Stonehenge Excavations
Wednesday April 09th 2008, 7:46 am
Filed under: BBC, archaeology, stonehenge

Article on the Beeb about the first excavations at Stonehenge in 40 years:

They have a new theory about why the bluestones were transported 250 miles from Wales to the site: that neolithic Britons believed they had healing properties.

Professor Geoffrey Wainwright said the site could have been a “Neolithic Lourdes”.