The two pieces under comparison are Stonehenge and Step Pyramid‚ both of which are megalithic‚ meaning large stone architecture. To illustrate the two ancient monuments one must compare their similarities while keeping in mind to contrast the differences. The main difference is that Stonehenge is from England‚ coming from the time of prehistory‚ whereas the Step Pyramid comes from Egypt‚ during the ancient Egyptian art period. There are many similarities in materials used‚ composition and the purpose
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Stonehenge: In England… features in Arthutian legend and in other novels… built during the Neolithic‚ meaning new stone 2950-1600 BCE Middle Eastern Art BCE Dates: Sumerian/Mesopotamian/Old Babylonian – present day Iraq 4‚000 – 1‚925 BC Hittite – from Turkey 1‚500 – 700 BC control overlaps with Assyrian Assyrian – drive out Hittites 1‚000 – 612 BC Neo-Babylonian/Chaldean – 605 – 562 BC Persian – (present day Iran) 538 – 330 BC Innovations of the culture: Plough‚ cuneiform‚ developed tax
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Archaeological Dig Report: Stonehenge By: David So Teacher: Majorie Murray Introduction Stonehenge is one of Britain ’s prehistoric monuments. It is located in the town of Amesbury‚ Wiltshire‚ in Southern England. There are many theories speculated about the origin of Stonehenge. Historians believed that a giant built the structure for Merlin‚ John Webb claimed it is a Roman temple dedicated to Caelus‚ a place for pagan ritual‚ John Aubrey claimed it is the work of the druids‚ John Bubbock
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Broad and flat‚ plains are well named. Some appear when glaciers and streams erode away elevated terrain; others spread where rising magma pushes‚ erupts‚ and spews. Some plains spill into the oceans‚ and others are bound by mountains on several sides. They all hide a tumultuous geologic history beneath their level disguise. The base of the vast Great Plains in North America formed when several small pieces of continental crust collided and welded together more than a billion years ago. As time
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This article argues that Stonehenge was a cremation burial site from its beginning and continued to be so throughout the third millennium Cal BC with an estimate of a hundred and fifty individuals buried at Stonehenge. It also goes further‚ saying how the 56 Aubrey Holes belong to the primary stage of Stonehenge construction and also the chance that they contained Welsh bluestones. The cremation burials were appointed to have taken place around the twenty-seventh to twenty-sixth centuries cal BC
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Technology / Decoration / Function: Stonehenge: * New geological research is currently being carried out to identify the sites of origin more accurately. How the stones were transported for over 250km (156 miles) to Stonehenge remains unknown‚ but it is probable that a combination of transport via water networks and hauling over land brought them to the site. The larger sarsen stones are a type of sandstone‚ a stone found scattered across southern England. Most archaeologists believe that these
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fire that burned down the city of Salisbury‚ right? The city of Salisbury had two fires that brought great devastation to the city of Salisbury. We learned how to handle the fires after most of the entire city was burned down and when we learned how dangerous fire can really be. There was a fire that burned down most of the city in 1860‚ but the real devastation happened 20 years later on Oct 18‚ 1886 when another fire burned a lot of the city. The city of Salisbury was at a great lost after this
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The Archer of Stonehenge Near Stone Hedge the grave of the Amesbury Archer was discovered in 2002‚ the grave was different as this one was not Roman but much earlier‚ dating back to when the first sarsen stones were erected there. What made him interesting were the gold hair tresses‚ which are the oldest dated cast gold in Britain‚ and the fact that he was a foreigner from the region that is now Germany or Switzerland. Art for personal embellishment‚ like hair clasps‚ raised him above his peers
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There are many theories on how the Stonehenge monument was created. Folklore depicts a story of wizardry‚ following the Arthurian legend. The old story states that the massive stones were magically transported from Ireland to England‚ where giants worked to assemble them. Regardless of the theory‚ Stonehenge is a Neolithic structure that stands in England to this day. It is estimated that it was 1500 years in the making. However‚ the questions remains how a civilization without modern technology
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What were the different stages of the construction of Stonehenge? Stonehenge is a monolithic monument that is situated in Wiltshire‚ an English county 13km north of Salisbury. It is composed of earthworks surrounding larger standing stones in a circular setting. One of the most famous stone sites ever created‚ it is the centre of a complex site of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments‚ including several hundred burial mounds. Stonehenge was constructed in three stages‚ with each stage being an ‘improvement’
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