Stonehenge is an iconic monument for individuals all over the global. equipped round 5000 years in the past, it stands for secret and forgotten secrets and techniques ready to be decoded. during this most modern ebook within the Council for British Archaeology's ‘Archaeology for All' sequence, Professor Mike Parker Pearson offers an up to date interpretation of Stonehenge and its panorama. Drawing on his years of study and excavation, the writer offers a hugely readable account that's lavishly illustrated with pictures by means of the well known photographer Adam Stanford and the reconstruction artist Peter Dunn.
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