The ancient configurations, arranged in a circle, stand upended as if reaching for the heavens.
Why do some formations rest atop the upended ones? Did they provide transport to the afterlife?
Within the circle, a form emerges from the earth, possibly symbolizing the spirit breaking the bonds of the physical realm.
Some of the formations display appendages that point skyward toward the unknowable.
Note the circular donut-like totems attached to the formations. Some scholars have surmised that they reflect an ancient fascination with the sun. Did the early residents worship the sun? And how often?
Archaeologists can only speculate about what types of rituals occurred here, but they most likely helped to assuage some driving urge that afflicted the ancients.
There is some indication that the region was also inhabited by non-human life forms.
With no written record left behind, we are left to wonder and to deduce just what went on at this remote, mysterious location. Or we can click here.
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