The Source of the Stones, The First Americans, and an Underwater Museum

S1E7
43:29
August 22nd 2020

Join Laurie and Ben this week to discover the source of the stones from Stonehenge, new revelations in how early humans reached the Americas and the world's first underwater museum in Greece. Enjoy!

Links

Stonehenge

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

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/29/archaeologists-discover-source-stonehenge-giant-sarsen-stones

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/history-and-stories/building-stonehenge/#:~:text=The%20sarsen%20stones%20are%20a,exact%20origin%20remained%20a%20mystery.

Peopling of the Americas

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02137-3

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2509-0

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/archaeology-discovery-americas-us-human-story-prehistory-a9632161.html

Underwater Museum

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/02/parthenon-of-shipwrecks-greece-opens-its-first-underwater-museum

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