STONEHENGE
STONEHENGEThree separate cultures, the Windmill Hill, Beaker and Wessex peoples, are believed to have built Stonehenge for both astrological and ceremonial purposes over a period of more than five hundred years.
Famous archaeologists were certain that the Druids built it for ceremonies and sacrifices.
The current and most popular belief about Stonehenge is that it was an advanced calendar to mark, to predict and observe astronomical and seasonal events such as summer and winter solstice, equinox and lunar eclipses.
Stonehenge is aligned northeast–southwest, and it has been suggested that particular significance was placed by its builders on the solstice and equinox points, so for example on a midsummer's morning, the sun rose close to the Heelstone, and the sun's first rays went directly into the centre of the monument between the horseshoe arrangement.
Today satilites, caladers, and even clocks are modern day instruments used insted of stonehenge.
The current and most popular belief about Stonehenge is that it was an advanced calendar to mark, to predict and observe astronomical and seasonal events such as summer and winter solstice, equinox and lunar eclipses.
Stonehenge is aligned northeast–southwest, and it has been suggested that particular significance was placed by its builders on the solstice and equinox points, so for example on a midsummer's morning, the sun rose close to the Heelstone, and the sun's first rays went directly into the centre of the monument between the horseshoe arrangement.
Today satilites, caladers, and even clocks are modern day instruments used insted of stonehenge.
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