The mysterious ancient megaliths Bashny.Net

This mysterious and famous as Stonehenge phenomenon still causes people have more questions than it gives answers. Who erected these giant sandstone on Salisbury Plain in southern England? And how and why Stonehenge was built?

Garrans, Kasltaunshend, Ireland (2005)

However, Stonehenge is not the only one of its kind - stone megaliths can be found around the globe.

Photographer Barbara Yoshida traveled the world to capture the most ancient buildings of stone blocks at night. These images were used as illustrations for the book "Looking at the moon: megaliths in the moonlight", authored by Barbara Yoshida.

The first megalith, Barbara saw in 2003 in Scotland. It was the "Ring of Brodgar." Barbara describes it as a circle of huge stones, located on an island in the archipelago of Mainland Orkney. All night she photographed the majestic building that bears the least puzzles than Stonehenge. Since the temperature at night fell on the camera lens appeared drops of moisture that condenses in the air, so that the photographs stellar tracks are longer.

The most famous megaliths can also be found in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, England, Russia, the Middle East and Africa. Sometimes Barbara wanted by them only from photographs and descriptions of the poor tourists.

Of the 27 sites included in the book Barbara's favorite is an ancient place of worship Calanais located on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. If you look at it from above, you will notice that the stone rows of seats to form a Celtic cross.

Another exciting object represented in the book - it ZORATS KARER (or Karahunj) in Armenia. Exploring the prehistoric monument, Barbara Yoshida came across the works of Armenian astrophysicist Elma Barsamian, which suggested that these blocks could serve as a kind of prehistoric observatory. She found that the holes in the rocks directly point at the horizon and could give people a chance to watch the moon phases and Sunrise on the solstice.

Who knows, perhaps the mysteries that keep the ancient megaliths, will remain unsolved even thousands of years.

Calanais, Isle of Lewis, Scotland (2005)