巨石阵

巨石阵是英国最著名、最神秘的史前遗迹。巨石阵位于索尔兹伯里平原附近，考古学家认为它建于公元前2500——前2000年——4000多年以前。是谁把这些石头运到这里的？为什么运到这里？怎样运的？关于这些石头有很多种秘的传说。这里曾是坟地吗？或者是一个占星观察站？没有人能给出确切的回答。但最大的疑问就是这些石头一开始是怎么到达这里的。它们巨大而沉重。科学家说这些石头来自几百英里之外的地方。关于石头有很多传说．有些人说是魔法师梅林叫一个巨人为他建造了这个石头阵，或者是梅林自己将这些石头从爱尔兰康力若斯山运到了这里。有些人说是恶魔把石头运到这里的。还有人甚至说石头阵是外星人的着陆点。2001年。作为考古实验的一部分，考古学家们尝试将一块大石头（尺寸和石头阵的石头差不多大）沿着陆地和海岸从威尔士运到石头阵。志愿者们很费力地将石头拉了一段路。但石头一被运到船上．石头以及船只就都沉没了。

STONEHENGE

England＇ s most famous and most mysterious stones are at Stonehenge. They consist of huge rocks （＂menhirs＂） in a circular formation constructed near the city of Salisbury. Archaeologists think the stones were erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC--more than 4,000 years ago. Who took the rocks there？ And why？ How？ There＇ s a lot of mystery surrounding the stones. Was it a burial ground？ An astrological observation point？ No one knows for sure. But the biggest mystery of all is how the stones arrived there in the first place. They are very big, They＇ re very heavy. And experts say they came from hundreds of miles away. There are many legends associated with the stones. Some say that the wizard Merlin asked a giant to build the structure for him, or that he transported them magically from Mount Killaraus in Ireland. Others say it was the Devil. There are even some who say that Stonehenge is a landing site for aliens. In 2001, as part of an archaeological experiment, an attempt was made to transport a large stone （the same size as those from Stonehenge） along a land and sea route from Wales to Stonehenge. Volunteers pulled the stone for some miles with great difficulty over land using modern roads. But once the stone was transferred to a boat, the stone （and the boat） sank.