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Aug 2024
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84. The Stonehenge Mysteries

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In this episode, Payton investigates the legends surrounding Stonehenge. How was it built? Who built it? And most importantly, why was it built?


Case Sources:


Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos by John North

Stonehenge: A Brief History by Mike Parker Pearson

National Geographic - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/stonehenge-1 

Sky News - https://news.sky.com/story/stonehenge-mystery-solved-heres-why-the-monument-was-made-12555094   

American Academy of Audiology - https://www.audiology.org/the-acoustic-mystery-of-stonehenge/ 

London Toolkit - https://www.londontoolkit.com/whattodo/stonehenge_mystery.htm 

BBC - https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20170713-why-stonehenge-was-built  

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-53580339 

Astronomy - https://www.astronomy.com/science/a-stonehenge-mystery-could-be-solved-june-21/ 

Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/05/15/what-was-it-like-when-the-first-humans-arose-on-earth/ 

Carnegie Museum of Natural History - https://carnegiemnh.org/earth-history-in-your-hand/ 

Encyclopedia Brittanica - https://www.britannica.com/question/Where-did-writing-first-develop

https://www.britannica.com/question/Was-Stonehenge-built-by-aliens 

Southwestern Railway - https://www.southwesternrailway.com/destinations-and-offers/sights-and-attractions/trains-to-stonehenge 

University of Brighton - https://www.brighton.ac.uk/research/research-news/feature/stonehenge-researching-sarsen-stones.aspx 

History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4qEBjqZ1Do 

StuDoc - https://www.studocu.com/en-us/document/brown-university/cult-archaeology-fantastic-frauds-and-meaningful-myths-of-the-past/stonehenge-paper-grade-a/6761022

Purdue Convocations - https://convocations.purdue.edu/who-was-king-arthur/

SciTech Daily - https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-debunk-controversial-theory-of-stonehenge-as-a-solar-calendar/ 

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