Презентация "Стоунхедж"

STONEHENGE

ENGLAND

2000 b.c.

Why built?

• Made by an ancient race of giants.
• Conjured up by Merlin
• The real reason it was built is unknown
• However, it is an accurate astronomical calendar

What does it look like?

• Outer ring of giant “doorways”
• Ring of small upright stones (gravestones)
• Horseshoe of trilithons (13’6”)
• Heel-stone (marking where sun rises in east at summer solstice)

Easter Island

Chile

South Pacific Ocean

1000 a.d.

Statues of Large Heads

• 2000 miles from nearest city
• Made of volcanic ash
• Famous for monoliths called “Moai”

• 13 feet high & weigh 14 ton on average 887 statues (288 placed)
• 13 feet high & weigh 14 ton on average
• 887 statues (288 placed)

• Called “Easter Island” because explorer landed there on Easter
• Polynesians create a culture

What happened?

• Society grew to 10,000
• Island could not sustain that population
• Bloody civil war & cannibalism
• Culture was lost to inner turmoil, slavery and outside influence

It must be large!

You must know what it is!

What might they think it is?