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Why Was Stonehenge Built?
‘Theories run the gamut, casting Stonehenge as anything from an ancient healing center to an alien landing site. ‘Although it’s one of the world’s most famous monuments, the prehistoric stone circle known as Stonehenge remains shrouded in mystery. Built on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, Stonehenge was constructed…
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Other theories
'Recently a radical new theory has emerged—that Stonehenge served as a "prehistoric Lourdes" where people came to be healed. This idea revolves around the smaller bluestones, which, researchers argue, must have been credited with magical powers for them to have been floated, dragged, and hauled 145 miles (233 kilometers)…
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Facts about Stonehenge
‘Stonehenge once was put up for auction - Starting in the Middle Ages and for centuries afterward, Stonehenge was privately owned. By the late 1800s, crowds of visitors had taken a toll on the site. Sir Edmund Antrobus, owner of the land on which Stonehenge is situated, resisted calls from preservationists to sell the…
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Jean-Luc learns more about the stones
Jean-Luc looks at the time on his phone. The man thinks that Jean-Luc might be getting bored with all of this information. “No I’m not bored,” says Jean-Luc. “I am a bit concerned if I’ll be able to get back home. What if the time travel door only opens at certain times?” The man reassures him that there is no time frame…
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More about the stones continued ………..
‘The Slaughter Stone - This large sarsen gets its gruesome name from the over-active imagination of the Victorians. Originally standing upright at the entrance to Stonehenge and flanked by additional stones that are now missing, the surviving stone lies horizontally. Shallow depressions on its surface collect rainwater…
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Three more stones
‘Stone 53 - In 1953, Professor Atkinson was the first to notice the outline of a dagger and axe blades carved into the surface of one of the trilithon uprights. The shape of the weapons and tools suggest that they date to the earlier part of the Bronze Age, between 1750 and 1500BC, so were later additions to the monument.…
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Stonehenge today!
Jean-Luc sees the door up ahead as they approach Stonehenge again. The man wants to share one more thing with him before he travels back to the Candy Kingdom. “Would you like to see a short video on Stonehenge being built today?” asks the man. Of course he would! ‘Modern engineers attempt to recreate the construction of…
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Tiffi and Rip time travel to Ancient Egypt
The Prehistoric Age class has ended and Rip is very proud of how well his students learned. He comes up with an aha moment and thinks that perhaps he should take Tiffi on some time traveling trip so she could see it in person. But where should he take her? “I’ll take her to Egypt!” exclaims Rip. “I think she will love…
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They have now landed
It doesn’t take them long to arrive in the past. “Where are we?” Tiffi asks. Rip tells her that they have travelled back in time to Ancient Egypt. He explains to her that they have just arrived next to an Egyptian pyramid and he will tell her all about them in a bit. First he wants to walk her around as he talks about the…
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Tiffi is now going to learn about the pyramids
Rip is happy to see his little friend so excited to be learning this history live. ‘The pyramids of Egypt fascinated travellers and conquerors in ancient times and continue to inspire wonder in the tourists, mathematicians, and archeologists who visit, explore, measure, and describe them. Tombs of early Egyptian kings were…
