(2600 BC) What was it for? Always so hard to infer/describe purpose (archaeology, ET, AI, InfoSec, ...)pic.twitter.com/QTtpPJRDIE
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(2600 BC) What was it for? Always so hard to infer/describe purpose (archaeology, ET, AI, InfoSec, ...)pic.twitter.com/QTtpPJRDIE
Stephen, amazing site! This is a calendar system that still works to this day. An incredible engineering work that gave meaning to time.
I believe the traditional answer (when we don't know) is "ritual purposes"
Tom, indeed! It is amazing that sites like this still speak to us over the ages. How many night they had to stare and observe to build it...
Tom, The menhirs and dolmens represented so many elements and concepts in that epoch.
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