One Mystery of Stonehenge's Origins Has Finally Been Solved

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July 29, 2020

Dear Reader, I'm sustainability editor Andrea Thompson, filling in for Sunya Bhutta. We've got a fun story to highlight today. The mysteries of Stonehenge have fascinated people for centuries, but now researchers have solved a key one: where the sarsen stones that make up most of the monument came from. Read on to learn their origin and how scientists figured it out.

Andrea Thompson, Associate Editor, Sustainability @AndreaTWeather

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