A granite monument in rural Georgia has been demolished for safety reasons after being damaged in a blast.
An explosion early on Wednesday reduced one of the slabs at the Georgia Guidestones to rubble.
CCTV footage showed a car leaving the scene and authorities are investigating.
Despite being built in 1980, the monument has been nicknamed “America’s Stonehenge”, a reference to the prehistoric landmark in the UK.
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On each side of the capstone, engraved in four ancient languages – Babylonian cuneiform, Classical Greek, Sanskrit and Egyptian hieroglyphic – were the words: “Let these be guidestones to an Age of Reason.”
And written in eight languages – English, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Classical Hebrew, Swahili, Hindi and Spanish – were cryptic instructions for rebuilding society post Doomsday:
R&I – FS
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