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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

Archaeologists discover how 6,000-year-old Spanish structure was built with stones heavier than at Stonehenge

José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez/Science Advances (2024)

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A megalithic burial mound in Spain was built using “advanced engineering” 6,000 years ago, with stones weighing several times more than any used to make the UK’s iconic Stonehenge, archaeologists revealed in a new study.

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