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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

They are big stones. Enormous sculptures and visual art. Often, as in the case of the giant menhirs at Kernario in Brittany they stand like sentinels as part of a vast megalithic complex. It has been assumed that our civilization … Continue reading

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STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Lost and found.A cultural tower of Babel or a stairway to heaven. In a mountain valley of Afghanistan a French explorer discovered this ancient Ghorid tower, previously known only to legend. It is an artifact, an imposing one, of Ghurid … Continue reading

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