Before I get into today’s blog, I’d like to wish my friend Harold Bussell a very happy 92nd birthday! A very big day. Sending you lots of love and good wishes.
And now we return to our regularly scheduled program.
A very smart friend of mine on Facebook recently talked about the megalithic cultures and their structures. He mentioned how they are almost identical in so many ways.
For instance. He said, “There are many pyramids across the globe, all built at approximately the same time, always in groups of three that align with the Pleiades.”
Before we go any further, let me break down a couple of things in those statements.
Megalithic, for one. Maybe you know about it, but I did not know much at all. So I did some exploring.
A megalithic culture is a society or group of people that built large stone structures, usually during prehistoric times. The word “megalith” comes from the Greek words mega (large) and lithos (stone). These cultures are best known for moving and arranging enormous stones without modern machinery. Like magic, I say.
Megalithic cultures existed in many parts of the world, especially during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, roughly between 5000 B.C. and 1000 B.C., depending on the region. A long, long time ago.
My friend mentioned the pyramids. But there are others. Some common types of megalithic structures include:
Stone circles
Dolmens (stone tombs)
Menhirs (single standing stones)
Passage graves
Burial chambers
Massive stone temples and monuments
The most famous example is probably Stonehenge in England, but megalithic sites also appear in places such as Ireland, France, Spain, India, Korea, Malta, and parts of Africa and South America.
So. What were they for? Well, our best guesses are that these structures were often connected to:
Burial rituals
Ancestor worship
Astronomy and calendars
Religious ceremonies
Territorial markers
Community gathering places
Here is another thing about this era. Many megalithic cultures left behind no written language. Sure, they spoke. But they didn’t write. So with that, archaeologists have to learn about them mainly through excavation. And then they study all of those artifacts, bones, tools, and the actual stone monuments. With dirt on their hands.
Of course, one of the biggest mysteries is how ancient people transported stones weighing many tons over long distances. I have trouble lifting my ten-pound weights these days. Bt. Researchers believe those olden-time people used combinations of logs, sledges, ropes, manpower, and carefully planned engineering.
Here are some interesting things about all of this.
Some stones at Stonehenge traveled over 150 miles.
Korea has more dolmens than any other country in the world.
Many megalithic monuments align with the sun or moon during solstices and equinoxes.
Wait. There’s more.
Many are built with precise angles and blocks of stone, and we don’t have the technology today to even move let alone put in place.
All of the ancient structures seem to track the constellations precisely. If you study what’s left of Stone Henge closely, you can see that it’s actually an accurate model of the solar system, right down to the orbit of Pluto. What these ancient cultures achieved in relation to the stars is amazing
It begs the question.
Just how in the world did they do this?
Was it of this world?
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“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” — Winston Churchill
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“Astronomy compels the soul to look upward and leads us from this world to another.” — Plato
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“Mystery creates wonder, and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.” — Neil Armstrong
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