Global Treasures: Stonehenge

Television Director: Ullman, Frank

Producer: Scarson, Peter O.

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Catalogue Number: GTR-DVD-1011

UPC: 879061006104

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Global Treasures - History's Most Protected Monuments - Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa's Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world's heritage. Join us as we explore one of these protected monuments.

In the south of England, amidst the hills of Wiltshire, surrounded by woodland and mature trees, stands the most significant prehistoric example of Megalithic culture, Stonehenge.

Looking now almost as it must have more than 4,000 years ago at the time of the New Stone Age and Bronze Age, Stonehenge is a shrine created by man for a deity of a religion based upon nature and sun worship. Like gates built by Titans, these gigantic stones take us back to the Dark Ages.