Digging up stonehenge.(WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP)(Brief article)

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[2] AMESBURY, England -- It's one of history's great mysteries: Why did humans living thousands of years ago transport huge stones hundreds of mites to build the ring we know as Stonehenge? Two archaeologists set out on March 31 to dig up an answer. Stonehenge experts Geoff Wainwright and Tim Darvill are the first people with permission to dig inside the rock ring in more than 40 years. They are looking for chips from the monument's original bluest...

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