Stonehenge--An Ancient and Modern Marvel
“Stonehenge is surely Britain’s greatest icon, symbolizing mystery, power, and endurance” (Stonehenge 1). Those are the words of historian Gregory Ashe. The monument, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, now lies in ruins. It consists of a circular group of large upright stones surrounded by a circular earthwork. It is the best preserved and most celebrated of the megalithic monuments in all of Europe (“MSN Learning” 1). Built throughout three different time periods spanning over 2,000 years, Ashe and other experts have yet to figure out who and why Stonehenge was constructed. They’ve formulated many theories but nothing has ever been proven. Little is known about Stonehenge’s architects (“MSN Learning”1). Three centuries ago an antiquary named John Aubrey decided that is was the Druids, a caste of Celtic priests, who made Stonehenge. By this time, though, the stones had been standing for 2,000 years before the Celts had even arrived and was disproved by archaeologists. The legend of King Arthur provides another story of the construction of Stonehenge (Stonehenge 2). In the fifth century there had been a massacre of 300 British noblemen by the Saxon leader Hengest. The King wanted to create a mem
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