7,000-Year-Old Standing Stones in France Destroyed to Make Way for a DIY Store

Dozens of prehistoric standing stones in Carnac, a town in Brittany, northwest France, have been removed to make way for a retail store. Debate is raging among historians, politicians, and cultural authorities as to whether this constitutes damage to a site of archaeological value. “The site has been destroyed,” local archaeologist Christian Obeltz told AFP …

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