STONEHENGE
Stonehenge
Who has never heard about Stonehenge?
Who has never heard about Stonehenge?
It is one of the most popular mysteries.
So, what’s the point about this megalithic wonder?
Why does this place cause controversy in the scientific community?
Stonehenge is a megalithic monument on the
Salisbury Plain in Southern England,
composed mainly of thirty upright stones
Salisbury Plain in Southern England,
composed mainly of thirty upright stones
(sarsens, each over ten feet tall and weighing up to 45 tons),
aligned in a circle, with thirty lintels (6 tons each)
perched horizontally a top the sarsens in a continuous circle.
There is also an inner circle
composed of similar stones,
also constructed in post-and-lintel fashion.
You can say that there are a lot of great monuments
all over the world, many of them are more interesting.
What is special about Stonehenge?
All those questions that have no exact answers.
What was its function:
an astronomical observatory,
a religious site, or something supernatural?
Who built it, and how?
Some have suggested that Stonehenge was built by Druids,
but we don't really know much about the builders.
The archaeology points to a construction date
between 5,000 and 3,000 years ago,
so it was built even before the first metal tools
were used by humankind.
Regardless of who built the stone monument,
the design and construction involved thousands of people.
To drag huge stones from Marlborough Downs,
30 kilometres to the south of Stonehenge,
would have been quite a feat.
And how was it possible to erect those stones?
It is an amazing feat of engineering,
and there are many legends that reflect the inability
ou explain how the heavy stones
could have ever been transported by primitive humans.
From a manuscript of the Roman de Brut byWace in the British Library (Egerton 3028).
This is the oldest known depiction of Stonehenge.
Stonehenge is even mentioned within Arthurian legend,
that names Merlin as the engineer.
One more interesting thing is that Stonehenge is angled
such that on the equinoxes and the solstices,
the sun rising over the horizon appears to be
perfectly placed between gaps in the megaliths.
This is doubtless not an accident, and probably
contributed to the stories of its mysterious origins.
http://amolife.com/great-places/the-world-s-most-mysterious-places-can-we-explain-everything.html
STONEHENGE
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STONEHENGE
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The World’s Most Mysterious Places: Can We Explain Everything?
Many popular experts suggest possibility that mysterious sites around the world were created with help of advanced knowledge and technology (possibly more advanced than our current one) possessed by lost civilizations.
Others do not believe that there ever was very advanced civilization on earth
Others do not believe that there ever was very advanced civilization on earth
and all of the superb knowledge was handed down to us by ancient astronauts who came down from heaven.
Most scientists do not subscribe to any of these ideas and try to explain ancient enigmas on the ground of religion and ritual.
Most scientists do not subscribe to any of these ideas and try to explain ancient enigmas on the ground of religion and ritual.
Discovery Channel names these 3 places
as the Most Enigmatic Places in the World,
but there are much more mysterious sites around the world
that capture our imagination
because they seem to be so otherworld.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stonehenge2007_07_30.jpg // garethwiscombe
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