Rock cakes? Stonehenge builders may have enjoyed mince pies

Archaeologists say neolithic version of energy bars may also have been eaten at midwinter feasts

After a day enduring midwinter winds whipping off Salisbury Plain, the ancient builders of Stonehenge may have warmed up with a prehistoric version of the mince pie, archaeologists have suggested.

The hardy engineers of the great Wiltshire monument might also have kept themselves going by nibbling on their version of energy bars made of berries, nuts and animal fat.

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paus4d
paus4d
11 months ago

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