Stonehenge's most mysterious stone traveled 700 kilometers across Britain
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Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Stonehenge’s six-ton Altar Stone was deliberately transported hundreds of kilometers from Scotland by ancient people. The feat would have required extraordinary planning, teamwork, and determination, revealing a surprisingly sophisticated level of organization thousands of years ago.
  • a_non_monotonic_functionEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I agree that they probably were moved from somewhere.

    Otherwise they would have just been there already which would be super weird.

  • snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The British museum did a Stonehenge exhibit a few years ago, wasn’t expecting much but it was actually pretty fascinating. There’s tons of henges and a lot of the stone ones have rock from nowhere near where they were erected.

  • jdr@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Must have been difficult back in those times before they invented locally-sourced stone