What's the deal with Stonehenge?

Here is something we were talking about in 2nd period today. Anyone is free to post your comments.

Stonehenge has mystified visitors for thousands of years. Somehow, about 4,600 years ago, people managed to haul humongous stones across southern England to a site on the Salisbury Plain. There, they erected a large circular structure. Some of the stones are more than 13 feet tall and weigh at least 25 tons.

Scientists and historians have long wondered not only how people built Stonehenge, but also why. Now, recent discoveries offer some answers. Scientists from the University of Sheffield in England and their coworkers propose that the structure was part of a religious complex dedicated to the dead.

So why do you think Stonehenge was built?

Read more at these sites:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/History/Stonehengevillage
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.16465/chosenImageId/1
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20070207/Note2.asp