article_snippet: Known as the ‘strange stone circles’ by locals in Turpan, the formations vary in size and shape with one intricate example resembling the sun.
article_snippet: There are similarities between the Chinese stones and Stonehenge in Wiltshire.
article_snippet: This includes the formations being linked with sun worshippers, the shape of the structures including so-called 'exits', and the fact the stones were transported to the site from outside the region.
article_snippet: The stone structures are built on high points of the land and some are square, with ‘exits’ to combine certain shapes (pictured).
article_snippet: No-one is sure what the mysterious stone 'walls' were used for.
article_snippet: The stone formations are built on high points of the land and some are square, with ‘exits’.
article_snippet: The rocks used in the structures in China (pictured) are not from the desert where four concentric circles - the largest of which measures 26 ft (eight metres) in diameter, with the smallest inner ring destroyed are located, suggesting that they were brought from afar, much like Stonehenge’s famous bluestones . '
article_snippet: Like the mysterious structures in China, the mysterious structures in China construction is simple and typically consists of low walls of uncut boulders.
article_snippet: However, the mysterious structures in China are incredibly precise and because the mysterious structures in China are so large, would have involved teams of workers.
article_snippet: In another parallel, the rocks at the site in China are not from the desert where eight Big Circles in west central Jordan, a second group, made of four Big Circles just north of Azraq Oasis are located, suggesting that the rocks at the site in China were brought from afar, just like Stonehenge’s famous bluestones.
highlights_snippet: Mysterious circular and square structures are found in Turpan, China .
  
highlights_snippet: Mysterious circular and square structures are known as 'the strange circles' by people living in the area .
  
highlights_snippet: Expert suggests Mysterious circular and square structures could have been used by nomads to worship the sun .