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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England composed of a circular setting of large standing stones within earthworks. Archaeologists believe it was erected around 2500 BC, though some evidence suggests elements may date back to 3000 BC. The site has been occupied since around 3100 BC and served as a burial ground for at least 500 years. It is a protected historical site managed by English Heritage.

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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England composed of a circular setting of large standing stones within earthworks. Archaeologists believe it was erected around 2500 BC, though some evidence suggests elements may date back to 3000 BC. The site has been occupied since around 3100 BC and served as a burial ground for at least 500 years. It is a protected historical site managed by English Heritage.

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    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England composed of a circular setting of large standing stones within earthworks. Archaeologists believe it was erected around 2500 BC, though some evidence suggests elements may date back to 3000 BC. The site has been occupied since around 3100 BC and served as a burial ground for at least 500 years. It is a protected historical site managed by English Heritage.

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    Stonehenge

    Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about


    3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) west of Amesbury and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north of Salisbury. One of the
    most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting
    of large standing stones. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze
    Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.[1]

    Archaeologists have believed that the iconic stone monument was erected around 2500 BC, as
    described in the chronology below. One recent theory however, has suggested that the first stones
    were not erected until 2400-2200 BC,[2] whilst another suggests that bluestones may have been
    erected at the site as early as 3000 BC (see phase 1 below). The surrounding circular earth bank and
    ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. The
    site and its surroundings were added to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1986 in a co-
    listing with Avebury Henge monument. It is a national legally protected Scheduled Ancient Monument.
    Stonehenge is owned by the Crown and managed by English Heritage, while the surrounding land is
    owned by the National Trust.[3][4]

    Archaeological evidence found by the Stonehenge Riverside Project in 2008 indicates that


    Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings.[5] The dating of cremated remains
    found on the site indicate burials from as early as 3000 BC, when the initial ditch and bank were first
    dug. Burials continued at Stonehenge for at least another 500 years.[6]
    “Easter Island”

    Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is


    a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the
    southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. A special territory
    of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887
    extant monumental statues, called moai(pronounced /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/), created
    by the early Rapanui people. It is a World Heritage Site (as determined
    by UNESCO) with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National
    Park. In recent times the island has served as a cautionary tale about
    the cultural and environmental dangers
    of overexploitation.Ethnographers and archaeologists also blame
    diseases carried by European colonizers and slave raiding[4] of the
    1860s for devastating the local peoples

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