Professor Emeritus of Archaeology, Boston University
Archeology correspondent for The Times newspaper; also Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at Boston University, having taught there for 23 years.
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Norman Hammond
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FROM Norman Hammond
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Scientific Tests Prove Origin of Stonehenge Rock It’s the winter solstice… time for new revelations about how massive rocks were transported in ancient times to create Stonehenge. The oldest cultural monuments in Europe is shrouded in mystery. Were the massive stones in Stonehenge pushed from Wales to Salisbury Plain in southern England by Ice Age glaciers or human hands?
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