Stonehenge is a symbol of ancient knowledge

West of England on the Salisbury plain in Wiltshire 130

km from London.

from the ancient British word "Stan Henguas" –"Hanging Stones".  These stones

were erected more for the 8000 years before Christ .

Stonehenge with the druids. Excavations, however, have pushed back the

time of creation of Stonehenge to the bronze age.

himself Merlin.
According to another legend, its construction was attributed lived

before the Flood, giants. However, besides these very vague myths, no other evidence about the builders of Stonehenge left.

of the druids, representatives of the priestly caste of the

ancient Celts. According to many scientists, they knew his secrets. But the druids their secrets are not divulged. They are very well versed in astronomy (in the structure and motion of stars, the size of the Earth and planets and various astronomical phenomena).

the stone age, which allows high accuracy to conduct astronomical

observations. In Midsummer it attracts crowds of people to watch the sunrise.

also often argued that Stonehenge was used for burials. After the

excavations the scientists came to the conclusion that the only Stonehenge it was buried about 240 people, which before burial was cremated. Archaeologists believe that most likely there were buried the representatives of the local elite or the ruling dynasty.

of green micaceous Sandstone from Wales 2-3 – barrows without

graves 4 – fallen stone 4.9 m in length (the scaffold) 5 - Heel stone 6 - two of originally four vertically standing stones 7 – the moat (ditch) 8 – 9 inner shaft – outer shaft 10 Avenue, i.e. a parallel pair of ditches and ramparts, leading in 3 km to the river Avon, 11 – ring of 30 pits (Ounce) 12-ring of 30 pits (Z holes) 13 – the circle of 56 pits 14 – the small southern entrance of

with a diameter of 33 m. These stones have a

4.1 m height, 2.1 m in width and weigh about 25 tons. On top of them put the stones – jumper length of about 3.2 m and a width of 1 m and a thickness of 0.8 m so that the tops of the lintels are 4.9 m above ground level. The stones were fixed by means of a system of "groove and tongue". The arc of the outer ring of stones is preserved along with the ceilings.