Stonehenges mysterious origins may finally be solved as new study poses unifying theory

The mystery behind one of the world’s most mystical wonders may have been unraveled just as it prepares to host thousands of tourists for the year’s shortest day.Stonehenge researches have found new evidence to argue the creation of the World Heritage Site was partly used to unify the people living across Great Britain.The prehistoric megalithic structure located about 85 miles southeast of London in Wiltshire, England, is believed to have been a unifying project between ancient civilizations.People from the Neolithic era may have reconstructed part of the stone circle between 2620 to 2480 BC to unite ancient Britons as new European settlers began to inhabit the British Isles, according to CNN, citing a paper published in Archaeology International.The World Heritage Site, which features a variety of stones from different regions of Great Britain.Exact dates and timelines are unknown but it is believed construction may have begun on the Salisbury Plains plot as far back as 3000 BC — spanning across several phases.The original formations were thought to have been built with sarsens of bluestones from the Preseli Hills in western Wales, a 180-mile trip before a second import of stones came from the closer West Woods only 15 miles away.The biggest clue for the new unification theory comes from new details about the Altar Stone – a massive bluestone placed inside the inner circle.Researchers at the University of London and Aberystwyth University in Wales believe the 13,227-pound was dragged nearly 500 miles from its original location in Scotland to its resting place in England.Because the invention of the wheel had not yet reached the British Isles as the gianormous stone was being moved a large, collaborative operation between thousands of people must’ve taken place, the study posits.“They would have taken significant coordination across Britain — people were literally pulling together — in a time before telephones and email to organize such an effort,�...

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Publisher: New York Post

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