There are many ancient stones, stone circles, and stone formations around the world. Wouldn't it be amazing to travel to these wondrous sites? Here is a "trip" that will only take a few moments...
Almendras – Portugal; ancient, megalithic circle; 95 large stones arranged in a double oval; 3500–1500 B.C.; perhaps astronomical and used as a calendar
Aphrodite's Rock – near Old Paphos, southwest coast of Cyprus; the site where Aphrodite was allegedly born from the sea
Brogar ring – Scotland; 60 large stones arranged in a circle; site of ring dances, death and regeneration rituals drawing on the goddess’s power in stone
Carnac menhirs – Brittany, France; 3,000 stones; arranged in parallel rows; 5000 B.C.; possibly used for fertility ceremonies or worship of the earth or moon goddess
deives – Lithuania; 6’ upright stones found along rivers; believed to mark sacred sites where goddesses were spinning the fates of humans
Externstein – Germany; range of limestone rocks; center of heroic legends and Teutonic myth; place of pagan worship; home of Irmensul, (giant column) the German tree of life
Ggantija– "giant’s tower"; Maltese islands; on the Island of Gozo; megalithic temples from 3000 B.C.; may have been dedicated to fertility or mother goddesses
Gors Fawr – Wales; moorland stone circle; Fawr means "great"; Gors means "throne”; used as a druidic center; 16 stones, 7’ apart; astronomical site built as a calendar of the seasons
Gors Fawr
(continued in Famous Stones Around The World Part 2)