RLGA01H3 Chapter Notes -Ewo, Unified Atomic Mass Unit, Emo
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One of several ancient rock structures thought to have been constructed for ritual practices. Several stones in a horseshoe pattern in middle stone sitting at on the ground. In ancient times it was thought to have been a sacri ce altar. Now and believe it use to stand up straight. Observer would stand to watch movements of the sun and the stars. The stone was erected 3500 to 4000 years ago. It was used as burial grounds centuries before that. Roughly between the year 3000 and 2500 ce around 240 people probably from the same family were buried there. Structures believed to be used for ceremonial purposes. Its orientation [towards the point where the sun rises at the summer solstice] makes one believe it. The romans would celebrate this day as the annual rebirth of the sun, saturnalia. Powerful gods, secret places, afterlife, the presence of spirits that interact with us.
