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Scientists Solve Mysterious Origin of Stonehenge Megaliths

The truth is not out there. Scientists say they have finally identified the origin of the megaliths at the 5,000-year-old Stonehenge monument. Fifty of the 52 massive sandstone sands, as they are called, used at the monument were mined about 15 miles away from West Woods in Wiltshire, researchers announced …

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India reopens Taj Mahal citing risks COVID-19

NEW DELHI / AGRA (Reuters) – India withdrew a planned reopening of the Taj Mahal, citing the risk of new coronavirus infections spreading in the northern city of Agra from visitors flocking to see the 17th-century love monument . Local authorities issued a new notice Sunday night ordering an extension …

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Ohio city offers to take unwanted statues from other cities

An Ohio city has offered to take unwanted statues of political figures from other cities. David Lynch, the city manager for Newton Falls, Ohio, declared Newton Falls a “Statuary Sanctuary City” in a proclamation Saturday, obtained by the local media. The proclamation declares “general amnesty” for the statues of George …

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Controversial monument and KKK hangout reopens for Fourth of July

Despite public outrage and calls for its removal, the world’s largest Confederate monument has reopened just in time for the July 4 celebrations. Featuring a nine-story bas-relief stone of the Confederate “heroes” and slave owners, General Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial …

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Trump calls vandals on George Washington statue to surrender

President Trump called on Tuesday the two vandals who threw red paint at the George Washington statues in Manhattan to turn themselves in, adding that “they will be prosecuted and face 10 years” behind bars. “We are tracking the two anarchists who dumped paint on the magnificent George Washington statue …

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