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Look up: Stonehenge

  1. Stonehenge
    Stonehenge is the principal prehistoric monument in Great Britain. It consists of a group of large stones arranged in a circle on Salisbury Plain.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Stonehenge
    Stonehenge is an ancient stone circle in Wiltshire.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Stonehenge
    Megalithic monument on Salisbury Plain, 3 km/1.9 mi west of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England. The site developed over various periods from a simple henge (earthwork circle and ditch), dating from...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. Stonehenge
    Stone'henge noun An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/203

  5. Stonehenge
    noun an ancient megalithic monument in southern England; probably used for ritual purposes
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Stonehenge
    `Stonehenge` is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. Archaeologists believe that the standing stones were erected around 2200 BC and the surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monume...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge

  7. Stonehenge
    • (n.) An assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient Druidical temple.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Stonehenge
    archaeological site located about 18.5 miles (30 km) south of the Avebury site and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England. ... [13 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/166

  9. Stonehenge
    Stonehenge (stōn'henj") , group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, S England. Preeminent among megalithic monuments in the British Isles, it is similar to an older and larger monument at Avebury. The great prehistoric structure is enclosed within a circular ditch 300 ft ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08468


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15 March 2010

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The Ides of March is on March 15th every year. The expression Beware the Ides of March can mean beware of impending danger. If someone says Beware the Ides of March referring to March 15th itself, it can have the sense of March 15th being a bad luck day, just like Friday the 13th. The origin of the sinister meaning of the Ides of March is the fact that this is the actual day that Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC by some Roman Senators. Over 1500 years later, William Shakespeare wrote the play Julius Caesar. That’s where the phrase Beware the Ides of March comes from. In the play, a soothsayer said it to Julius Caesar on the day of his assassination. read more

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