British Museum exhibition to explore mysteries of Stonehenge

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A major exhibition on Stonehenge featuring 430 objects and artefacts is due to open at the British Museum. The World Of Stonehenge will include items such as elaborate gold hats depicting the cosmos and an ancient wooden monument – dubbed “Seahenge” – that emerged on a Norfolk beach. Dr Jennifer Wexler, project curator of the World Of Stonehenge at the British Museum, said: “If Stonehenge is one of the world’s most remarkable surviving ancient stone circles, then Seahenge is the equivalent in timber. “By displaying Seahenge in this exhibition we hope to bring it to a wider audience, and it provides an unparalleled opportunity to time-travel back to the moment when circles of stone and timber were at the heart of people’s beliefs.” Seahenge comes to the British Museum from the Norfolk Museums Service and is the first time it has ever gone on loan.