No one can completely understand how several wonders of the ancient world had been constructed by human beings thousands of years ago, or why they were even erected in the first place. Monuments like Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Giza, and Machu Picchu both inspire awe and bewilderment.
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Though scientists are continuously researching on these structures to find out what ancient peoples and societies were up to, and how they came about with the building of these landmarks, other people have different explanations. One such idea proposed by English antiquarian Alfred Watkins was the concept of ley lines.
By looking at the alignment of different monuments on the map, Watkins claimed that ancient peoples had been aware of this invisible grid of straight lines and so they erected structures along that grid. It also provided a route that Stone Age traders used to arrive at the next settlement.
Many in the scientific community rejected the idea because Watkins’ method of connecting these landmarks faced some challenges such as the geographical terrain which would have prevented people from following a straight path from one landmark to the next and the fact that drawing a straight line on a map would inevitably touch upon several of these landmarks.
Then in the ’60s, Tony Wedd unearthed the ley lines idea, and suggested that they were used as runways for alien spacecraft. However, without any evidence, this too was shelved pretty quickly.
In 1969, perhaps one of the more plausible attempts at having the ley line idea accepted was John Michell’s introduction of the ‘Earth energies’ concept. He asserted that these monuments oozed spiritual energy from deep within the earth, and ones with psychic consciousness could sense them.
However, through a decade-long research into the idea, scientists found no evidence that such things existed. -via Strange Company
(Image credit: Alfred Watkins/Wikimedia Commons)
Source: neatorama