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Jul 14, 2022 · Regardless of which of these archaeological sites is the oldest, all of them make the Giza pyramids (which are about 4,500 years old) and Stonehenge (which is roughly 5,000 years old) relatively...
Older than the Great Pyramids and the Roman Empire, the origin of its story began some 9,000 years ago. A place of worship, meeting, burial and wonder, what Stonehenge represents has changed throughout its history.
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Mar 16, 2015 · This article is more than 9 years old. To understand the pyramids and Stonehenge, look up – not down. Julian Spalding. When interpreting the mysterious monuments and art created by our...
- Julian Spalding
Sep 22, 2022 · Archaeologists are examining a mysterious monument discovered on the outskirts of Prague that is estimated to be around 7,000 years old—making it even older than Stonehenge and the...
- Ed Browne
- Prehistoric Beginnings
- Who Built It?
- If Not Aliens, Then Who?
Stonehenge went through various transformations and didn’t always look as it does today. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first stage of the monument – the circular earth bank and ditch that surrounds the stones – was constructed in about 3100 BC, while the first stones were raised at the site between 2400 and 2200 BC. Over the next few hundred...
The questions of who exactly built Stonehenge and why remain a mystery today despite extensive research on the monument. The lack of contemporary written records has led to wild theorising over who – or what – was responsible for its construction, with some even asserting that aliens or supernatural forces must have been involved. Such claims gaine...
Another popular theory in history attributed the construction of Stonehenge to the druids, high-ranking Celts who were best remembered as religious leaders or priests. This theory was first propagated in around 1640 by John Aubrey, who carried out the first academic survey of the site, and popularised by William Stukeley, who pioneered archaeologic...
Stonehenge is a prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones.
Dec 6, 2023 · The people living in the fourth millennium B.C.E. who began work on Stonehenge were contemporary with the first dynasties of Ancient Egypt, and their efforts predate the building of the Pyramids. What they created has endured millennia and still intrigues us today.
