10/18/2011

Stonehenge Mistery in History

Hey everyone, in this post I will tell you what are three different theories about Stonehenge:
  1. The first theory was that it was a burial place of wealthy people/families and that it was built before the egyptian pyramids were, or prehistoric people did. Contrary to that, woodhenge (very similar idea; though made of wood pillars) was the place where people lived.
  2.  Stonehenge is also seen as a holy site. Archeologists thought of this reason because of the different alignments with sun and moon, these could be evidence of rituals depending on seasons.
  3. The most popular theory is that is was an ancient observatory, used to know the season, to mark the winter and summer solstice, and to predict future solar or lunar eclipses. 
My personally believe that is was an ancient observatory, but still much more research needs to be done!
Hope you learned something new!

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