Stonehenge: Ancient Monument to the Sun
			
		
		
			Credit & Copyright:  Clive Ruggles
		
		
			Stonehenge consists of large carved stones 
assembled about 4000 years ago.  
Long before modern England was established, ancient inhabitants 
somehow moved 25 ton rocks nearly 20 miles to complete it.  
From similar constructs of the era, people could learn the time 
of year by watching how the 
Sun and 
Moon rose and set relative to 
accurately placed stones and pits.  
The placement of the boulders at 
Stonehenge, however, is not impressively 
accurate by today's standards, nor even by the standards of that time.  
Therefore, modern scholars interpret Stonehenge 
as a colossal monument to the 
Sun in celebration 
of the predictability of the 
seasons.