Corobea Cosmin

1. CorobeaCosmin • 9th grade B

2. Stonhenge

3. The current plan of the whole • Whole construction began in 3000 Stonhenge BC It is built of stone with height of 6 feet and weighing up to 500kg, probably brought here from a distance of 322 miles of Salisbury Plain in southern England. Although it is unclear the role of all, it is believed that those who built it had knowledge of astronomy, and that on June 21 (summer solstice) have a special significance, probably religious. • Stonehenge was a monument to the gods. At a distance of 5 km was one made ​​of wood. The theory was that people then god is immortal, as men are mortal as stone and wood. Before sunrise they went to the monument of stone and looked first appearance of the sun. From sun light some very nice position, people believing that the act of God. Traveling along a river near the wood's Stonhenge at dusk where they prayed to their god again. Night celebrating

5. historical • Stonehenge was the subject of many theories about the origin, ranging from archeology to explanations from mythology or paranormal. Many historians were influenced in their explanations of supernatural folk stories. Some legends say that Merlin has a huge stone structure to build for him or that he carried a magic of Mount Killaraus in Ireland, while others believe that responsibility is the devil. Henry of Huntingdon was the first to write about Stonehenge around 1130, and later, Geoffrey of Monmouth was the first to make fanciful associations with Merlin. According to Geoffrey's book, HistoriaRegumBritanniae, Merlin, using the magic circle took place or originated in Ireland, in command of Aurelius Ambrosius, to serve as a burial place for British princes. • In 1655, architect John Webb, writing in the name of his former superior Inigo Jones argued that Stonehenge was a Roman temple, dedicated to Caelus, (Latin name given to the Greek god of heaven, Uranus), and was built using the Tuscan order . Subsequent commentators have argued that the Danes were the ones who raised him. Indeed, until the late nineteenth century, the settlement was attributed to the Saxons or other relatively recent societies. • The first academic research effort and understanding of the monument was made around 1640 by John Aubrey. He declared Stonehenge the work of the Druids. This view was highly popularized by William Stukeley. Aubrey, also contributed drawings first measurements of the settlement, which allowed a broader analysis of form and meaning. Based on this, he was able to demonstrate the role of astronomy and the calendar that you could have stones settlement. But the architect John Wood was the first to investigate the exact Stonehenge's true in 1740. However, interpretation of the monument as a place of pagan ritual was vehemently attacked by Stukeley not seeing the Druids as pagan, but the Biblical patriarchs. • By the early nineteenth century, John Lubbock, has awarded the Bronze Age monument, because the bronze objects found in mounds nearby. • Throughout the twentieth century, Stonehenge began to be used as a place of religious significance, this time by followers Neopaganisti and New Age. Between 1972 and 1984, Stonehenge was a place gratuit.Insa Festival, generated conflicts have led authorities to ban the development of festivals, so far, the monument is heavily monitored

7. year of construction • Stonehenge is probably the most important prehistoric monument in England. It is not known exactly when it was built or by whom. A very popular theory has advanced the hypothesis that would be built by Druids, a population in England before the Roman conquest. But modern archaeological techniques have shown that Stonehenge was built at least 1,000 years before the Druids, in 2950 BC, reaching the form we know today in 1600 î.Hr.Cercetările of 2008 show during construction as 2400-2200 BC At December 18, 2011, geologists from the University of Leicester and the National Museum of Wales announced the discovery of the exact source rock used for building complex. Researchers have identified the source located at 70 meters, in Craig-y-Felin Rhos near Pont Saeson in north Pembrokeshire (Stonehenge located 220 km).