Webtour
From Stonehenge to Loch Ness: mysteries and legends
across the Channel
Moderatore: Anna
Pasini
venerd́ 13 dicembre (ore 9.00 -11.00)
The most famous, as well as the
most mysterious, one of British archeological sites is certainly
Stonehenge: it represents a remarkable achievement of prehistoric
engineering, but why it was built remains a mystery.
What do you think it could be and who built it? How were these
huge stones moved into their positions by people without machines
or the wheel? Do you know how far some stones come from?
In Scotland, too, there is another unsolved mystery: Loch Ness is
believed to hide a monster, a sort of dinosaur which has been
seen several times during the centuries and even photographed.
The well-known picture taken in 1934 has become a
"proof" of Nessie's existence. But what is your
opinion? Scientists have investigated the loch with sophisticated
instruments and they believe that ...; moreover, the lake is so
deep and its water so dark that this mystery can't be easily
solved.
Mysteries and legends everywhere in England! By the way, do you
believe in ghosts? The English do! Think of a British castle and
you'll probably find out that a ghost has lived there for ages.
Some of them were very famous people like queens or princes.
You'll "meet" them during our tour among important
castles, from the Tower of London to the Warwick Castle.
Stonehenge
http://exn.ca/mysticplaces/stonehenge.cfm
Follow the three phases of its construction through an
interactive map
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_stonehenge/index.html
You really think to be there with these fantastic 360° images (
you need QTVR plug-in, but it's worth!)
http://www.stonehenge-avebury.net/Photos/gtour/Qtvrstnhng.html
http://www.stonehenge-avebury.net/Photos/gtour/Qtvrtour.html
Why don't you read a famous legend of Stonehenge which deals with
Knig Arthur and Merlin the Wizard?
http://www.christiaan.com/stonehenge/info/misc_info/legends/
some more pictures
http://www.christiaan.com/stonehenge/info/misc_info/pictures/
and historical ones
http://www.lessing4.de/megaliths/stonehen.htm
Nessie
What's your opinion...?
http://www.myspace.co.uk/nessie/nessie/search4.html
http://www.lochness.co.uk/nessie/sightings/photo2.html
The birth of a legend
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/legend.html
But where is Nessie exactly?
Then click on "The Ness files"
http://www.lochness.scotland.net/about.cfm#
Click at the bottom of the page on "Searching Nessie",
to read all its story and listen to it!
http://www.nessie.co.uk/
Did you know Nessie has a lair?
http://www.myspace.co.uk/nessie/nessie/lochness.html
Look at the investigation with sonar
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/sonar.html
Or listen to some eyewitness accounts
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/eyewitness.html
And now look through these live webcams (surface and underwater)
and try to spot the monster!!
http://www.lochness.scotland.net/camera.cfm
http://www.lochness.co.uk/livecam/index.html
and the mystery goes on...
http://www.myspace.co.uk/nessie/menu/nesscont.html
Just in order to have an idea of how many
Castles there are in Britain...and most of them
are HAUNTED by ghosts!!
http://www.dlc.fi/~hurmari/castles.html
Have a look at the Warwick Castle,
one of the best preserved Medieval castles, in which history
comes to life. How? Through life-size wax figures of the past as
in Madame Tussaud's Museum in London. Do you think there is any
ghost there?
http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/
http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/castle/castle.html
We can't forget the famous Tower of London where
many ghosts are still alive...
Do you know who are they and where you can see them ? But you
have to be patient and brave...
www.tower-of-london.com
www.camelotintl.com/tower_site/ghost/index.html
www.toweroflondon.com/kids
There is a long, long list of ghosts in British castles, as you
can see here...
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle94.htm
www.castles-of-britain.com
What about the ghost in the library of the Windsor Castle??
Why don't we go there and try to see it?
http://www.royalresidences.com/
http://194.203.40.17/output/page557.asp
http://www.windsor.gov.uk/
Don't you believe there are so many
ghosts around? Click here:
http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/uk.htm
But is there a ghost in Hampton Court, too?
http://www.hrp.org.uk/webcode/hampton_home.asp
(click on history or here: http://www.hrp.org.uk/history/default.asp?sectID=4&id=4
I know that now you want to play an
excinting game, intitled "Ghosts in the Castle!!" Very
COOL!!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/castles/enter.html
Many, many mysteries and myth are waiting
for you here!
www.myths.com/pub/myths/myth.html