tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post4119813332422828369..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: StonehengeGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-35596756444996037902011-11-29T03:41:07.593-05:002011-11-29T03:41:07.593-05:00Man has always had a need to understand the world ...Man has always had a need to understand the world around him, and has made the tools it could to help in that endeavor. These were the tools of the day. The original purpose of architecture (as opposed to shelter in say, a cave) was astronomical, to know the calendar and the seasons so as to be able to predict what food sources would be available, or able to be grown.<br /><br />These things amaze us now, because too many of us don't spend much time looking at the universe with those goals or understanding in mind. What surprises me is that people find these sorts of things extraordinary, implying that they imagine our ancestors wandering around aimlessly hoping to find food by dumb luck. Of course not, and of course they developed things like this, and deemed them of extreme importance.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.com