|
|
|
 |
 |
|
| Музыкальных проектов |
3605 |
|
| Музыкантов |
10435 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Мнения о музыкантах
Страница: 1 (1 из 1)
Оставить свое мнение о других музыкантах вы можете на их страницах на портале. |
|
|
MaxA | Xa
| Дата: 21.10.2006
Stonehenge.
Stonehenge is the most famous prehistoric monument in Britain. It is located in the middle of Salisbury Plain, to the northwest of Southampton. Even now, nearly 4000 years after it was built, large numbers of tourists come to see it, especially on June 21 when the sun rises immediately over the Hell Stone of the circle and casts its shadow on the Altar Stone in the middle. But what does it all mean, and who were the people who built it?
It was started about 2700 B.C. by the late Neolithic people ( or people of the Stone Age). Then Somewhere around 2000 B.C. the Beaker people continued to build it. The people were named Beakers by the archaeologists when they found many pottery vessels in their graves. Stonehange was built at various stages, and was finished at about 1500 B.C. Its older part is the outer ditch and circular bank. Inside the bank there were 56 pits which are known as the Aubrey Holes after their discoverer, John Aubrey. Later a double semicircle of Bluestones was put up, and these stones were brought from the mountains in Wales by land, sea and river. At about 2000 B.C. the Bluestones were removed, and two double circles were built.
Today people wonder how these vast stones were transported so far and erected. Some people believe that they were transported by sledge, and were erected by using a lever and piled up timber. The lintel stones(horizontal ones) were raised and put into position over the two vertical stones. So we see that ancient people were very clever, and could construct huge monuments though they did not have machines. But what was Stonehenge used for? Over the years many theories have appeared and people continue to present their versions.
One speculation is that its builders were sun-worshippers and that the monument was a temple to the Sun. On the other hand, many scientists believe that it was used as a calendar to establish a fixed point in the year from which the annual calendar could be counted. Howerever, the most interesting theory is that of Professor Gerald Hawkins. He filmed the sunrise and showed that the sun rose exactly over the Altar Stone. He also proved that the stone circle could contain other exact astronomical measurements. Hawkins found that by using the 56 Aubrey Holes outside the stone circle, Stonehenge could be used as a very exact computer to forecast the time of the next eclipse.
в
новом окне |
|
|
|
