Stonehenge

A vast Neolithic sanctuary near Chleby was built around 6,500 years ago, more than a millennium before Stonehenge. Archaeologists say its twelve entrances were arranged to frame important positions of the Sun and Moon, suggesting that the enclosure was both a ritual center and a carefully planned place for observing the sky. The discovery offers a glimpse of how Europe’s first farming communities connected landscape, ceremony and time. Archaeologists and visitors beside an excavation trench at the Chleby sanctuary. ( University of West Bohemia ) A Monumental Enclosure in Bohemia The site lies near Chleby, east of Prague. According to the University of West Bohemia’s excavation report, the almost circular enclosure measures about 230 meters across and was cut into