23 März 2500 Jahr v. Chr. - Stonehenge

Beschreibung:

Date: 2,500 BCE ~ 1,600 BCE

Artist: unkown

Medium: sandstone

Location: Wiltshire, England

Function:
- used as a burial site for the elites
- the horseshoe of trilithons frames mark both the longest and shortest days of the year
- divine connection between the sun and the moon

Form:
- uses post and lintel method of construction
- some sones over 50 tons
- made from a very durable stone (bluestone)
- monolithic stones arranged in circles

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