The World of Stonehenge Revealed: Decoding the Find of the Century
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Described as the "most important piece of prehistoric art to be found in Britain in the last 100 years", an elaborately decorated 5000 year-old chalk cylinder, discovered buried with 3 child skeletons in Yorkshire and as old as the first phase of Stonehenge, is going on display at the British Museum for the first time ever.
History Hit's Tristan Hughes has special access to the World of Stonehenge exhibition to speak to the team responsible for its discovery and investigate this incredible once.
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