STONEHENGE

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STONEHENGE

• ENGLAND
• 2000 b.c.

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Why built?

• Made by an ancient race of giants.
• Conjured up by Merlin
• The real reason it was built is unknown
• However, it is an accurate astronomical calendar

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What does it look like?

• Outer ring of giant doorways
• Ring of small upright stones (gravestones)
• Horseshoe of trilithons (136)
• Heel-stone (marking where sun rises in east at
  summer solstice)

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Easter Island

• Chile
• South Pacific Ocean
• 1000 a.d.

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Statues of Large Heads

• 2000 miles from nearest city
• Made of volcanic ash
• Famous for monoliths called Moai
• 13 feet high weigh 14 ton on average
• 887 statues (288 placed)
• Called Easter Island because explorer landed
  there on Easter
• Polynesians create a culture

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What happened?

• Society grew to 10,000
• Island could not sustain that population
• Bloody civil war cannibalism
• Culture was lost to inner turmoil, slavery and
  outside influence

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HOMEWORK

• Bring a picture of a modern megalith that may
  be confusing to future cultures
• 10 points possible
• If anyone else has the same megalith, you will
  get 7/10
• BE ORIGINAL!

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It must be large! You must know what it is! What
might they think it is?