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+-   Stonehenge a royal family's burial site? on Friday May 30 2008, @11:01AM mikesd81

Submitted by mikesd81 on Friday May 30 2008, @11:01AM
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mikesd81 writes "Newsday reports that radiocarbon dating of cremated bones excavated from Britain's Stonehenge have solved part of the ancient mystery surrounding the 5,000-year-old site: It was a burial ground for what may have been the country's first royal dynasty.

These dates indicate Stonehenge was a burial sight 500 years before the first massive stone was erected. The findings provide the first substantive evidence that a line of kings ruled at least a portion of southern England during this early period. They exerted enough power to mobilize manpower necessary to move the massive stones from as far as 150 miles away and maintaining that power for at least five centuries, said archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson of the University of Sheffield, leader of current excavations at the site. His findings will will also appear in the June issue of National Geographic and in the television special "Stonehenge Decoded," to be shown Sunday."
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