SOTD - Murder at StonehengeIn Secrets of the Dead - Murder at Stonehenge archaeologists and forensic experts dig up ominous information about the strange ancient ruins and what role they might have played in early English culture. Studying a male skeleton discovered at Stonehenge in 1923, scientists determine that the man died not from natural causes -- as was previously believed -- but from intentional beheading. Bone studies, carbon dating, facial reconstruction, analyses of the wound's angle and the skeleton's damaged vertebrae, a study of Roman-style executions, and comparisons with other human remains: These are the tools employed as the researchers attempt to find out who the man was, when he was murdered, and why. Was he a pagan in a newly Christian world? A cattle thief? A ritual sacrifice? Murder at Stonehenge travels 2,000 years back in time to illuminate the beginnings of modern Britain. dispose of their dead, and make the symbolic journey from Durrington to Stonehenge.
