![]() ![]() "We are very grateful to the Phillips family for bringing this intriguing piece of Stonehenge back home." "The last thing we ever expected was to get a call from someone in America telling us they had a piece of Stonehenge," Heather Sebire, English Heritage’s Stonehenge curator, said in a press release. Last week, English Heritage, the charity that manages Stonehenge, announced on its website that, on the eve of his 90th birthday, Phillips had finally returned the broomstick-sized rock fragment. ![]() For much of his long life, he apparently carried a secret: In 1958, he stole a thin, meter-long portion of Stonehenge, which he kept in his office for decades as he moved from England to Richmond, New York Chicago Ventura, California and ultimately Miami-Dade County. ![]() Aventura resident Robert Phillips is 90 years old.
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