LexiLine was the first group list online to focus on the "history of civilization". Our shared human past remains important today because it greatly influences current events -- to a far greater degree than generally appreciated. Do our scholars have that history right? Not always.

At LexiLine, we explore ancient cultures, focusing especially on the roots of human civilization. We examine prehistory and early historical antiquity, touching upon research areas such as Anthropology, Archaeology, Archaeoastronomy, the History of Astronomy and Technology, the Megalithic Era, Genetic Study of Blood Types and Genes (DNA, mtDNA, etc.), Lexical Development of Human Language, Prehistoric Sculpture, Cave Painting and Rock Art, and whatever else fits under the broad umbrella of ancient human achievement.

At Flickr we have founded Archaeology Travel Photos, which enjoys ca. 1900 members and ca. 32000 photographs, and Megalithic Sites of the World, which enjoys 440 members and 3100 photographs (as of October 2011).

The LexiLine moderator's illustrated photograph at the right (taken in the year 2005) of the famed standing stones of Stonehenge is an example of the type of comprehensive methodical approach that we prefer, combining an exact photograph of sarsens and trilithons - taken from the Heelstone along the main solstitial "Avenue" - together with an illustrated groundplan of exactly what one is actually viewing. Only then can you start talking about interpreting these standing stones. Most photographs of Stonehenge, even in the archaeology books, are made for "art's sake", so that the viewer generally has no idea what he or she is looking at specifically other than a nice jumble of big rocks.

We go the extra mile and do the work that success requires.