Supply the number in each case:
1. ___ upright stones or sarsens.
2. Each sarsen is over ___ feet tall and weighs ___ tons.
3. There are ___ lintels weighing ___ tons each.
4. The ___-year cycle of eclipses can be found by decoding Stonehenge.
5. Giraldus Cambrensis was a historian of the ___th century, who wrote a book titled The History and Topography of Ireland and ascribed the engineering of Stonehenge to Merlin.
Answers
30, 10, 26, 30, 6, 56, 12
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I suddenly realize how much I don't know about Stonehenge that I wish I knew.
ReplyDeleteThanks for awakening me to lack of knowledge.
I had to look it up, Nick.
ReplyDelete"4. The ___-year cycle of eclipses can be found by decoding Stonehenge." I was talking to a historical astronomer at lunchtime who told me that this line of argument is now exploded.
ReplyDelete"...Where the banshees live and they do live well..."
ReplyDeleteI am fascinated by Stonehenge and read a lot about it, but couldn't remember all those figures!
ReplyDeleteTell me more, dearieme.
ReplyDeleteBanshees - yes.
I can't remember anything, fullstop.