[HN Gopher] An unusual prehistoric monument made up of three int...
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       An unusual prehistoric monument made up of three interlocking
       circles
        
       Author : bryanrasmussen
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2024-04-11 08:00 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.labrujulaverde.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.labrujulaverde.com)
        
       | kinlan wrote:
       | It's clearly a picture of a mouse with a missing front leg.
        
         | peteradio wrote:
         | Or possibly some sort of as yet undiscovered stupid bird.
        
         | marcosdumay wrote:
         | It's a tail-less duck.
        
         | jjtheblunt wrote:
         | Prehistoric crossfit: kettlebell and double under rope
        
       | matthewsinclair wrote:
       | Trisolarans? /s
        
       | throw1234651234 wrote:
       | Decent trench system.
        
         | datameta wrote:
         | They're enclosures.
        
       | seanhunter wrote:
       | How long do you reckon before someone publishes a tortured
       | explanation about how the eccentricity of the circles gives the
       | first 4 digits of the square root of Euler's number if you
       | measure it in ancient Egyptian cubits or something and therefore
       | aliens?
        
         | empath-nirvana wrote:
         | If you measure the circumference of the circular enclosure and
         | divide it by the diameter, it's a close approximation to pi.
        
           | seanhunter wrote:
           | Aliens must have built it. See? I told you.
        
         | swader999 wrote:
         | Only if you adjust for where the stars were in the sky back
         | then.
        
       | jccooper wrote:
       | Perhaps a fort with a couple of additions.
        
         | TSiege wrote:
         | If it were a fort there would be evidence of postholes and
         | other remains of defense fortifications. There's a decent
         | amount of fortified sites known from the neolithic, so I assume
         | it would've been ruled out quickly. They also tended to build
         | forts on hills and this structure is on flat ground and the
         | "monument" looks quite small for defense.
         | 
         | The article seems to allude to it having some sort of funeral
         | practices
        
       | jeffrallen wrote:
       | Goatse, is that you?
        
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