Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months ...

In light of this, the authors of the study, published in the journal Archaeology International, argue that Stonehenge may have served a unifying purpose. The paper casts new light on the enigmatic ...

Recent research on Stonehenge's large altar stone ... the stone circle may have had a political as well as a religious purpose — as a monument of unification for the peoples of Britain ...

As well as sharing similarities with other Danish woodhenges, there is also a striking parity with a known woodhenge in ...

Many archaeological discoveries make themselves known to the world by mere accident, and construction workers in Denmark have ...

There has always been plenty of mystery surrounding the world’s oldest structures. From the pyramids of Egypt to Stonehenge, ...

A Neolithic Timber Circle was discovered by archeologists in Denmark resembling the historical landmark Stonehenge in the U.K ...

Stonehenge, one of the most iconic and mysterious monuments of ancient Britain, has puzzled researchers for centuries. Erected by prehistoric peoples over 5,000 years ago, its true purpose remains ...

While Stonehenge's original purpose is much debated, a key similarity between the two sites is that they were both the sites of burials and cremations. At Stonehenge, archaeologists have found 64 ...

Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, and its giant stones can be seen from miles around. It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge ...

Builders putting together a new housing estate have stumbled across a 4,000-year-old site linked to Stonehenge. And the ...