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Stonehenge

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Drought Reveals Giant, 4,500-Year-Old Irish Henge

The circular structure in the Boyne Valley was discovered by drone photographers searching for signs of hidden Neolithic sites

New Research

Germany’s “Stonehenge” Reveals Evidence of Human Sacrifice

Archaeologists uncovered the remains of 10 women and children who may have been sacrificed at the Pömmelte enclosure, a 4,300-year-old Neolithic circle

Evidence Suggests Stonehenge Was an Elite Cemetery

Scientists have little doubt that Stonehenge functioned as a Neolithic cemetery

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Stone Age Britons Feasted While Building Stonehenge

A new exhibit shows that the builders gorged on animals from as far away as Scotland

An excerpt from the first road map of Britain, published by John Ogilby when Fiennes was 15, in 1675. No word on whether Fiennes ever saw it, although she did write about visiting a college in Manchester that had a map collection.

See 17th-Century England Through the Eyes of One of the First Modern Travel Writers

Celia Fiennes traveled and wrote about her adventures—including a bit of life advice

One of the dig sites at Durrington Walls where researchers have uncovered a post that once held a large, prehistoric timber post.

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The So-Called “Superhenge” Was Made of Wood, Not Stone

New research shows that the ancient structure was also taken down in a hurry

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Is Stonehenge a Hand-Me-Down Monument?

New research suggests the monument was first built in Wales then dragged 180 miles to its current location

Mysterious Neolithic masterpiece...or world's most complicated BBQ joint?

New Research

The People Who Built Stonehenge Loved BBQ

New evidence that Neolithic settlers roasted pork and beef

Stonehenge after the 2008 restoration

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A Man Once Bought Stonehenge for his Wife, and She Was not Pleased

Or at least, so the story goes of a British barrister’s decision to purchase the neolithic site for the equivalent of about $1 million

The Plain of Jars in northeast Laos may be related to burial rituals dating back 2,000 years—but the site still proves a mystery to archeologists.

Ancient Urns or Drinking Vessels for Giants? Behind the Mysterious Plain of Jars in Laos

A grassy area studded with hulking, 2,000-year-old jars provides a surreal sight as well as an archeological puzzle

The mysteries surrounding Stonehenge persist.

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Did Stonehenge Hold Up a Giant Stage?

A new theory poses that the prehistoric structure could have been something like an “ancient Mecca on stilts”

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The Area Around Stonehenge Has Been Inhabited for More Than 10,000 Years

That makes this area the oldest inhabited place in England

New Research

Stonehenge’s Stones Can Sing

Stonehenge’s mighty bluestones sing when struck

Break me of a piece of that monolith.

Cool Finds

Stonehenge Visitors Used To Be Handed Chisels to Take Home Souvenirs

Chisels were banned in the early 1900s, and in 1977, the stones were roped off so people couldn’t climb on them any longer

Cool Finds

Forget Driverless Cars, These People Want to Make Driverless Cargo Ships

While drone ships aren’t around the corner, they’re probably coming soon enough to keep ship workers up at night

New Research

Scientists Figure Out Where Stonehenge Stones Came From, Still Don’t Know How They Got to Stonehenge

Scientists add two miles to the stone’s 140 mile trip, but still don’t know how they made it

Digital Laser Scans of Stonehenge Reveal Ancient Graffiti

The first complete 3D laser scan of Stonehenge’s prehistoric stone circle revealed ancient graffiti and alignment with the winter and summer solstice

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Did Dinosaurs Build Stonehenge?

Now seen as early evidence of prehistoric worship, the hilltop site was previously shunned by researchers as nothing more than a medieval cemetery.

Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?

Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey’s stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization

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