The more carefully you look at what is known, the more clearly the limits of that knowledge appear.

And those limits are not diminishments of the site’s significance.

They are what keep it alive as a subject of inquiry, as a place that continues to ask questions rather than simply providing answers.

The Permanence of the Questions

A limestone pillar erected more than 11,000 years ago does not speak, in the sense of telling you directly what it means.

It stands.