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The Mysteries and Significance of Stonehenge Revealed
TLDR Stonehenge, a complex and extraordinary monument, holds many mysteries and continues to intrigue archaeologists. Built over centuries, it served as a gathering place for religious rituals, burial practices, and trade, and was likely constructed by migrants who brought new technology to Britain.
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Stonehenge is a mysterious and extraordinary monument that archaeologists often overlook the central focus of in their studies.
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Stonehenge was built in multiple stages over centuries, with the first visible evidence of activity at the site occurring over 5,000 years ago, and it was still active 4,000 years ago.
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Stonehenge is a complex and extraordinary monument with a circular ditch and bank, a large megalith called the Heelstone, and blue stones from Wales, and while we may never know all the details, it is important to ask questions about the society that created it and the possible political and cultural significance of the monument.
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The main theories on how the Bluestones were transported to Stonehenge are either by glaciers or by human hand, and the evidence supports the latter theory.
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The Bluestones were most likely transported using sledges and boats, while the Sarsen stones may have been lifted and carried or transported over a shorter distance.
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The transportation of the stones to Stonehenge would have required sledges and a trackway due to their weight and irregular shape.
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The idea that Stonehenge was built by Druids and used for human sacrifice has been enduring, despite attempts by archaeologists to debunk it, likely due to the lack of concrete evidence and the influence of cultural trends and imaginations.
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Stonehenge has a solar and sky relationship, and while some argue that it was a computer, others believe it is a landscape of death connected to the nearby Durrington Walls, but this theory is not universally accepted by archaeologists. Stonehenge was also a cremation cemetery, but the number of burials and their significance is still uncertain.
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Stonehenge was a gathering place for people from different parts of the country and had a significant role in religious rituals, burial practices, feasting, and trade.
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Stonehenge was a gathering place for people from all over Britain, and the idea of people coming together to celebrate and have a party at the site is not out of line with its original purpose.
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Stonehenge was likely built by the descendants of migrants who brought farming and new technology to Britain, and the construction of the Big Stonehenge may have been a way to honor and protect the bluestones, which were associated with burial and ancestors.
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Stonehenge starts to come apart and the site is reinvented in a different form, with megaliths falling over and bluestones being broken up, but the sanctity and importance of the site continue in a reinvented form.
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