The difference between an equinox and a solstice is based on Earth’s tilt, affecting daylight length and the changing of ...

The gathering of individuals at the sacred site of Stonehenge in England to watch the sunrise during solstice events such as the summer and winter solstice. Pagans, druids and people simply ...

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 ...

The ancient monument of Stonehenge, located in southern England, has fascinated people for thousands of years. Built over 5,000 years ago, its origins remain a mystery—we don’t know exactly who ...

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

Today, hundreds of people - including Druids - still travel to Stonehenge to celebrate the sunrise on the summer solstice, and the sunset on the winter solstice, and to take part in the same kind ...

Dr Susan Greaney, a specialist in Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, in Exeter’s Department of Archaeology and History, said ...

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When we think of Stonehenge, our minds immediately wander to the iconic and mysterious prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, ...

In this diagrammatic reconstruction of Stonehenge, that axis (shown in red) points towards the midwinter solstice sunset (in the bottom left) and towards the midsummer solstice sunrise (in the top ...