Stonehenge Decoded

9 hrs. 34 min.

Popular Science

Language Russian

Authors Gerald Hawkins, John White

Author Gerald Hawkins

Author John White

Narrator Svetlana Repina

Description

On a swampy plain in England, enormous stones rise in strict order. This is Stonehenge (“standing stones”)—a gigantic megalithic structure built at the boundary between the Stone and Bronze Ages (1900–1600 BCE). Many legends about Stonehenge have survived, tracing back to the times of King Arthur, and its memory is lost in the fog of bygone centuries.
English scholar J. Hawkins, using methods of archaeology, geodesy, astronomy, and the radiocarbon method to determine age, with the help of an electronic computing machine proved that Stonehenge was not only a site for ritual ceremonies and burials, but also a stone astronomical observatory that allowed, with astonishing accuracy, counting the days in the calendar, marking the beginning of the seasons, and predicting solar and lunar eclipses.
Written in an engaging and effortless manner, the book “The Mystery of Stonehenge” will spark lively interest among readers with the widest range of interests who care about the origins of human culture.