IndexAbstractIntroductionFindings and discussionsMerlin theoryRoman templeA place of druid worshipA place of healingA place of burialA site for celestial or astronomical alignments The new age point of viewConclusionReferencesAbstractThis article contains the mystery of Stonehenge. Stonehenge was built on Salisbury Plain between 5,000 and 4,300 years ago. It is one of the most famous and mysterious archaeological sites in the world (O'Driscoll, 2009, p.15). The main objective of this article is that the author would like to analyze different theories about the constructions and functions of Stonehenge which are still mysterious and also make a comparison between Stonehenge and Gunung Padang. The author obtained data from an e-book and some websites about Stonehenge and Gunung Padang information. From this article, we could find that there are several theories about the constructions and functions of Stonehenge: the Merlin theory, Roman temple, druid place of worship, healing place, burial place, site for celestial or astronomical alignments and the point of the new era. The comparison results between Stonehenge and Gunung Padang are that Stonehenge and Gunung Padang were built with stones, Stonehenge and Gunung Padang are mysterious archaeological and megalithic sites in the world, the author did not find when Stonehenge was first discovered and Gunung Padang it was appreciated by experts since the 1800s. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Introduction Stonehenge was built on Salisbury Plain between 5,000 and 4,300 years ago. It is one of the most famous and mysterious archaeological sites in the world (O'Driscoll, 2009, p.15). Stonehenge was built from thirty stones. The largest stones called Sarsens. Sarsens are 30 feet tall and weigh 25 tons. The smallest stones called bluestones. It was called bluestones because they have a bluish tinge when wet or freshly broken. The blue stones weigh 4 tons. We don't know who built Stonehenge. Many theories about the constructions of Stonehenge and its functions. People believe that Stonehenge was built by aliens because it is impossible for ancient humans to move the large stones and build complicated monuments like Stonehenge. People believe that Stonehenge functions as a ritual site, burials and a place of astronomical observation. Indonesia also has a stone monument called Gunung Padang. The construction of Gunung Padang is also still mysterious. Therefore, the author chooses this topic as the focus of this article. The author expects that this article can provide more information about the mystery of Stonehenge and other stone monuments such as Gunung Padang. Based on the above explanation, the purpose of this article is to analyze several theories about the constructions and functions of Stonehenge which are still mysterious and also to make a comparison between Stonehenge and Gunung Padang. The data for this article was obtained from an e-book and some websites about Stonehenge and Gunung Padang information. Results and discussions Based on the analysis that was done, the author found several theories about the constructions of Stonehenge and its functions. The following data and information are founded by the author:The Merlin TheoryIn the 12th century, the English historian Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote a book titled 'Historia Regum Britanniae' (History of the Kings of England). In that book he told the famous legend of King Arthur and the explanation of how Stonehenge was made. According to Geoffrey, the blue stones came from Africa. The giants carried the stones to the mysterious mountain called Killaraus in Ireland where they arranged them in a large circle. Therefore that is where the stones remained for a long timetime. When King Aurelius Ambrosius wanted to make a memorial to his dead soldiers, a witch named Merlin suggested he use the stones. The king accepted his suggestion, Merlin used his magical power and removed the stones and brought them to Salisbury by the sea. This theory combined aspects of English legend with the supernatural power of the witch Merlin. Although it was interesting, experts had never taken this theory as a serious theory. Roman Temple In 1620, King James I asked an eccentric British architect named Inigo Jones to investigate the structure and history of Stonehenge. In 1655, three years after Jones' death, his son-in-law John Webb published a book entitled "Remarkable Antiquities of Great Britain, Commonly Called Stone-Heng, Restored." The book comes from the documentation documents inherited from Inigo Jones. The book told of Stonehenge was actually a Tuscan style temple founded by the Roman period in England from the 1st century until the 5th century. He said the temple was in honor of Coelus, one of the Roman gods. However, many other writers rejected this theory because the age of the monument was far from the Roman period in England. Place of worship of the druid Dr. William Stukley (1740) explained that in 460 BC England was visited by a number of pilgrims from the Middle East, perhaps the Finites who had lived in the land of Canaan conquered by the Israelites. These pilgrims were founded by the Druid religion who later built Stonehenge as a place of worship. They used Stonehenge for their ceremonies and they took place at the stone ring during the summer. Nowadays, the Druidic religion uses Stonehenge as a religious monument. A place of healing Professor Tim Darvill of Bournemouth University and Professor Geoffrey Wainwright of the Society of Antiquaries of London (2008) have stated that Stonehenge may have served as a "place of healing" (as cited in Enigma, 2010). This was due to skulls being found near the sites. Among the remains of the skull found by them there were several signs such as a skull that had been opened accidentally. This sign indicated the operating procedure in the head. Stonehenge may have been used as a place of healing for serious illnesses or injuries, a sort of ancient Lourdes. A burial site Professor Mike Parker Pearson of the University of Sheffield (1998) explained that the area around Stonehenge had a large number of burials suggesting a domain of the dead, while a Neolithic settlement nearby was the corresponding location of the you live. More recently, Professor Parker has claimed that Stonehenge was built to unite the diverse populations of the British Isles. He said Stonehenge itself was a huge undertaking, requiring the work of thousands of stones from as far away as west Wales, and shaping and erecting them became an act of unification. A site for celestial or astronomical alignments This theory by Sir John Lockyer (1901). He is a famous British astronomer who discovered the element helium. In 1901, he wrote an article in which he assumed that some parts of Stonehenge, called the Heel Stone, were originally dedicated to the Summer Solstice (the longest day of the year). Therefore, Lockyer surmised that Stonehenge may have been used by ancient astronomers to observe celestial objects. In 1965, this theory was strengthened by an American astronomer named Gerald Hawkins, who used computers to discover that 165 points on the Stonehenge buildings were related to the movement of the sun and moon. He proposed that Stonehenge was probably an ancient computer used to predict lunar eclipses. The new age point of viewThis theory explains that Stonehenge is used to a spiritual place (as mentioned in the mysteries of9