Seven kilometers from Bakhchisaray, in a ravine called Bogaz- Sala, is a mysterious four-meter traperiform block of stone , sometimes called the Crimea Stonehenge.
This is a lonely, standing upright stone pillar visually related to distance from him a few hundred meters rock grotto with a through hole , the size of meter and a half.
These two Building April 5 and September 8, linked the rising sun , falling in a hole in the rock and through it to the top of the menhir .According to scientists, these structures are created in the days when the tribes inhabited the foothills of the Tauri , engaged in farming, and the stone calendar of the locals suggested the beginning of the summer and autumn equinox , which determines the beginning and end of field work.
It is believed that the menhirs are ancient observatories.The most famous of them, Stonehenge was a place of pilgrimage for tourists after it was discovered that at the time of summer solstice, the main axis of the entire structure shows the north- east, where the longest day of the year the sun rises .
Bakhchisarai Menhir and a hole in the rock are on the same east-west axis , and are basically an ancient observatory . Some discrepancy of dates with the modern day equinox ( 21marta and 23 September) explained by changes of the Earth's axis relative to the sun.
These bizarre rocks accompany you on the march to the Crimean Stonehenge .
And here is this very ancient stone.
At the same time he and a grotto is an ancient observatory.
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