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Photo: garethwiscombe, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.Step back in time to Wiltshire, England, and test your knowledge on one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments. Discover the history, myths, and pop culture surrounding Stonehenge!
Stone Age Beginner 0–4 · Stargazer 5–8 · Master of the Megaliths 9–10
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While modern Druids still gather at Stonehenge for solstices, the historical Druids did not build it. Stonehenge was completed over a thousand years before the Celtic Druid culture emerged in Britain, a myth popularized by 17th-century antiquarians.
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In the comedy "This Is Spinal Tap", a design mix-up on a napkin leads to an 18-inch high Stonehenge replica being delivered for their stage show instead of an 18-foot one. The band is forced to perform around a tiny prop trodden on by a dwarf.
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The Heel Stone stands just outside the main entrance of Stonehenge. On the summer solstice, an observer standing in the center of the circle can watch the sun rise directly over this massive, unshaped sarsen block, highlighting the site's solar alignment.
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The comedy duo Ylvis released the hit song "Stonehenge" in 2013. The humorous track laments the lack of knowledge about why the monument was built, contrasting its epic mystery with mundane modern struggles like driving a car.
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In 1915, local barrister Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge at an auction for £6,600 as a gift for his wife. She reportedly wasn't thrilled with the present, and three years later, Chubb generously handed the monument over to the British nation.
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The smaller bluestones at Stonehenge were transported over 140 miles from the Preseli Hills in southwest Wales. Moving these multi-ton stones across land and water during the Neolithic period remains one of prehistoric engineering's greatest achievements.
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Woodhenge is a Neolithic monument made of six concentric rings of wooden posts, now marked by concrete pillars. It lies close to Durrington Walls and was likely part of a larger ceremonial complex connected to Stonehenge by the River Avon.
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The Aubrey holes are 56 pits named after John Aubrey, who identified them in 1666. Excavations show they were used for burials and may have held upright timber posts or bluestones during the monument's earliest developmental phase.
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Analysis of the Amesbury Archer's teeth showed that this Early Bronze Age man grew up in the Alpine region of Central Europe. His grave is the richest of its era found in Britain, containing the earliest gold objects discovered in the country.
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In 1901, engineer William Gowland oversaw the straightening of an endangered sarsen stone. To prevent further movement, the base was set in a thick bed of Portland concrete, a modern intervention that surprised many who assumed the stones stood entirely naturally.
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