The stone samples were removed during archaeological work in 1958 A missing piece of Stonehenge has been returned to the site 60 years after it was taken. A metre-long core from inside the ...
After all, it’s not the only henge in town. Hundreds of other stone circles have been found in Britain. But almost all of them have used locally sourced building materials. Stonehenge is unique in ...
Researchers have been focusing on the six-tonne altar stone at the centre of the Wiltshire landmark, which was recently discovered to have come from northeast Scotland - not from west Wales - as had ...
Now researchers have suggested that the stone circle at Stonehenge, built during this period, may have been designed to unite early farming communities across Britain in response to the influx of ...
Question: How do you know how much the monoliths at Stonehenge weigh? ~Jane Answer: We know how much the monoliths weigh as we can calculate to their overall volume, including the bit that's ...
Stonehenge may have had a second purpose beyond its well-documented astronomical uses. A new study claims that the monument may have been built in part to unify neighboring people groups in and ...