巨石阵，难以置信的成就

巨石阵 Stonehenge

巨石阵是欧洲著名的史前文化神庙遗址，位于英格兰(England) 威尔特郡(Wiltshire) 索尔兹伯里平原(Salisbury)。

2008年3月至4月，英国考古学家研究发现，巨石阵大概建于公元前2300年，距今已经有4300多年。

巨石阵由巨大的石头组成，每块约重50吨。它的主轴线、通往石柱的古道和夏至日早晨初升的太阳，在同一条线上；另外，其中还有两块石头的连线指向冬至日落的方向。

每块巨石需要500名男子同时用力才能拉动，另外还需要100人一路小跑往地上石下安置滚轮，总共需要600人协同作战。

我在想，谁有这么好的口才和威望，能说服600人帮你拖动一块50吨重的石头穿越18英里的乡村，再使出洪荒之力把它竖起来，然后说：“好了，伙计们！再搬20块这样的，还有一些门楣，也许还要去威尔士运来几十块漂亮的蓝石，然后我们就开趴体庆祝！”

这巨石阵背后绝对有个出色的激励者！

At 10.55 in the morning I took a bus from Salisbury to Stonehenge. I paid £3.95 for a return ticket on the bus, then a further £2.80 for admission at Stonehenge itself.

I know it goes without saying, but Stonehenge really was the most incredible accomplishment in the UK. It took 500 men just to pull each sarsen, plus 100 more to dash around positioning the rollers. Just think about it for a minute. Can you imagine trying to talk 600 people into helping you drag a 50-ton stone 18 miles across the countryside, muscle it into an upright position and then saying, 'Right, lads! Another twenty like that, plus some lintels and maybe a couple of dozen nice bluestones from Wales, and then we party!' Whoever was the person behind Stonehenge was one dickens of a motivator！

Impressive as Stonehenge is, there comes a moment somewhere about eleven minutes after your arrival when you realise you've seen pretty well as much as you care to, and you spend another forty minutes walking around the perimeter rope looking at it out of a combination of politeness, embarrassment at being the first from your bus to leave and a keen desire to extract £2.80 worth of exposure from the experience. Eventually I wandered back to the gift shop and looked at the books and souvenirs, had a cup of coffee in a styrofoam cup, then wandered back to the bus-stop to wait for the 13.10 to Salisbury and divided my time between wondering why they couldn't provide benches and where on earth I might go next.