Mysterious Monuments


Quiz: Do you Know Where these Mysterious Monuments are Located?
Quiz: Do you Know Where these Mysterious Monuments are Located?
I love mysterious monuments like Stonehenge!
Megalithic stone monuments can be found all over the world, some of them immense creations that require engineering feats that challenge modern scientists. They were built by cultures with very little in common and over time frames that span the millennia. I just love the mystery that surrounds their creation, who made them, how they did it, and why. And I love the stone megaliths themselves. Their forms are so unique and interesting, in some ways ancient but also there's something eternal ab...


Who or What Made Them?
Who or What Made Them?
Questioning the origins of things
We can agree that pretty much everything and everyone was made or created by someone or something. We twenty-first century humans have figured out who or what made most of them. So, for example, we all agree that the Andes Mountains were made by natural forces and the ruined city of Machu Picchu was made by the Incas. Why they built this city up there on the top of the mountains in Peru is not known (or at least not agreed upon), but at least we all agree it was human beings (not aliens!) th...


What Were They Thinking?
What Were They Thinking?
Mysterious Monuments - What Were They Thinking When They Built Them!
I already have a lens on mysterious monuments which was a (relatively) serious attempt to look at the amazing structures that were created by ancient cultures all over the world. This is a more lighthearted look at some of these megalithic monuments, yeah really for fun, using the caption module. Of course its a challenge! Buy The Thinker from Art.com



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