Something new about ancient Stonehenge
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AFter standing for thousands of years, Britain’s ancient Stonehenge monument was due a makeover.
New visitor facilities and landscaping are designed to “restore the dignity” of the mysterious stone circle, and transform the way more than a million visitors a year see it.
The 27 million pound (US$44 million) renovation previewed yesterday includes a new building 2.4 kilometers from the stones where visitors can watch an exhibition about Neolithic life.
They can then walk to Stonehenge down an ancient processional walkway, or take a shuttle bus.
The new facilities open to the public today. In June, a section of busy highway that has run for decades beside the stones, 130 kilometers southwest of London, will be closed for good.
Simon Thurley, who heads governing body English Heritage, said visitors would be able to see the stones “free from the clutter and rubbish” that had been built up around them.
Stonehenge was built in three phases between 3000 BC and 1600 BC for a purpose that remains unclear.
It may have been a giant burial ground. Archaeologists have found remains of cremated bodies from about 3000 BC.
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