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Fascinating news of the discovery of a 3,500 year old burial of a teenage boy close to Stonehenge. Tests on the skeleton showed that the boy had travelled all the way from the Mediterranean, perhaps as part of a  large family on a pilgrimage to the great monument. Read the full story at the British Geological Survey Website

My latest book, discussing 32 mysteries of the ancient world, including the 11,000 year-old sanctuary of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, ancient artifacts such as the Iron Pillar of Delhi and the Golden Hats of Central Europe, and the fate of the Neaderthals, is now available at amazon.com – History’s Mysteries: People, Places and Oddities Lost in the Sands of Time (New Page Books)

Back in March, 2009, I visited the BBC at the Mailbox in Birmingham for an interview about my research and books. You can read the resultant article here