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A detailed laser-scan survey of the entire monument has discovered 72 previously unknown Early Bronze Age carvings chipped into five of the giant stones.
Archaeologists have discovered a vast cemetery of Bronze Age burial mounds, thought to be up to 4,400 years old, ahead of a building development less than 10 miles (16 kilometers) from Stonehenge ...
Swords first appeared during the Bronze Age. But scholars aren't sure whether they were a prestige item — made for show — or designed primarily to kill. Swords developed on human beings over ...
STONEHENGE, England — Clews Everard has the toughest job in British tourism. She is the general manager of Stonehenge, the prehistoric circle of stones that lures archaeologists, protesters ...
While preparing land for a new housing development, archaeologists outside of Salisbury, England, uncovered a large Bronze Age cemetery. The site is roughly ten miles from Stonehenge. But despite ...
Microwear traces on a Bronze Age tool used for smoothing or polishing Courtesy of Wiltshire Museum In 1801, archaeologists discovered an earthen mound near Stonehenge that contained the remains of ...
Archaeologists have discovered a Stonehenge-esque circle of timber posts in Denmark, thought to be from the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. The site was likely used as a ritual ground and ...
After reading about the discovery of the Stonehenge of the Netherlands, learn about the "German Stonehenge," a Bronze Age site used for ritual child sacrifices.
The site is less than 10 miles south of Stonehenge, the iconic prehistoric monument. The cemetery dates to the Bronze Age, a period from 2400 B.C. to 1500 B.C., the release said.
Bronze Age Britain In modern-day Britain, ... So we're talking about 850 B.C. So this is a period after the kind of the Neolithic - so people might be familiar with Stonehenge.
Revealed: Early Bronze Age carvings suggest Stonehenge was a huge prehistoric art gallery. A detailed laser-scan survey of the entire monument has discovered 72 previously unknown Early Bronze Age ...