monuments Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:02:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg monuments Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Stonehenge an ancient tourist destination https://teachingkidsnews.com/2011/01/10/stonehenge-an-ancient-tourist-destination/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:12:10 +0000 http://teachkidsnews.com/?p=178 Scientists have figured out that the bones of an ancient teenager, buried near Britain’s mysterious Stonehenge monument, came from hundreds of kilometers away.

The wealthy teen was buried with a string of amber beads around his neck. He is known to researchers as “the boy with the amber necklace.”

He originally came from The Mediterranean, and was likely a tourist, visiting Stonehenge much as people do today—as a tourist destination.

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