Little Kids Explore: Architecture

Author: He Jia
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: "Little Kids Explore the World" is a series of books that amaze children. Realistic large photos showcase the world that children love to look at, think about, and explore; delicate illustrations reveal the mysteries of nature, society, and technology; and simple text is perfect for parent-child reading. Stonehenge is located on the White Cliffs Plain in Wiltshire, southern England, and is a famous relic of megalithic culture in Europe, with a history of about 3,000 years. Within a diameter of 30 meters, Stonehenge has two concentric rings of stones and two horseshoe-shaped arrangements. Its overall layout is related to the celestial phenomena, and it is inferred to have been an ancient altar. The pyramids are tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs. The pharaoh was the supreme king of ancient Egypt, and from the moment of ascension to the throne, he mobilized a large number of human and material resources to build his own tomb to achieve divinity after death. The tombs were built as square pyramidal towers of massive stones, resembling the Chinese character "" (jīn), hence the name "pyramid."