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Laser Scan May Reveal Stonehenge Secrets

By Lee SpeigelMar 14th 2011 – 7:59AM
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Modern technology may be the key to unlock hidden secrets about an ancient monument: Stonehenge. Researchers are using lasers to scan the nearly three dozen stones, or megaliths, that make up the famous circular complex on the Salisbury Plain of southern England. The vertical stones -- over 10 feet tall and weighing many...

Background on monuments

A monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture.

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