Stonehenge
Ancient site
A circle of giant stones, and nobody knows exactly why.
Stonehenge is a ring of standing stones on a plain in the south of England. People started building it about 5,000 years ago, and kept changing it for many centuries.
The largest stones weigh about 25 tonnes. The smaller bluestones were hauled all the way from Wales, more than 200 kilometres away. Nobody knows for certain what it was for: a temple, a calendar, a burial place, or all three.
- years old
- 5,000
- the big stones weigh
- 25 tonnes
- the bluestones travelled
- 200+ km
- 1
On the longest day of the year the sun rises exactly in line with the stones.
- 2
The builders had no writing, so they left no explanation.
- 3
People were buried around the stones: it was a graveyard too.
Question 1 of 2
Where did the smaller bluestones come from?
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- AtomiumAn iron crystal blown up 165 billion times, in Brussels.
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