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>> it is many things to many different people. >> head of stonehedge explains why this place is so special. >> some people see it as an@knock can@ -- astronomical calendar. to others its a ser moan no or place where ancestors were buried. >> nobody knows for certainty how or why it was built. it was a mystery. >> the problem with cultures certainly the olympic cultures they didnt leave us any written records. >> it is a prehistoric cultures. you have to look at the alignments and so on. >> there...

Gathering point. >> stone hedge brings many people. >> head of stonehenge for english heritage explains. >> some people say its astronomical calendar, others say it signifies changes in the season. >> nobody knows for certainty how or why it was built. >> the problem with cultures, neolithic cultures they didnt leave us any written records. >> its a pre-hioriculultures that means before writing. you have to interpret it. >> reporter: what we do know that stonehenge is aligned with several bodies...

Gathering point. >> stone hedge brings many people. >> head of stonehenge for english heritage explains. >> some people say its astronomical calendar, others say it signifies changes in the season. >> nobody knows for certainty how or why it was built. >> the problem with cultures, neolithic cultures they didnt leave us any written records. >> its a pre-hioriculultures that means before writing. you have to interpret it. >> reporter: what we do know that stonehenge is aligned with several bodies...

Certainly the neolit thick cultures of europe they didnt leave written records. -- >> it is a prehistoric culture you have to interpret. >> we know stonehenge is aligned with several celestial bodies, rising sun attracts biggest crowds today, magic endures. peter what happens at sunrise? >> what people try and do and -- is to observe the sunrising over-the-hill stone all the way down into the fences of the stone circle. >> the picture we get from excavations have been made studying tools, a litt...

Gathering point. >> stone hedge brings many people. >> head of stonehenge for english heritage explains. >> some people say its astronomical calendar, others say it signifies changes in the season. >> nobody knows for certainty how or why it was built. >> the problem with cultures, neolithic cultures they didnt leave us any written records. >> its a pre-hioriculultures that means before writing. you have to interpret it. >> reporter: what we do know that stonehenge is aligned with several bodies...

>> stone hedge brings many people. >> head of stonehenge for english heritage explains. >> some people say its astronomical calendar, others say it signifies changes in the season. >> nobody knows for certainty how or why it was built. >> the problem with cultures, neolithic cultures they didnt leave us any written records. >> its a pre-historic cultures that means before writing. you have to interpret it. >> reporter: what we do know that stonehenge is aligned with several bodies, it attracts b...