Standing Stones: Stonehenge, Carnac and the World of Megaliths
by Jean-Pierre Mohen
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Who built the megaliths, those massive stone structures ranging from tombs to standing stones that date back to over 4000 BC? Why were they built? How were the enormous stones transported and erected? Were these strange, sacred stones used as temples or tombs, sculptures or houses? Covering the best-known sites - Avebury and Stonehenge in England, Carnac in France and Knowth in Ireland - and also less famous examples in Scandinavia, Malta, Egypt and Spain, this book considers the special show more significance - architectural, scientific, religious and cultural - of these enigmatic Neolithic stone structures. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Standing Stones: Stonehenge, Carnac and the World of Megaliths
- Original publication date
- 1998
- Important places
- England, UK; Wiltshire, England, UK; Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, UK; Carnac, Brittany, France
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- Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Travel, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 930 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Ancient History: China, Egypt, Rome, Greece
- LCC
- GN790 .M75 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Anthropology Anthropology Prehistoric archaeology
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