STONEHENGE Who Built This Wonder and Why? ERYN MCAWLEY.

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STONEHENGE Who Built This Wonder and Why? ERYN MCAWLEY

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STONEHENGE

Who Built This Wonder and Why?

ERYN MCAWLEY

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WHERE IS STONEHENGE?

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MAIN THEORIES ON STONEHENGE

• Astronomical calendar• Sacred hunting ground• Elite cemetery

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STONEHENGE THEORIES

• Giant bells• Healing site• Roman Temple

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ANOTHER THEORY – ALIENS ARE TO BLAME

• Crop circles• Messages to others

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MY THEORY – THE DRUID’S BUILT THEM

- Druids - John Aubrey - Dr. William Stukeley

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THE DRUID THEORY

• Astronomical• Calendrical

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AN IRISH STONEHENGE

• North of Dublin, Ireland• School of Astronomy

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AN IRISH STONEHENGE

• Merlin the Wizard• Pre-English Stonehenge

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STONEHENGEAN UNSOLVED MYSTERY

No one may ever know who or why Stonehenge was built.