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New light on the building of Stonehenge

12 March 2022

9:00 AM

12 March 2022

9:00 AM

How to Build Stonehenge Mike Pitts

Thames & Hudson, pp.256, 20

When it comes to Stonehenge, we are like children continually asking why and never getting a conclusive answer. There are plenty of theories as to its purpose, ranging from the ludicrous to the dull, but perhaps we would be better off concentrating, as in this excellent book, more on how our ancestors got the stones up in the first place.

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