Much to my delight, someone told me that we were pretty close to Stonehenge so we went to see it today. It is really something to see. Like the pyramids, we only have theories how they got these giant stones from quarries 240 miles away, shaped them the way they wanted, and then somehow lifted these things, some weighing as much as 45 tons. Just standing them up was a trick, but then they put some across the tops.
It is actually about 5,000 years old and was abandoned roughly 3,000 years ago. So by the time of Christ's birth, it looked a lot like it does today. Very old.
It is designed based on the position of the sun, and can be used as a calendar to identify the month. Plus what they think were the four corner points align with the summer solstice, winter solstice and two other dates I'ved forgotten. (my birthday?)
We have pictures, but the cables to hook to / download from both Amanda and Mom's cameras are somewhere in transit. We'll post them when we have them.
It is actually about 5,000 years old and was abandoned roughly 3,000 years ago. So by the time of Christ's birth, it looked a lot like it does today. Very old.
It is designed based on the position of the sun, and can be used as a calendar to identify the month. Plus what they think were the four corner points align with the summer solstice, winter solstice and two other dates I'ved forgotten. (my birthday?)
We have pictures, but the cables to hook to / download from both Amanda and Mom's cameras are somewhere in transit. We'll post them when we have them.
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