This photograph shows the stones of Stonehenge up close.
Stonehenge is the most well known megalithic structure. Click on
image for full size Image courtesy of Corel Photography What are
Megaliths? Have you ever seen a megalith? Maybe you have and you
just didn't know it! A megalith is made of huge stones. They
were put together by ancient people. Sometimes the stones look
like a stone fort and sometimes they are just rocks that have
been stood on end. Other megaliths look like big mounds of
rocks, but those mounds have secret chambers inside of them!
Megaliths can be found all over. They are in Europe, Russia, the
Americas, Africa, and Asia. Some megaliths were road markers
like our present-day road signs. Some were probably ancient
sites of worship. Still others were graveyards. And others might
have been astronomy observatories. We do know that these
structures must have been really important to the people who
built them! Some of the megaliths are almost 7,000 years old.
That means that 7,000 years ago peo