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The Carnac stones (Breton: Steudadoù Karnag) are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli (burial mounds) and single menhirs (standing stones).
The standing stones and other monuments in the vicinity provide a cultural attraction and Carnac-Plage's variety of bars and clubs provide entertainment at night. There are a number of camping grounds in the woods around Carnac, some clustered around lakes such as the Étang du moulin du lac, which lies immediately west of the river Crac'h ...
A menhir (/ ˈ m ɛ n h ɪər /; [1] from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long" [2]), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age.
Ancient standing stones are found throughout the Horn of Africa. Several of these old menhirs exist in Qohaito , Eritrea , and date to a period before the founding of the Kingdom of Axum . The Axumites themselves also erected a number of large stelae , which served a religious purpose in pre-Christian times.
James Miln (1819–1881) was a Scottish antiquary who excavated many sites around the French village of Carnac in Brittany from around the 1860s. He worked on Roman military camps and other Roman antiquities including the Bosseno Roman villa, but is remembered today for his studies of the Carnac stones. These had long been the subject of myth ...
A vast and eccentric collection of everything from vintage Rolls-Royces to an entire house relocated from Syria, the Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum is worth a trip into the deserts of Qatar.
A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age , with most being built between 3300 and 2500 BC.
In a standing position, feet hip distance apart, step forward with your right leg, so that your back leg is straight, heel off the ground, and your right leg is bent at a 90-degree angle (with ...