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To my knowledge, Stonehenge is still a mystery. No one knows if it was a temple or what its purpose was. It is however more likely to be a temple than some kind of complex 'observatory'. Around 1720 Dr Willaim Stukeley noticed the midsummer sunrise was visible in the direction of the Heelstone, ever since that time more and more complex 'astronomical alignments' have been conjectured. The simple fact is that the stones at Stonehenge were laid out to a precise plan wherein they relate to one another, not to distant objects or the sky. Sure there is the solstice alignment, but even that is confused- because the monument faces the midwinter sunset not midsummer sunrise. All the arguments point to it being an elegantly designed and premeditated mirrored geometric construction (with its axis fixed on the solstices) are presented in recent research entitled 'Solving Stonehenge'. The author, an experienced archaeologist, is in no doubt that it was a Temple.
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The ancient place called Stonehenge remains a mystery to archeologists.
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The ancient Druids worshiped in Stonehenge.
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No, Stonehenge was created by an ancient race of people.
This ancient observatory is located on a desolate plain in England is?
it's Stonehenge !!! :)
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Stonehenge was first seen by the ancient people who built it.
Where did Stonehenge come from?
The ancient place called Stonehenge remains a mystery to archeologists.
How do you use the word ancient in a sentence?
Stonehenge is an ancient structure.
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Yes
Why is stongehenge standing in a circle?
Stonehenge is in a circle because it represents a calendar or cyles of the seasons. However some argue that it was once the temple of "Apollo." The temple of Apollo was a circular temple of standing stones and was located in Hyperborea. Hyperborea may have been the ancient name for Great Britain.
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An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.
Ancient structure made from huge stones?
Stonehenge.
What site was Stonehenge built on?
An ancient burial ground
