Vaguely related
Some excellent aerial photography of something flying in circles round Silbury Hill
(oh all right I confess - I couldn't think where else to add this)
Mick Harper wrote:I've never seen a 'moat' round it before. Presumably this arose from the recent rains, though of course there is no reason why floodwaters should take this course unless the original structure was designed that way.
macausland wrote:I seem to remember in the book 'Uriel's Machine' the authors claimed that stone circles had moats around them for making precise calculations from the reflections of stars and planets etc.
hvered wrote:An area of water can be made permanent if the bottom of the ditch is lined with clay, the technique used to create dewponds, but I'm sure archaeologists would have picked up on a clay lining if it existed.
THE IKHTHYES (or Ichthyes) were a pair of large Syrian river fish who rescued Aphrodite and Eros when they were fleeing from the monster Typhoeus. Others say the two gods disguised themselves as fish to escape the monster, or that the fish assisted in the birth of Aphrodite. In all versions of the story, they were placed amongst the stars as the Constellation Pisces.
These Fishes probably developed into Aphros and Bythos, the fish-tailed Ikhthyokentauroi (Sea-Centaurs) of late classical art, which are shown bringing Aphrodite ashore following her sea-birth.
hvered wrote:A water-filled moat sounds like a fish farm
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