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.

2 comments:

Paul Kimball said...

I have a feeling that you may be right.

Paul

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.