to the limits of the moon’s migration during the course of the year. An eye-level, oblique hole is drilled in the Gnomen stone upward toward the celestial heavens and oriented on Polaris, the North Star. In the middle of the Gnomen stone is a large slot with a hole cut through the granite, orienting the monument with summer and winter solstices. The Guidestones also act as an enormous sundial. Drilled through the capstone is a seven-eighths-inch hole, which allows sunlight to shine on the southern face of the Gnomen stone at noon.
On the stones are ten instructions:
Called the Georgia Guidestones, erected anonymously in 1980, they are 4 massive granite slabs. Much rumor, conjecture, and sometimes, hysteria surrounds the guidestones. No individual or group has ever admitted responsibility for the monument.
The inscriptions on the Guidestones are meant for current and future generations. Sandblasted along the square capstone sitting atop the structure is the basic message: “Let these be guidestones to an age of reason,” in Babylonian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Sanskrit, and classical Greek. The four granite slabs, each weighing 42,137 pounds and standing more than sixteen feet in height, list ten “guides” for mankind in eight different languages. The languages represented on the four major stones are Arabic, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili.
Astronomical phenomena are also associated with the Guidestones. The four large upright granite slabs that compose the face of the structure are oriented to the limits of the moon’s migration during the course of the year. An eye-level, oblique hole is drilled in the Gnomen stone upward toward the celestial heavens and oriented on Polaris, the North Star. In the middle of the Gnomen stone is a large slot with a hole cut through the granite, orienting the monument with summer and winter solstices. The Guidestones also act as an enormous sundial. Drilled through the capstone is a seven-eighths-inch hole, which allows sunlight to shine on the southern face of the Gnomen stone at noon.
On the stones are ten instructions:
- Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
- Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
- Unite humanity with a living new language.
- Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
- Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
- Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
- Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
- Balance personal rights with social duties.
- Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
- Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
Em in Ohio
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- OH HI OH
Someone posted a link to this information, but this is a nice addition. It's amusing to see how something that is pretty innocuous can trigger conspiracy theories!We have our own (modern) American Stonehenge in the state of Georgia.
Called the Georgia Guidestones, erected anonymously in 1980, they are 4 massive granite slabs. Much rumor, conjecture, and sometimes, hysteria surrounds the guidestones. No individual or group has ever admitted responsibility for the monument.
The inscriptions on the Guidestones are meant for current and future generations. Sandblasted along the square capstone sitting atop the structure is the basic message: “Let these be guidestones to an age of reason,” in Babylonian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Sanskrit, and classical Greek. The four granite slabs, each weighing 42,137 pounds and standing more than sixteen feet in height, list ten “guides” for mankind in eight different languages. The languages represented on the four major stones are Arabic, Chinese, English, Hebrew, Hindi, Russian, Spanish, and Swahili.
Astronomical phenomena are also associated with the Guidestones. The four large upright granite slabs that compose the face of the structure are oriented to the limits of the moon’s migration during the course of the year. An eye-level, oblique hole is drilled in the Gnomen stone upward toward the celestial heavens and oriented on Polaris, the North Star. In the middle of the Gnomen stone is a large slot with a hole cut through the granite, orienting the monument with summer and winter solstices. The Guidestones also act as an enormous sundial. Drilled through the capstone is a seven-eighths-inch hole, which allows sunlight to shine on the southern face of the Gnomen stone at noon.
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On the stones are ten instructions:
- Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
- Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
- Unite humanity with a living new language.
- Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
- Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
- Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
- Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
- Balance personal rights with social duties.
- Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
- Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
Llynn
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- Pacific NorthWET
Here in Washington State, we have our own copy of the Henge. It's built on the southern border of the State, right on the Columbia River. It was built after WWI as a memorial to those who died in that war.
Meanderer
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Photos Showing Victorians Painstakingly Rebuilding Stonehenge in 1901 Are Rewriting the Guidebooks
"Photos are shedding light on the painstaking rebuilding of Stonehenge by Victorians in 1901—depicting engineers trying to move the tallest stones back into their intricate prehistoric positions."
"Britain’s most famous ancient monument on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire was built around 2500 BC, but after thousands of years some of the stones had fallen out of place."
"Most guidebooks since the 1970s had made no mention of the facelift provided during the Victorian era—or other restorations completed around 1920, 1959, and 1964."
"But the fascinating photos found by a researcher of history at the University of the West of England show the repairs in 1901."
View of leaning stone prior to straightening; with two members of the Society of Antiquaries in 1901 – SWNS
Straightening a leaning stone at Stonehenge in 1901 – SWNS
"Photos are shedding light on the painstaking rebuilding of Stonehenge by Victorians in 1901—depicting engineers trying to move the tallest stones back into their intricate prehistoric positions."
"Britain’s most famous ancient monument on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire was built around 2500 BC, but after thousands of years some of the stones had fallen out of place."
"Most guidebooks since the 1970s had made no mention of the facelift provided during the Victorian era—or other restorations completed around 1920, 1959, and 1964."
"But the fascinating photos found by a researcher of history at the University of the West of England show the repairs in 1901."
View of leaning stone prior to straightening; with two members of the Society of Antiquaries in 1901 – SWNS
Straightening a leaning stone at Stonehenge in 1901 – SWNS
Meanderer
See-noir Member
Stonehenge: History and Restoration through old photographs, 1880-1960
Post-First World War aerial photograph of Stonehenge.
During the 1920 restoration William Hawley, who had excavated nearby Old Sarum, excavated the base of six stones and the outer ditch. MORE
Post-First World War aerial photograph of Stonehenge.
During the 1920 restoration William Hawley, who had excavated nearby Old Sarum, excavated the base of six stones and the outer ditch. MORE
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GoneFishin
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- Canada 🏠⛺🚤
And then this happened
Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil
Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil protesters
Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil
Stonehenge covered in powder paint by Just Stop Oil protesters