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  • Return of the death mound: Neolithic-style tombs are back in fashion after 5,000 years...

    09/09/2018 3:22:14 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 14 replies
    Mailonline ^ | 7 September 2018 | Phoebe Weston and Harry Pettit
    Full Headline: Return of the death mound: Neolithic-style tombs are back in fashion after 5,000 years as Britain runs out of space to bury the dead These stunning images show the Milky Way etched across the night sky over a Neolithic burial barrow, which will open this weekend as part of a Stone Age tradition being resurrected across Britain. The Soulton Long Barrow in Shropshire is only the third of its kind to be opened in modern times. The burial chamber is based on ancient solution to the lack of burial space in Britain used by our Neolithic ancestors almost...