A Stonehenge mystery has been solved 

The World

Groundbreaking scientific research has found the source of the giant sandstone boulders used to construct Stonehenge. The World’s Orla Barry tells host Marco Werman how researchers identified the location, and what they hope to discover next about how the stones were extracted and moved 4,500 years ago.

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