I just finished reading an article about Stonehenge. What a facinating history it has. But when I see how Stonehenge was supposed to look and how it looks now it kind of makes me sad. It would be wonderful to restore this monument and experience it how it was meant to be used and seen.
I know some people would think this sacrilege but why? It was a monument meant to be used and experienced. The shape it's in now is nothing of how it should be seen.
I remember watching another show where some scientists recreated stonehenge with foam blocks. They did it to scale and positioned it just in the same manner that stonehenge is positioned. They said the accousitics would have been very interesting inside. Sadly we'll never experience that now the way it is.
Why do people want to keep history in plastic? Hands off, no touching! Heavens forbid anyone wants to actually use one of these things. Museums make me feel the same way. I want to touch these things. Walking around looking at things under glass makes me feel like I'm not quite good enough to touch these artifacts of my very own history. Only the museum staff are allowd to touch these items and then most likely with gloved hands. I wonder if they ever take off their gloves and hold an artifact in their palms to really feel it?
Anyway I think Stonehenge should be restored to it's former glory and be made into a place people can visit and worship again. Think what it would be like! Today we pay our money and walk around the fallen stones, no touching!
I know some people would think this sacrilege but why? It was a monument meant to be used and experienced. The shape it's in now is nothing of how it should be seen.
I remember watching another show where some scientists recreated stonehenge with foam blocks. They did it to scale and positioned it just in the same manner that stonehenge is positioned. They said the accousitics would have been very interesting inside. Sadly we'll never experience that now the way it is.
Why do people want to keep history in plastic? Hands off, no touching! Heavens forbid anyone wants to actually use one of these things. Museums make me feel the same way. I want to touch these things. Walking around looking at things under glass makes me feel like I'm not quite good enough to touch these artifacts of my very own history. Only the museum staff are allowd to touch these items and then most likely with gloved hands. I wonder if they ever take off their gloves and hold an artifact in their palms to really feel it?
Anyway I think Stonehenge should be restored to it's former glory and be made into a place people can visit and worship again. Think what it would be like! Today we pay our money and walk around the fallen stones, no touching!
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