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Get the Best of Stonehenge
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Wherever you come
from, Stonehenge is part of your heritage.
It started 10,000
years ago but most people only see and hear
about a third of that. For a lot of people
it’s a great disappointment, instead of
being a thing of wonder. |
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Stonehenge - Photo:
Pam Brophy |
Did you know that Mesolithic man put up posts
that might have been totem poles and replaced
them every thousand years?
Have you ever wondered why Stonehenge is where
it is?
Have you ever been told that Stonehenge is two
prehistoric monuments, one on top of the other?
The second is the famous stones, but the first
is also fascinating, and there to be seen by
those who know where to look.
That the midsummer sunrise was replaced by a
mid-winter sunset three and a half millennia
ago?
That the avenue was converted from a path that
only the sun could use to a walkway for
everyone?
Do you believe that the stones were brought from
miles away by giants, magic or visitors from
other galaxies?
The amazing truth is that it was built by clever
people who used simple skills and knowledge five
thousand years ago.
These, and other things are discussed along with
Druids, Hyperboreans, links with the Classical
world and their gods and the effect of myths and
legends on what people did in the past in a book
to be published soon by Norman Page who
has studied the monuments for the past sixty
years and may be reached on
pagen@baldgate.freeserve.com.
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