mar 23, 2500 BC - Stonehenge
Description:
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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