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Misty sunrise for the summer solstice at Stonehenge

The sun was long overdue on June 21 but when it finally appeared, faces lit up and arms rose as one to greet the summer solstice at Britain's most famous prehistoric monument.

The sun was scheduled to come up on the longest day of the year at 4:49 am (3:49 GMT) but was shy in a sky as hazy as the minds of many of the midsummer revelers who spent the night at the sacred site.

Historians make “once in a lifetime” discovery as they find entire lost room of Tudor paintings in Yorkshire medieval hall

Historians have spoken of their amazement after discovering an entire “lost chamber” of 15th-century wall paintings during the restoration of a medieval manor house

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