Grund Finds Wonder

Grund’s arms hurt. Grund rowed across big water till Grun was blind and skin peeled.

Grund washed up on shore. Grund woke in cave. Grund confused.

Man with Grund in cave. Man nice. Man gives Grund food.

Grund write 5/5 review of cave. Grund simple man. Big cave. Pretty. Man lucky.

Man take Grund up hill. Big hill. Top of big hill, big stones. Big stones keep sun off but no one goes below big stones. Grund don’t understand.

2/5 review for silly people.

Still, is pretty.

4.5/5 for pretty. -.5 for sun. Sun hot. Grund no like sun.

Grund not know how anyone ever makes thing larger than Ġgantija temple. Lots of circles too. Grund likes circles. Grund stand in middle of stone circle and people cheer for Grund.

Grund watch as they move stones on rolling stones. Stones roll like stone down cliff. Makes Grund laugh.

No way those desert-bound Egyptians do this. Grund like dry land. Grund don’t like big water anymore. Grund boat sink anyway. Grund live here now.

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A/N:

Always love a good opportunity to bend the rules and also dive into topics I find fascinating. There’s a lot of conspiracy theories out there about “Lost civilizations and their lost advanced technology.”

Those people are stupid. There’s no Atlantis with flying machines Milo Thatch style.

Still, we as humans are really bad at big numbers. If you take the canonical seven wonders, the Pyramids were 2000 years older than the next oldest site, the fabled Hanging Gardens. If you take the oldest dating of Ġgantija, which discoveries Latnija Cave have pushed back human habitation on Malta even farther back than previously thought, that would make the temple complex almost a thousand years older than the pyramids.

How many stories might fill those centuries that we have no evidence of? How many stories were told of the wonders across the world, carried on intrepid lips of those who wandered into the darkened hinterland (or across the big water)? Before the cornerstones at Giza were even laid, what did our ancestors think was the most wonderful thing in the world?

Can’t wait for Ian to pop in and poke holes in all of this.

My totally rule breaking take on Lana's Challenge. Maybe I should learn how to follow a prompt. Ehh:

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