Thomas,
I live very near the Hopewell mounds in Newark, Ohio. These mounds are one of three sites in North America on the World Heritage list of seventy for the planet. Another site, the Great Pyramid of Egypt, could fit in the largest mound. I believe the Hopewell mounds were built before the pyramids.
Stonehenge is famous for its lunar alignment. The Hopewell mathematicians understood long lunar cycles of either 18 1/2 or 22 1/2 years. They built a straight road from Newark to Chillocothe, a distance of sixty miles. Traded objects from as far away as Yellowstone were found in the mounds, a distance of eighteen hundred miles.
I agree with you, our ancient ancestors had no lack of intelligence. We can learn much from them.
Ken
I live very near the Hopewell mounds in Newark, Ohio. These mounds are one of three sites in North America on the World Heritage list of seventy for the planet. Another site, the Great Pyramid of Egypt, could fit in the largest mound. I believe the Hopewell mounds were built before the pyramids.
Stonehenge is famous for its lunar alignment. The Hopewell mathematicians understood long lunar cycles of either 18 1/2 or 22 1/2 years. They built a straight road from Newark to Chillocothe, a distance of sixty miles. Traded objects from as far away as Yellowstone were found in the mounds, a distance of eighteen hundred miles.
I agree with you, our ancient ancestors had no lack of intelligence. We can learn much from them.
Ken