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Megaliths and Stone Constructions
Poor Pythagoras! Near   the   town   of   Carnac   in   Brittany,   France, there    are    thousands    of    menhirs    in    long rows.   Dr.   Bruno   P.   Kremer   from   the   Institute of    Natural    Science    of    the    University    of Cologne,   who   has   published   several   papers on    this    arrangement    of    stones,    estimates the   number   of   menhirs   still   existing   today   as "more   than   3,000."   And   Pierre-Roland   Giot, the   leading   expert   on   Brittany   in   France,   is of   the   opinion   that   something   approaching 10,000   menhirs   must   once   have   stood   in   the landscape.   Many   of   the   granite   blocks   have been   destroyed   today,   worn   away   by   wind and    weather.    The    ranks    of    three    to    10 stones   give   the   appearance   of   a   petrified   army.   The   smallest   are   barely   1   meter   tall;   the giant   among   them,   the   menhir   of   Kerloas   ne   ar   Plouarzel,   is   12   meters   high   and   weighs 150   tons.   The   largest   "long   stone"   in   the   whole   area   is   the   menhir   of   Locmariaquer.   It   lies broken   on   the   ground,   was   once   21   meters   high,   and   weighed   a   good   350   tons.   The   most impressive   thing   is   probably   the   long   parallel   columns   of   the   Alignements   (alignments). Near   Kermario,   there   are   1,029   menhirs   in   10   rows   on   an   area   about   100   meters   wide and   1,120   meters   long. At   Menec,   there   are   1,099   standing   stones   arranged   in   columns   of 11. The Alignement   of   Kerlescan   comprises   540   menhirs   in   rows   of   13   and   at   Kerzehro   we can count another 1,129 menhirs in columns of 10. These   are   just   some   of   the   details,   but   they   give   an   idea   of   the   enormous   work   which   was undertaken   by   someone   at   some   stage.   Carbon-14   dating   at   the   dolmen   of   Kercado produced   an   age   of   5,830   years.   May   the   gods   be   thanked   for   this   date,   even   if   it   might subsequently   turn   out   to   be   too   recent. At   5,830   years,   all   the   nonsense   put   forward   in   all seriousness   in   the   previous   literature   can   at   least   be   put   to   rest.   It   has   been   suggested, among   other   things,   that   primitive   nomad   tribes   had   cut   and   aligned   stone   blocks   in European   pre-history   to   copy   the   peoples   of   the   East   who   possessed   mighty   structures   in Egypt   and   elsewhere.   Another   current   of   thought   suspects   that   the   whole   of   the   area which   is   Brittany   today   had   once   been   sacred   land   of   the   Druids   -   but   they   reached   their height   in   the   last   pre-Christian   century.   If   therefore   the   Druids   located   their   holy   places   in the   network   of   menhirs,   they   must   have   taken   over   a   complex   that   had   already   been finished    and    completed.    It    was    originally    believed    that    the    stone    columns    were gravestones   -   but   no   bones   ever   materialized.   Then   someone   thought   it   was   a   gigantic calendar   in   stone.   Error.   Even   an   astronomical   alignment   was   assumed   to   be   behind   the long rows. In the meantime, we know better: they are about sophisticated geometry. The   western   cromlech   near   Le   Menec   includes   two   Pythagorean   triangles   whose   sides have   a   ratio   of   3:4:5.   Pythagoras,   the   Greek   philosopher   from   Samos,   lived   at   ab   out   532 BC.    He    cannot    have    instructed    the    "nomad    tribes    and    gatherers    of    berries"    in    his teachings.   Poor   Pythagoras!   Your   helpful   theorems   were   already   applied   millennia   before you.
Read: Evidence     of     the Gods, page 195
RAMAR RAMAR
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Megaliths and Stone Constructions
Poor Pythagoras! Near   the   town   of   Carnac   in   Brittany,   France,   there are   thousands   of   menhirs   in   long   rows.   Dr.   Bruno   P. Kremer   from   the   Institute   of   Natural   Science   of   the University   of   Cologne,   who   has   published   several papers   on   this   arrangement   of   stones,   estimates the   number   of   menhirs   still   existing   today   as   "more than   3,000."   And   Pierre-Roland   Giot,   the   leading expert   on   Brittany   in   France,   is   of   the   opinion   that something   approaching   10,000   menhirs   must   once have   stood   in   the   landscape.   Many   of   the   granite blocks   have   been   destroyed   today,   worn   away   by wind   and   weather.   The   ranks   of   three   to   10   stones give    the    appearance    of    a    petrified    army.    The smallest   are   barely   1   meter   tall;   the   giant   among them,   the   menhir   of   Kerloas   ne   ar   Plouarzel,   is   12 meters   high   and   weighs   150   tons. The   largest   "long stone"     in     the     whole     area     is     the     menhir     of Locmariaquer.   It   lies   broken   on   the   ground,   was once    21    meters    high,    and    weighed    a    good    350 tons.   The   most   impressive   thing   is   probably   the long      parallel      columns      of      the      Alignements (alignments).     Near     Kermario,     there     are     1,029 menhirs   in   10   rows   on   an   area   about   100   meters wide and 1,120 meters long. At     Menec,     there     are     1,099     standing     stones arranged    in    columns    of    11.    The    Alignement    of Kerlescan comprises 540 menhirs in rows of 13   and   at   Kerzehro   we   can   count   another   1,129 menhirs in columns of 10. These   are   just   some   of   the   details,   but   they   give   an idea   of   the   enormous   work   which   was   undertaken by   someone   at   some   stage.   Carbon-14   dating   at the   dolmen   of   Kercado   produced   an   age   of   5,830 years.   May   the   gods   be   thanked   for   this   date,   even if   it   might   subsequently   turn   out   to   be   too   recent. At 5,830   years,   all   the   nonsense   put   forward   in   all seriousness   in   the   previous   literature   can   at   least be   put   to   rest.   It   has   been   suggested,   among   other things,    that    primitive    nomad    tribes    had    cut    and aligned    stone    blocks    in    European    pre-history    to copy    the    peoples    of    the    East    who    possessed mighty   structures   in   Egypt   and   elsewhere.   Another current   of   thought   suspects   that   the   whole   of   the area   which   is   Brittany   today   had   once   been   sacred land   of   the   Druids   -   but   they   reached   their   height   in the    last    pre-Christian    century.    If    therefore    the Druids   located   their   holy   places   in   the   network   of menhirs,   they   must   have   taken   over   a   complex   that had   already   been   finished   and   completed.   It   was originally    believed    that    the    stone    columns    were gravestones    -    but    no    bones    ever    materialized. Then   someone   thought   it   was   a   gigantic   calendar in    stone.    Error.    Even    an    astronomical    alignment was   assumed   to   be   behind   the   long   rows.   In   the meantime,     we     know     better:     they     are     about sophisticated geometry. The   western   cromlech   near   Le   Menec   includes   two Pythagorean   triangles   whose   sides   have   a   ratio   of 3:4:5.    Pythagoras,    the    Greek    philosopher    from Samos,   lived   at   ab   out   532   BC.   He   cannot   have instructed    the    "nomad    tribes    and    gatherers    of berries"    in    his    teachings.    Poor    Pythagoras!   Your helpful    theorems    were    already    applied    millennia before you.
Read: Evidence      of      the      Gods, page 195
RAMAR RAMAR