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Stonehenge, England: An enduring riddle.
Archaeologists are working to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument built? The excavation project, is designed to unearth materials that can be used to establish a more specific date for when the mysterious first set of bluestones was put in place at Stonehenge, one of Britain’s best known and least understood landmarks. The bluestones are the smaller of the large rocks installed at Stonehenge. The site, has become popular
with Druids, modern-day pagans, and New Agers, who attach mystical significance to the strangely shaped circle of stones. But there remains great debate about the actual purpose of the structure. The dig will be led by Timothy Darvill, a leading Stonehenge scholar from Bournemouth University, and Geoffrey Wainwright, president of the Society of Antiquaries. Scientists believe the bluestones were first put in place around 2600 B.C. Those original bluestones were removed about 200 years later. The dig team hopes to find bits of them embedded in the earth.
COMPLIED BY ROHINI RAMAKRISHNAN
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