R. Richard
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Now we know why they built it!
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/resources/starstruck/manhattanhenge/
http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/resources/starstruck/manhattanhenge/
Manhattanhenge
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TheeGoatPig
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I love Neil Degrasse Tyson's musings. I find him one of the most interesting people I have ever listened to.
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Cool! I wanna create a sun ceremony for next year! People in togas and flowers and such marching down the streets...maybe sacrifice something or someone...or just have a good old fashioned orgy in celebration of spring/summer... 
This sort of thing:
http://www.oilpainting.ws/upload/old-master/Sir%20Lawrence%20Alma-Tadema/Alma_Tadema_Spring.jpg
This sort of thing:
http://www.oilpainting.ws/upload/old-master/Sir%20Lawrence%20Alma-Tadema/Alma_Tadema_Spring.jpg
mynameisben
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Last Halloween, I went to a party dressed as a henge.
voluptuary_manque
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I thought you hung doors on henges . . . 
mynameisben
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I thought you hung doors on henges . . .
No one has ever accused me of not being well [something or other].
Handley_Page
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I thought you hung doors on henges . . .
Only in Manhattan.
Over here, we have a variety of Henges to suit all tastes, in both wood and stone and widely distributed about these Isles.
And not a door in sight.
I draw your attention to that fabulous track by Flanders & Swann: "Built-up area"
R. Richard
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From Wiki:
The "henge" portion of Stonehenge has given its name to a class of monuments known as henges. Archaeologists define henges as earthworks consisting of a circular banked enclosure with an internal ditch. As often happens in archaeological terminology, this is a holdover from antiquarian usage and Stonehenge is not truly a henge site as its bank is inside its ditch. Despite being contemporary with true Neolithic henges and stone circles, Stonehenge is in many ways atypical – for example, at over 24 feet (7.3 m) tall, its extant trilithons supporting lintels held in place with mortise and tenon joints, make it unique.
The "henge" portion of Stonehenge has given its name to a class of monuments known as henges. Archaeologists define henges as earthworks consisting of a circular banked enclosure with an internal ditch. As often happens in archaeological terminology, this is a holdover from antiquarian usage and Stonehenge is not truly a henge site as its bank is inside its ditch. Despite being contemporary with true Neolithic henges and stone circles, Stonehenge is in many ways atypical – for example, at over 24 feet (7.3 m) tall, its extant trilithons supporting lintels held in place with mortise and tenon joints, make it unique.
