Chris Thompson   Chris Thompson on the internet

In this, the modern age, the age of the internet and governments who are happy to lay down cables across the country to ensure that people out in the lesser populated areas can have access to the internet, I find it quite a wonderful thing that there are places out there that are still hidden, untouched, and buried away from prying eyes.

There is a very interesting piece here telling of a discovery of one such place: the tomb of an Aztec ruler has been discovered in the wake of an earthquake. And outside the grave site, a statue of the goddess of the Earth is one of the more prominent findings, suggesting that it is quite a significant site indeed.

In addition to this, and somewhat similarly, there is a prehistoric ceremonial complex that has been discovered near Stonehenge in England – but apparently it is thousands of years older than the famous site. It was discovered by English Heritage, flying overhead in a routine survey, who noticed a series of crop circles. These, in turn, lead to a 6,000 year old tomb complex; a form of architecture that is considered to be the earliest known in the country. Which is quite something, when you think about it.

Presumably these crop circles have been there before, even if they aren’t there all the time. It’s just staggering to think that this has sat undiscovered for so long. And it makes me wonder – what else is out there, hidden from sight?