Skeletons and colonial-era uniform buttons discovered on Rogers Island in 2006 probably mark the place of a military cemetery dating to the French and Indian War, according to a report compiled by the New York State Museum. “There’s clear evidence of additional burials nearby,” said state archaeologist Lisa Anderson.

The second Bogazköy Sphinx, which was taken to Germany during World War I, has returned to Turkey. The other was returned sometime between 1924 and 1937.

Here’s a map of the Stonehenge landscape—it helps to explain the significance of the two pits discovered to the east and west of the Cursus. “These exciting finds indicate that even though Stonehenge was ultimately the most important monument in the landscape, it may at times not have been the only, or most important ritual focus and the area of Stonehenge may have become significant as a sacred site at a much earlier date,” said Vince Gaffney of the University of Birmingham.

Should Stonehenge be lit up in the evening?  The monument was lit up at night in the 1970s and early 1980s, but English Heritage stopped the practice because of an increase in car accidents caused by distracted drivers on the nearby A303.

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