Stonehenge 1875 family photo may be earliest at monument

bbc.com

43 points·hooboy··7 comments

Also discussed 4 days ago (I'm not judging, just linking): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21771328

> The earliest known photograph of Stonehenge, not featuring a family, is thought to date from 1853 - 22 years earlier.

Just to be clear.

Is our current theory around Stonehenge stretching the principle of charity considering what we found Aztec's sacrificing while having a far superior culture. Is it actually reasonable to make the assumption people were dead when cremated?

Such a huge festival for which people travelled thousands of kilometers to witness. Does not sound compelling when bodies weren't stored to make it a big pile.

The building took thousands of years, so crossing a considerable number of generations. Could it be the demand was such that no participation in the labour effort was basically your dead sentence?

Or is Jesus officially attributed for the invention of the FOMO?

I remember walking around and climbing on the stones when I was young. Can't get near them now.

My best memory was seeing the engravings made by soldiers following victory at a Civi War battle from the mid-17th century.

You can walk right up to a lot of Moai on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), but you still aren't allowed to touch them. It's pretty cool and worth making the side trip if anyone is ever in the area (daily flights from Santiago, Chile, and I think weekly from Tahiti, and don't stay at the German bnb, locals hate them.)

you can actually can get near them, but you have to book well in advance: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/...

So we’re just going to ignore a present day Tim Apple walking around in the background of Suzie Deaves’ family photo then?

Fine. FINE!

Reply on news.ycombinator.com