Archaeologists discover huge ritual site near Stonehenge

An image showing the buried stones near Stonehenge.
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Archaeologists have found what could be the largest Neolithic ritual monument in the U.K. less than two miles from Stonehenge.

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About 90 stones up to 15 feet long were found using remote sensing and geophysical imaging technology. The 4,500-year-old stones are lying on their sides under three feet of earth at Durrington Walls, also known as "superhenge." The discovery was made by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes team in its five-year project to create an underground map of the area.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.