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A detailed laser-scan survey of the entire monument has discovered 72 previously unknown Early Bronze Age carvings chipped into five of the giant stones.
The carvings are thought to portray bronze axe heads, which have been found nearby Laser scanning has revealed ancient carvings on the pillars of Stonehenge that are invisible to the naked eye.
A LASER scan has revealed ancient carvings on the stones at Stonehenge. Similar carvings were discovered in 1953, but the two images of axe heads found by the laser went unnoticed because they are ...
The oldest decorated wooden object ever found in Britain has been discovered near Stonehenge 6,000-year-old wood carving could solve Stonehenge mystery Skip to main content ...
Stonehenge mystery could be solved by discovery of ancient piece of wood near relic The piece of 6,000-year-old timber could well shed light on a key aspect of the origins of Stonehenge.
Highly decorated chalk cylinders, carved in Britain more than 4,000 years ago, could be ancient replicas of measuring devices used for laying out Stonehenge.
The findings of this paper concluded the age of the rock carvings to be between 7,000 and 8,000 years old, considerably older than the estimated 5,000-year-old age of the UK’s Stonehenge ...
This 5,000-year-old stone carving in Meath, Ireland, predating Stonehenge by at least 1,000 years, may be the world’s oldest surviving depiction of an eclipse.
Oldest carved piece of wood to be found in Britain dates back 6,000 years - 2,000 years older than Stonehenge. Oak timber was unearthed in peat bog during building work in a Berkshire village ...
T-shaped stone pillars that were up to 18 feet (5.5 meters) tall were used to build the enclosures. The pillars contain ...
Revealed: Early Bronze Age carvings suggest Stonehenge was a huge prehistoric art gallery. A detailed laser-scan survey of the entire monument has discovered 72 previously unknown Early Bronze Age ...