The archeologists are at it again…
They’ve recently found two of these very round stone balls in an ancient tomb in Scotland. Yes, I am resisting the urge to make a stone balls joke of some description.
About twenty ancient stone balls have been found in the Orkneys and others across Scotland. I was sure I had posted about them before, but I can’t find any such post. The ones in the upper right corner of this Wikipedia article are examples of what I’m talking about.
So what are they?
Researchers say the stones were probably used as both weapons and symbols of power.
Symbols of power? Really? I get that it would be difficult to make such a thing with hand tools, so maybe it was a high status item but…a symbol of power?
Don’t they make more sense as a neolithic one of these?
September 14, 2021 — 6:42 pm
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