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6,000 Years of History Unearthed Beneath the Houses of Parliament

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6,000 Years of History Unearthed Beneath the Houses of Parliament | Restoration and Renewal

Archaeologists working at the Palace of Westminster have uncovered evidence of human activity dating back nearly 6,000 years - over a millennium older than the earliest earthworks at Stonehenge. The discovery includes more than 60 struck flint flakes, including one worked tool, likely dating to the late Mesolithic or early Neolithic period (around 4300 BC).

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Long thought to have been damaged in the Great Fire of 1834 - which is believed to have originated in the furnace room of the hall’s basement - new archaeological evidence, supported by historical records, reveals that sections of the hall's medieval stone walls not only survived the blaze and a nearby WWII bomb strike, but were restored, re-roofed and continued to be used until the building's final demolition in 1851.
Hmm. Sounds like WWII started much earlier than I had heard.
Finally! Let's blow up the parliament!