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Series
Ancient civilizations volume 5
Publisher
International Masters
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Around 5,000 years ago, a group of Stone Age farmers began work on the most astonishing structure in Neolithic Europe. The task would take them one and a half millennia to complete. What prompted them to embark on such a colossal project, without the wheel and with only primitive stone tools? How did they move and raise the gigantic blokds that make up Stonehenge's celebrated circle? And what do the alignments of the stones, which track the Sun and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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...
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