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    Megalithic Constructions in Europe - Religious Rituals

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    Megalithic constructions were built between 3000-2000 BC in areas like England, Ireland, and France. The most common type in Britain was stone circles, the most famous being Stonehenge. Stonehenge and other megalithic sites are thought to have had religious and astronomical significance, with alignments to solstices and equinoxes that may have been used for rituals. While the exact purpose remains mysterious, hypotheses suggest they served as burial grounds, ceremonial sites, or places of religious significance.

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    Megalithic constructions were built between 3000-2000 BC in areas like England, Ireland, and France. The most common type in Britain was stone circles, the most famous being Stonehenge. Stonehenge and other megalithic sites are thought to have had religious and astronomical significance, with alignments to solstices and equinoxes that may have been used for rituals. While the exact purpose remains mysterious, hypotheses suggest they served as burial grounds, ceremonial sites, or places of religious significance.

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    Megalithic constructions were built between 3000-2000 BC in areas like England, Ireland, and France. The most common type in Britain was stone circles, the most famous being Stonehenge. Stonehenge and other megalithic sites are thought to have had religious and astronomical significance, with alignments to solstices and equinoxes that may have been used for rituals. While the exact purpose remains mysterious, hypotheses suggest they served as burial grounds, ceremonial sites, or places of religious significance.

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    Megalithic constructions were built between 3000-2000 BC in areas like England, Ireland, and France. The most common type in Britain was stone circles, the most famous being Stonehenge. Stonehenge and other megalithic sites are thought to have had religious and astronomical significance, with alignments to solstices and equinoxes that may have been used for rituals. While the exact purpose remains mysterious, hypotheses suggest they served as burial grounds, ceremonial sites, or places of religious significance.

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    Megalithic constructions

    in Europe– religious
    rituals
    Megalithic constructions

     England, Ireland, France

     The most common type in Britain – a stone circle

     Stonehenge

     Astronomical connections with the sun and the moon

     Solstice
    Stonehenge
    Structure
    History

     Built between 3000 – 2000 BC – various purposes - civilisation


    with no written records
     legends
     burial ground

     solstice and equinox points - rituals

     a midsummer's morning - the sun rose and the sun's first rays
    went directly into the centre of the monument
    Construction

     Transport - prehistoric people - without the aid of the wheel -


    river
     ground - creating a track of logs - large stones were rolled

     a type of sleigh running on a track greased with animal fat

     experiment - 1995 - a 40-ton stone– 100 workers

     the 18-mile journey - from the river transport - successful


    Legends

     Stonehenge - bluestone

     Legend - King Arthur – sent Merlin – 5th century and 15,000


    knights to move the stones from a distant place

     not successful

     Merlin – special skills - stones removed from Ireland

     sent to Britain
    Significance

     the purpose – mystery – 1000 years significance


     Hypotheses:
     strong archaeological evidence - a burial site
     ceremonial site
     a religious pilgrimage destination
     a final resting place for royalty
     a memorial erected to honor and perhaps spiritually connected
    with distant ancestors
    Astronomical calendar – a new
    hypothesis
     In the 1960s - the astronomer Gerald Hawkins
     megalithic stones - an astronomical calendar
     phenomena -solstices, equinoxes and eclipses
     critics - Stonehenge’s builders – no knowledge
     England’s dense cloud cover – difficult observing

     Recent theory – archeologists – signs of illness and injury in the


    human remains - bones
     a place of healing- bluestones were thought to have curative
    powers
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YNNkVzumhA

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf7xwHFuH2o
    Other megalithic constructions

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