Download or read book Standing Stones written by Jean-Pierre Mohen and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1999 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 significance - architectural, scientific, religious and cultural - of these enigmatic Neolithic stone structures.
Download or read book From Carnac to Callanish written by Aubrey Burl and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. He uses information from a wide variety of sources - excavation reports, megalithic art, astronomical analyses and legends - to provide explanations of why the rows were erected, when, and what they may have been used for.
Download or read book Carnac written by Ivan Lietaert and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lola is real. She lives around the year 4,322 BC in the Carnac region in France. She has a dark skin, black hair and blue eyes. She is a fierce hunter and lives in a small, nomadic hunter-gatherer community that is surprisingly sophisticated. Life takes a dramatic turn when the first farmer communities settle in the region. They bring with them a mysterious lung disease that kills more than half of the hunter-gatherer population. And then there is that ominous comet heading directly for planet Earth... In this novel, the author puts forward a new, unfalsified theory about the origins of the mysterious fields of standing stones, known as the Carnac alignments, arguably the most enigmatic stone age site in the world. Written during and inspired in part by the corona lockdown 2020, the story, at times tragic and cataclismic, brings a message of hope for humanity.
Download or read book The Stones of Carnac written by Charles Le Quintrec and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Megalith written by Hugh Newman and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you predict eclipses at Stonehenge? Why do the Carnac alignments follow geological fault lines? Why is Avebury precisely one seventh of a circle down from the north pole? Why are so many stone circles egg-shaped or flattened? What is the meaning of the designs in ancient rock art? Why do you have to wait nineteen years to visit the remote site of Callanish? What were the ancients up to? This book details our oldest and grandest buildings, our first temples, our earliest visual art, messages which are still relevant today. With eight authors, and packed with detailed information and exquisite rare illustrations, Megalith is a timeless and valuable sourcebook for anyone interested in prehistory.
Download or read book Carnac Stones written by Cs Creations and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journal with 150 ruled pages awaits your writing pleasure. You can use it to record your hopes and dreams, express your gratitude, to keep a bucket list, as a daily diary, or to jot down your "To-Do" lists. The possibilities are endless and the choice is all yours. Enjoy!
Download or read book Megalithomania written by John Michell and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.
Download or read book Seed of Knowledge Stone of Plenty written by John A. Burke and published by Council Oak Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burke and Halbert present the scientific evidence behind their startling, original theory: ancient peoples constructed temples, mounds, and megaliths to increase the fertility of crops. These peoples used an ancient technology, only now rediscovered.
Download or read book The Megalithic Monuments of Carnac and Locmariaquer written by Zacharie Le Rouzic and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Megalithic Lunar Observatories written by Alexander Thom and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1971 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the mathematical principles behind Megalithic stone circles, and how these were used for observing lunar cycles in prehistoric times. This text discusses the mathematical principles behind Megalithic stone circles. It is intended for enthusiasts and academicians of archaeology, astronomy, and mathematics.
Download or read book The Stones and the Stars written by Duncan Lunan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are at least 48 identified prehistoric stone circles in Scotland. In truth, very little is known about the people who erected them, and ultimately about what the stone circles were for. Most stone circles are astronomically aligned, which has led to the modern debate about why the alignment was significant. The megaliths certainly represented an enormous co-operative effort, would at the very least have demonstrated power and wealth, and being set away from any dwellings probably served a ceremonial, or perhaps religious, purpose. Observations at the site of the stone circles, of solar, lunar, and stellar events, have already cast light on some of the questions about the construction and use of ancient megalithic observatories. In his capacity as manager of the Parks Department Astronomy Project, author Duncan Lunan designed and built the first astronomically aligned stone circle in Britain in over 3,000 years. 'The Stones and the Stars' examines the case for astronomical alignments of stone circles, and charts the development of a fascinating project with a strong scientific and historical background. The work was documented in detail by the artist and photographer Gavin Roberts, and this archive has been added to since - so an appropriate selection of illustrations will bring the project vividly to life.
Download or read book Carnac written by Ivan Lietaert and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lola is real. She lives around the year 4,322 BC in the Carnac region in France. She has a dark skin, black hair and blue eyes. She is a fierce hunter and lives in a small, nomadic hunter-gatherer community that is surprisingly sophisticated. Life takes a dramatic turn when the first farmer communities settle in the region. And then there is that ominous comet heading directly for planet Earth... In this stone age adventure story, the author puts forward a new, unfalsified theory about the origins of the mysterious fields of standing stones, known as the Carnac alignments, arguably the most enigmatic stone age site in the world.
Download or read book The Stone Circles of Britain Ireland and Brittany written by Aubrey Burl and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This beautiful book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction, and eventual desertion. A substantially revised version of Aubrey Burl's highly praised work The Stone Circles of the British Isles, it offers new insights into the purpose of stone circles. It also provides a new interpretation of Stonehenge and of Callanish in Scotland, the first overview of the cromlechs in Brittany, a discussion of the problems of archaeoastronomy as related to stone circles, a greatly expanded Gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations.
Download or read book A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain Ireland and Brittany written by Aubrey Burl and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical and knowledgeable guidebook deals comprehensively with the stone circles of Britain and Ireland and with the cromlechs and megalithic "horseshoes" of Brittany. This new edition includes a section on "Druidical" circles, romantic creations of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. "This book is not only an elegant and practical guide, it is also the best single-volume study of this extraordinary phenomenon, embracing 500 monuments from Shetland to Brittany. . . . Confident, erudite, pleasurable, this volume can be recommended as travel guide, archaeology, literature, and sheer good company."--Ian Sheperd, British Archaeology "This is a wonderful book and is a must for anyone remotely interested in things megalithic."--Paul Walsh, Archaeology Ireland
Download or read book Landscapes of Neolithic Brittany written by Chris Scarre and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully illustrated study of the Neolithic monuments of Brittany which investigates how and by whom they were built, using the latest research and field studies. The emphasis is on the landscape setting of these monuments, and how that landscape may have influenced or inspired their construction.
Download or read book The Megaliths of Brittany written by Jacques Briard and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Carnac Land Of Megalithis written by Jacques Briard and published by EDITIONS JEAN-PAUL GISSEROT. This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
