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Stonehenge Excavation

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• Sept. 22: President of the Society of Antiquaries, Geoff Wainwright, right, and archaeology professor Tim Darvill look at fragment of bluestones before their press conference at the Society of Antiquaries of in London to reveal their preliminary findings about the purpose of the prehistoric Stonehenge monument. Wainwright and Darvill told journalists Monday that Stonehenge was a kind of primeval Lourdes. They say the stone circle was a center of healing which attracted the sick and infirm from all over prehistoric Europe. They also say they have dated the first stone monuments at the site to about 2300 B.C.
• Sept. 22: Wainwright, right, and Darvill look at fragment of bluestones after their press conference at the Society of Antiquaries of in London.
• Sept. 22: Wainwright holds a fragment of Stonehenge bluestone after a press conference at the Society of Antiquaries of in London.
• Archaeology students Steve Bush, right, and Sam Ferguson, left, sieve through earth amongst the stones at Stonehenge, England, Monday, March 31, 2008. Some of England's most sacred soil was disturbed Monday for the first time in more than four decades as archeologists try to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: when and why was the prehistoric monument built. The excavation project, set to last until April 11, is designed to unearth materials that can be used to establish a firm date for when the first, mysterious set of bluestones was put in place at Stonehenge, one of Britain's best known and least understood landmarks.
• Archaeology students Steve Bush, right, and Sam Ferguson, left, sieve through earth amongst the stones at Stonehenge, England, Monday, March 31, 2008. Some of England's most sacred soil was disturbed Monday for the first time in more than four decades as archeologists try to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: when and why was the prehistoric monument built. The excavation project, set to last until April 11, is designed to unearth materials that can be used to establish a firm date for when the first, mysterious set of bluestones was put in place at Stonehenge, one of Britain's best known and least understood landmarks.
• Archaeology student Steve Bush is silhouetted amongst the stones whilst he works at Stonehenge in Amesbury, England, Monday March 31, 2008. Work has begun on a two week dig, a major excavation to investigate the bluestones at Stonehenge, the smaller stones that make up part of the prehistoric monument alongside the sarsen stones.
• Professor Tim Darvill of the University of Bournemouth, right, and Professor Geoff Wainwright of the Society of Antiquaries begin an excavation inside the stone circle of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, Monday March 31, 2008. A major excavation is beginning at Stonehenge as archeologists try to unravel some of the enduring mysteries of the famous prehistoric monument. The work marks the first time archeologists are being allowed to dig inside the stone circle since 1944. A goal of the research is to determine the age of the "bluestones" that were imported from Wales when the first stones were placed at Stonehenge. Experts believe the bluestones were put in place in about 2,600 BC, but this is only an estimate
• Sunset at Stonehenge in a 1997 file photo.
• Self-proclaimed Druids gather for a summer-solstice celebration at Stonehenge, England, in a 1998 file photo.
• Traffic on the A303 highway, the main route from London to southwestern England and Cornwall, passes close to Stonehenge in a 2004 photo.
• Hippies, neo-pagans and just plain partiers watch the sunrise at Stonehenge during the 2005 summer solstice.
• By contrast, there's not much going on at Stonehenge during the winter, as in this photo from January 2007.

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