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Archaeologist Phil Harding standing before the towering stones of Stonehenge under a cloudy sky, with one of the monument’s iconic megaliths rising behind him.

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People visit the prehistoric monument Stonehenge in January 2022

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Crowds gather to watch the summer solstice sunrise at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, 2019

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A panorama of the man-made Neolithic structure Silbury Hill in Wiltshire

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Newgrange Passage Tombs, Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland. (Photo by Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Old Norse: Page from the manuscript Codex Regius, which was written in Iceland and contains the poems of elder Edda. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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Black and white image depicting engraving of Julius Caesar.

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Aerial view of the Roman fort of Vercovicium

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