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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: History
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* *German scientists dig for their own Stonehenge*
Researchers excavating 4,000-year-old site resembling famed megaliths

REUTERS

updated 8:40 a.m. PT, Wed., Aug. 6, 2008

Archaeologists have discovered traces of a Bronze Age place of worship in
Germany in what they say might be the country's answer to Stonehenge.



Scientists from a university in Halle are excavating a roughly 4,000
year-old circular site in eastern Germany which contains graves that bear a
strong resemblance to Stonehenge, a prehistoric stone circle of towering
megaliths in southern Britain.



[More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26055770/]

This site is at Pömmele, Saxony-Anhalt, at the southern edge of the
Low-Saxon-speaking area.


Much ado over Shakespearean theater find 'Romeo and Juliet' likely debuted
at east London site, archaeologists said

By Jennifer Quinn, AP



LONDON - The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet"
likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the
boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists at the
Museum of London said Wednesday.



The possible foundations of what is known as The Theatre were unearthed by
builders excavating the site — a vacant garage — for another structure.
Museum archaeologists were called to the location to make sure nothing was
destroyed, and had a eureka moment.

[More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26060175/]

Reinhard/Ron
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