New research suggests that, as well as being a probable centre for the veneration of the Sun, Stonehenge was also a fertility temple. A detailed study of a partly buried fallen stone at the monument ...
Scientists say they’ve cracked a secret of the 6-ton rock at the center of Stonehenge — a discovery that only deepens the site’s mystery. The ancient monument’s “altar stone,” a ...
A major discovery has been made about Stonehenge. And it's finally giving us a better glimpse at what might have actually happened with this mysterious monument all those centuries ago.
In this diagrammatic reconstruction of Stonehenge, that axis (shown in red ... the stone circle on that alignment is a six-tonne rock known in recent centuries as the Altar Stone.
Stonehenge is one of the most incredible monuments on Earth, but it’s also one of the most puzzling. The colossal rocks, perched on their end and stacked high in a field in Wiltshire ...
Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous ... Then they pulled on ropes to raise them and packed the ditches with rocks to hold the stones in place. More than 4,000 years ago a small ring ...
New research suggests that the Flagstones site in Dorset may be linked to Stonehenge.
Stonehenge gets some well-deserved attention when it comes to British archeology. Between its age, altar stone’s epic journey, and potential origin as a community building initiative, it has a ...