Stonehenge dates its Bronze Age phase to 2000 B.C. (but with a history stretching back yet another thousand years to Neolithic times). It attracts more than a million tourists a year, but is more than an array of great standing stones. Stonehenge was indeed its own city, the metropolitan center of a powerful kingdom heretofore unsuspected.That city is reconstructed by the author from the archaeological evidence--royal palace, banquet hall and tomb, among other buildings. Here (apart from Homer) begins European literature, derived from oral traditions. The entire book is richly illustrated.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2009-09-29
- Mått178 x 254 x 11 mm
- Vikt376 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor208
- FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
- ISBN9780786445127