Which of these facts are true?
It is as old as the Great Pyramids
It may have been a place to honorthe dead
Many things about it are still mysteries
Unravel some of the riddles of Stonehenge, one of the most famous and mysterious monuments in the world!
Where is Stonehenge? That’s an easy question to answer. It sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge a religious site to honor the dead? Or a sacred place of healing? Or perhaps an astrological calendar? These are much harder questions to answer. However, in an engaging and easy-to-read account, True Kelley puts forth all theories—past as well as current ones—about Stonehenge and the people who four thousand years ago managed to build this amazing monument.
巨石陣位在哪呢？答案非常簡單，巨石陣就位在英國南部的索爾茲伯里平原上。但這些圍成圓形的巨石有何用意呢？巨石陣究竟是用來悼念死者的宗教場所，或是用來療傷治病的聖地，還是過去觀測星象的地點呢？這些問題雖難以解答，但作者楚．凱利列出古今所有相關的理論，講解巨石陣及四千多年前建造這壯觀奇景的人，內容簡單易懂、輕鬆有趣。