The solstice alignments of Stonehenge, explained. Subscribe to our channel! goo.gl/0bsAjO Sources: www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Understanding-Mysteries-Greatest-Monument-ebook/dp/B00BBF8FLY/ref=sr_1_1 www.amazon.com/dp/B00BPEITG2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 media.astronomicalheritage.net/media/astronomicalheritage.net/entity_000006/ras_stonehenge_factsheet.pdf www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history/# www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/fall07/nats101s31/lecture_notes/sunpaths.html archive.org/details/themysteryofstonehenge Newgrange photos by: Sean MacEntee www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/22454487890 Pdbreen www.flickr.com/photos/pdbreen/3796235534 /// Stonehenge is a popular destination for summer solstice celebrations because the 5,000-year-old monument points toward the summer solstice sunrise on the horizon. However, it also points to the winter solstice sunset in the opposite direction and there's good reason to believe that this may have been the more important alignment for the Neolithic people who built Stonehenge. We investigate by constructing a tiny model of the Stonehenge monument. /// Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: goo.gl/U2g06o

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