British archaeologists discovered previously unknown drawings on the stones of Stonehenge with the help of a laser. According to Glob-news, the laser scanning of 83 ancient slabs of the iconic monument was conducted by commercial company. After historians analyzed the three-dimensional images that they received as a result of the scanning, they discovered 72 previously unseen drawings on the surface of the rocks. The drawings represented the image of axes and daggers of the Bronze Age. According to scientists, the drawings were made in 1500-1800 years BC.

In June of this year, a team of scientists from the Universities of Sheffield, Bournemouth and Manchester also stated that Stonehenge was built to strengthen a union between the feuding tribes of the east and the west of Great Britain. According to the research, from 1800 to 1500 BC, the area around the monument was used for individual tombs.

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