Stonehenge Research Paper

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There are oodles of mysteries in the world from the ancient past that still tend to confuse and agitate historians to this day and are still being researched. Many theories have been suggested but really, there is no indisputable evidence on any of the theories. One of these mysteries is the colossal monument, Stonehenge. It was found in Wiltshire in England, but no one is completely sure who discovered it. This stone masterpiece is one of the wonders of the world. There are many theories, one such theory was that it was a soundscape. Another thesis was that it was used as a place of ancient healing. Another farfetched theory was that a graveyard was used at the site. Most of the evidence points to that Stonehenge was built as a soundscape.

Have you ever tried playing the pipes next to the stonehenge? When two flutes are played on the field next to Stonehenge, the hearer can experience loud or quiet zones. Each time someone experiences this, it
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“A graveyard is a place where you bury the dead, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery”. Some of the bodies were found in the centre of the monument, but they ran out of space so they buried the rest around Stonehenge. More than 50,000 cremated bone fragments, of 63 different individuals were found. Archeologists have found skeletal remains at the site staged back to a 500 year period beginning in 3000 BC. A head, an object near tantamount to a sceptre, and a little bowl burnt on one side was found next to the bodies. “One dubbed the site a mace "domain of the dead" and say the bodies found likely belong to a select group of elite ancient people.” Even though this explains quite well why Stonehenge is built, reason number one can still say that instead of a religious ritual, the bodies could be from the people who had travelled there for a cure because most of the bodies had an injury or signs of