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Stonehenge by Rosemary Hill is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Stonehenge about?
242 pages : 20 cm Stonehenge is woven into the earliest Arthurian legends and has been analysed by everyone from archaeologists, to town planners, to the Druids who have made it their spiritual home. By refusing to adopt one theoretical position, Rosemary Hill provides the most wide-ranging and expansive history of the megalithic structure to date, from its creation in 3000 BC to the threat of the thunderous main roads that flank it today "First published in the United Kingdom by Profile Books"--Title page verso Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index A very short pre-history -- Contending with oblivion : the antiquaries -- Art, order, proportion : the architects -- "Cold ston'y horror" : the romantics -- The age of Darwin -- Archaeology, astronomy and the age of Aquarius -- The new millennium
Who reads Stonehenge?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rosemary Hill
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781847650757
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.37 / 5 (38 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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