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6. No; they just found a settlement 2km from Stonehenge that was 5000 years older than it

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 06:13 AM

Apr 2013

Here's the website for the excavation: http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/classical-studies/amesbury/index.shtml

The dating of Stonehenge has not changed. Discovery just wrote a misleading title for their web page.

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Four-thousand year old gold-adorned skeleton found near Windsor [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 OP

From Wessex Archaeology ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #1

added the photos in the link thanks N/t Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #5

Interesting. I wonder what that society was like. /nt Ash_F Apr 2013 #2

I think they are referring to Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #4

Maybe there aren't enough scientists writing for the average reader FiveGoodMen Apr 2013 #10

For those who can't easily relate to that area dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #7

Angling for donkeys ? Peculiar behavior for a Democrat. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #11

Its what we call dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #12

Thanks for the explanation ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #13

Coarse fishing dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #14

The origin of the name is not as clear-cut as I thought ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2013 #15

Interesting dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #16

Donkeys years Boudica the Lyoness Apr 2013 #17

Way cool. I love British history. HooptieWagon Apr 2013 #18