Why does it not surprise me that Stonehenge was built under Swiss supervision? From Stonehenge ‘King’ Came from Central Europe:
The construction of one of Britain’s most famous ancient landmarks, the towering megaliths at Stonehenge in southern England, might have been supervised by the Swiss, or maybe even the Germans.
How do we know (or suspect) this? Because “The King of Stonehenge” came from the Alps:
The so-called “Amesbury Archer” was found in a grave about three miles from the landmark, buried with 100 items, including gold earrings, copper knives and pottery.Researchers hailed the find — dating from about 2,300 B.C. and the oldest known grave in Britain — as one of the richest early Bronze Age sites in Europe.
He was dubbed “The King of Stonehenge” because of the lavish items found in his grave, including some of the earliest gold objects ever found in Britain.
It was tests on the enamel of his teeth that revealed he was born and grew up in the Alps region.
“Different ratios of oxygen isotopes form on teeth in different parts of the world and the ratio found on these teeth prove they were from somebody from the Alps region,” said Tony Trueman from Wessex Archaeology.