Radioactive temple

Would a modern Stonehenge provoke caution or curiosity in the far-off future? | Gene Edward Veith

Imagine finding in a remote desert a wall 33 feet tall and 98 feet wide. The wall goes on for two miles, encircling a vast compound. At the center of the site is a building. Inside the chamber are stone tablets inscribed with what appear to be maps, stylized designs, and inscrutable symbols. Thirty-two stone monoliths stand outside the wall, and 16 stand inside, each 25 feet high and inscribed with mysterious hieroglyphics and pictures of human faces with expressions of horror and revulsion.

Scientists flock to the site. Their instruments detect nine-inch ceramic disks just under the surface, upon which are more primitive writing and scary pictures. And although the compound is clearly ancient, the scientists discover strong magnetic fields and some radar-reflecting material buried deep beneath the surface.