Stonehenge

I was just watching a thing on the History Channel which was actually educational, and it was surprising in view of the topic.  There are a few subjects which I think, quite frankly, they overdo, and among these are The Titanic, The Pyramids, Bible stuff and Stonehenge.

How many times can they say “They are really old but we don’t exactly know old and we have no idea how they were built or what they were for but it must have been something religious because that’s what we always say when we don’t have a clue.”

This show was better, though.  The original construction was in about 2,400 B.C.    They know this from little bits of grain, undoubtedly from a laborer’s lunch.  About 200 years later, there was a major addition, and then another one later on.  By 1,900 it had reached it’s final state.

But the cool part is what it was used for, and they couldn’t bring themselves to say it.  They said “a place of healing” and a mecca for “those who were sick and wanted to be made well, those who were wounded and wanted to be healed” and “a place that would attract doctors and magicians.”  For some reason, they never used the word “hospital.”

That’s the amazing thing.  The ancient celtic or druidic culture, whoever they were, were sophisticated enough to have a hospital, as well as either canals or rail transport to bring the stones.  Not so primitive at all.