{"id":696,"date":"2008-05-22T15:28:17","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T15:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2008\/05\/prehistoric-stonehenge-monumen.php"},"modified":"2008-05-22T15:28:17","modified_gmt":"2008-05-22T15:28:17","slug":"prehistoric-stonehenge-monumen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2008\/05\/prehistoric-stonehenge-monumen","title":{"rendered":"Prehistoric Stonehenge Monument in Britain Attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)<\/strong><br \/>\nLondon (dpa) &#8211; British police are looking for suspected souvenir-hunters who used a hammer and a screwdriver to vandalize the world-famous stone circle of Stonehenge, south-west Britain.<br \/>\nThe incident, which occurred in the late evening of May 15, was the first atc of vandalism at the site, near Salisbury, in decades, police said Thursday.<br \/>\nTwo men, spotted by security guards as the escaped from the scene by car, managed to hack off a coin-size piece from the central megalith, known as the Heel Stone.<br \/>\nVisitors to the 5,000-year-old site, lying on a hilly green field dotted with grazing sheep, are separated from the stone circle by a rope barrier.<br \/>\nStonehenge, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a place of pilgrimage for neo-druids and those following pagan or neo-pagan beliefs.<br \/>\nIt attracts thousands of visitors for the summer solstice on June 21, every year.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2008 dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) London (dpa) &#8211; British police are looking for suspected souvenir-hunters who used a hammer and a screwdriver to vandalize the world-famous stone circle of Stonehenge, south-west Britain. 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