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nigelswift Feb 27, 2007 11:02:49
Replying to slumpystones

In other words, it never stood up on end.

Quite.
Possibly.
What Inigo saw, or thought he did, was the remains of a Roman altar - something he would have been very well informed about. They weren't all upright. http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:ZTW_rsBX3TIJ:community.iexplore.com/photogallery/displayFeaturePhoto.asp%3FID%3D144198+roman+altar&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=21&ie=UTF-8
and some even had a groove - http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:YPncHR0gWTQJ:lexicorient.com/egypt/luxor06.htm+roman+altar&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&ie=UTF-8

Anyone fancy checking out his sketches and notes from Stonehenge and his sketches of his stage designs? http://ipac.nal.vam.ac.uk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1172N0187K833.1427&menu=search&aspect=basic_search&npp=10&ipp=20&profile=nal&ri=&index=NA&term=jones%2C+inigo&aspect=basic_search&x=16&y=9#focus#focus#focus#focus

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slumpystones Feb 27, 2007 11:23:24
Replying to nigelswift

But that raises too many cross-questions which seem to be ignored. If the Altar was flat, what went in the holes in front of 55 and 56, that have been attributed to the Altar stone all these years?

You know what the problem is? Nobody's bothered to look in case it contradicts established theory, based on bullshit and poor excavation. Nobody wants to stick their neck out in case someone important laughs at them.