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Megaliths and Murder: The History of Stonehenge

Recent research at Stonehenge has revised and clarified the site's chronology. New discoveries have revealed the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen, who likely directed the assembly of the largest sarsen and trilithon constructions. Very recently, a third henge has been discovered at Stonehenge that may have played a pivotal role in funeral rituals. But let's go right back to ancient times and look at Stonehenge's timeline – from the very beginning.

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The Blueprint for Stonehenge

The ritual timber circle at Durington Walls known as the Southern Circle may be the model used by the priest-astronomer-architects who designed Stonehenge. Let's reconstruct this incredible archeological find. In so doing, we'll get a feel for what life was like in the only Neolithic village discovered in England - and possibly the largest of its time in all of northwest Europe. This settlement may even have been the resting and feasting place for the work crews who built Stonehenge.

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