“The current theory is that Stonehenge was created during a time of profound social change,” says Pearson. It was at a time when “Britain was moving away from being isolated tribal territories to being a unified county.” Unlike previous thought, its construction probably involved all the people of Britain.

A World Heritage Site Stonehenge is the most architecturally sophisticated prehistoric stone circle in the world, while Avebury is the largest in the world. Together with inter-related monuments and their associated landscapes, they help us to understand Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial and mortuary practices.

There is strong archaeological evidence that Stonehenge was used as a burial site, at least for part of its long history, but most scholars believe it served other functions as well—either as a ceremonial site, a religious pilgrimage destination, a final resting place for royalty or a memorial erected to honor and …

Nearly 1,000 circles of stone dot the landscape of the British Isles, throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Fantastic theories abound, but based on archaeological evidence, it is generally accepted that the stone circles served as sacred places of ceremony and ritual for the people who built them. …

A. The belief of ancient Egyptians in the afterlife. The skills of ancient Egyptian builders. …

approximately 9 kilometres

Long before the Sphinx was uncovered from sand, the pyramids of Giza met the Nile in a close encounter. A branch of the Nile River reached the Pyramids area, so distinctively when the time of flood drew closer; the pyramids’ reflection was seen on the water. Pyramids 1869 – old tribes resting near the pyramids of Giza.

the Red Pyramid

western side

The Nile River flows over 6,600 kilometers (4,100 miles) until emptying into the Mediterranean Sea. For thousands of years, the river has provided a source of irrigation to transform the dry area around it into lush agricultural land.

For scientists, however, the Nile’s path has been a geologic mystery. That’s because long-lived rivers usually change course over time. A new study suggests that the river would’ve changed course westward many, many years ago if it weren’t for the movement of rock in the Earth’s deep mantle keeping the Nile on course.

Scientists say they’ve solved the geologic mystery of the Nile River’s unchanging path, and also discovered the river is about 30 million years old – 6 times older than previously believed. The Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. That’s because long-lived rivers usually change course over time.

Tanzania

The source of the Nile can be considered to be either the Ruvyironza, which emerges in Bururi Province, Burundi, near Bukirasaz or the Nyabarongo, which flows from Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda. These two feeder rivers meet near Rusumo Falls on the border between Rwanda and Tanzania.

The White Nile is called so because of the light-coloured clay sediment in the water giving the river a light grey colour. The Blue Nile flows for about 1,400 km to Khartoum from Lake Tana which is 1,800 metres above sea level in the Ethiopian mountains.

Nile

Mediterranean Sea

Lake Tana