Historic Items: Pyramid / Stonehenge Combo Set

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Historic Items: Pyramid / Stonehenge Combo Set

Looking for a stonehenge or pyramid educational set for your history loving kids? Learn about the mystery of the pyramids and stonehenge by making them on your own. Build them brick by brick and learn how they were made long time ago.

If you have an adventure themed party, this is perfect as a goodie item OR even an activity at party itself. You can even book our adventure magic show and treasure hunt.

Product Dimensions:
Shipping Weight: 2 Kgs
Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up

• Endless building fun
• Challenging for older children
• Construction Tool like glue, chisels and hammer included
• Spare Pieces included

Fun Facts about the Great Pyramids

• The Great Pyramid of Giza points very precisely to the north.
• The pyramids of Egypt are all built to the west of the Nile River. This is because the western side was associated with the land of the dead.
• The base of a pyramid was always a perfect square.
• They were built mostly of limestone.
• There were traps and curses put on the tombs and the pyramids to try and keep robbers out.

Fun Facts about the Stonehenge

• In 2008 evidence was uncovered that Stonehenge may have been a burial site well before Stonehenge itself was constructed.
• There is more than meets the eye with Stonehenge. The designers and builders had to be extremely sophisticated in geometry and mathematics. It is aligned with midwinter sunset and the midsummer sunset. It was also aligned with the most northerly setting and the most southerly rising of the moon.
• One of the stone types used to construct Stonehenge is called a Sarsen Stone. Theses stones weighed 25 tons and were about 18 feet tall.
• They also used what are called blue stones. These stones are volcanic and pretty unique. The unique qualities of these stones prove that they were imported from a site that was about 240 miles away. This is the closes place to Stonehenge you can find these types of stones.
• It is estimated that it too around 30 million hours of labor over a span of 1500 years to construct Stonehenge.
• Stonehenge is the most well known of the over 900 different stone rings in the British Isles.
• Some would argue that Stonehenge was built as an astronomical observatory, others would argue that it was built as a place to have ritual actives.
• There are some people that believe that Aliens are the only good explanation for how Stonehenge was built. They are sometimes in the same discussion as crop circles.
• It’s a little difficult to come to a definite conclusion about Stonehenge. It is believed that over half of the stones are missing and many have fallen over. Below is what it may have looked like when complete.