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Stonehenge: An Ancient Ruin or an Architectural Masterpeice?

 

Many scientists are struggling especially with trying to unravel clues that are not visible. Another archeologist similarly points out that "the construction was highly accurate for the period. The engineering required for transporting, shaping, raising and connecting the stones and the accuracy of their positioning according to astronomical phenomena is remarkable evidence of the knowledge and skills of Stonehenge's makers" (JY 1). .
             The Druids were suspected to have also been plausible builders of Stonehenge. Kieron, a North-East UK Druid emphasizes that "Druidry is not a religion. It's a philosophy and you can worship a God or a Goddess, it's up to you. You can be a Christian or a Moslem or anything else and still be a Druid. But while a Christian will say God made that tree, a Druid will say the energy of a creative force is in that tree"(Kieron 1). One scientist by the name of John Aubery hypothesized that the Druids, a strong religious group, were the makers of Stonehenge in 1660. This is clearly a wrong theory because Stonehenge was dated much earlier before the Druids were congregated. Stonehenge was constructed at approximately 1500 B.C. This was virtually a millennium prior to the start of Celtic civilization. Consequently, there is no historical .
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             Verification that the Druids were or were not implicated in the creation of Stonehenge. Even if the Druids did not actually assemble these ruins, they may well have executed rituals there and comprehends its astronomical meanings and purposes. Once more, ancient Druids may have used Stonehenge for religious purposes, but they did not essentially construct it. .
             A second and improved idea in which some scientists hypothesized was that the primitive Windmill Hill people assembled Stonehenge. The Windmill Hill people were semi nomadic farmers who had arrived as some of the last Neolithic newcomers in England.


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