Category: Henges

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Pebblehenge

My brother Matt gave me this little kit for my 60th birthday last summer. I waited until the Winter Solstice to build it.

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It is small. The tiles in the photo above are 4 inch squares.

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But it looked great and very realistic.

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And most important of all: when the sun rose over the patio cover it shone directly onto the gap between two of the stones. Proving once again the amazing astronomical skill and knowledge of the “henge builders” ancient and modern.

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At dawn on the 21st of December while we were building this henge we danced and joked and generally lacked gravitas. As a result of our impiety that afternoon a furious wind blew and henge was destroyed. Most of the stones ended up in the bushes but some went into the neighbors swimming pool. Perhaps they will be discovered by future generations who will attempt to understand the ancient mysteries of the henge. Or not.

Moral of the story: Build your henges with bigger stones!

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Granite Facts

This is the last post about Elberton and the Georgia Guidestone. I promise.
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The Elberton Granite Museum was a motherload of information about granite. The companies in the Granite Industry in the area publish the Graniteer
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And in case you missed it a map of how to find it:
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Here are a few more pictures of the Georgia Guidestones
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This was a very interesting town with lots of potential and it has the guidestones that will in time grow to be an ancient shrine rather than the odd monument they appear to be now. This is not unlike what the Men of Stone are trying to accomplish.
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The Great Pyramid of Gates

This years henge event is a pyramid.

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collecting monitors

It’s working name is: The Great Pyramid of Gates, Monitor I. It will be made of 200 plus computer monitors all of which will be salvaged for a few days on their way to being recycled. Dimensions about 20 feet high and the same on each side.  The date will be in mid November on a Sunday afternoon
Sponsorships including naming opportunities are available. An artist rendition of the completed pyramid is in the works.

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The Georgia Guidestones

Nurit and I drove from Atlanta to Elberton to visit the Georgia Guidestones. They are included on many lists as a Henge in Georgia. You judge: There would be a picture here but see the previous post.

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There is a list of advise for the world written in eight languages on the sides of the stones:

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You can follow this link to see a picture:

http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/guidestones.html

or this one:

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/OVERhenges.html

Like any good henge the guide stones have an observatory feature in this case a slot that the sun shines directly through at the solistice.  Here is a view through the slot:

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While we were in Elberton we also visited the Granite Museum. It has free postcards but “only take a few”. Elberton is the self proclaimed “Granite Capital of the World”

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The single piece of granite in a needle is one of the prides of the town:

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It was an excellent day of driving in the piedmont and seeing the dogwoods and azaleas in bloom.

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Ancient Astronomy Exposed

When visiting ancient sites like Machu Pichu, The Pyramids or Stone Henge we are asked to marvel at the amazing astronomical skills of the ancients. At the equinox or the solistice we are told the sun shines just so and this proves that the builders were really amazing blah blah blah.

Here is another theory. The two fixed objects in the sky are the North Star and the Southern Cross. if you build your big thing facing one of them on the solistice the sun will rise and set at exactly a right angle to the direction and amazing things will happen.

Look at this picture taken at the spring solistice:

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Ignore the dog. My house was built facing north. When the sun shines in my East facing office window on the spring solistice it shines all the way into the front hall. Is this proof that the builders of my house were great astronomers or the unintended consequence of building the house facing north in the first place.

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Monitor Pyramid

Last year we built Laptophenge and although it was fun and creative it did not measure up to Pigpothenge or its predecessor Cellphonehenge.

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Laptophenge

Recently Stephanie R. sent me a picture of some monitors waiting to go to there final resting place and suggested a henge.

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Monitors in storage

But I was at Chichenitza in Mexico and saw the pyramid and realized that monitors could be used to build a beautiful 5 to 7 meter (20 foot) high pyramid.

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The Model for Monitor Pyramid

I am going to start working on this idea for early November. What is needed now is a better name than “Monitor Pyramid”, a venue and a charity to donate the proceeds of this great cultural event.