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 ...

Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date ...

Every midsummer's night tens of thousands of people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate and witness the rising sun in alignment with the Heel stone standing outside of the circle. Six months later a ...

Professor Meaden claims the central stone would have resembled ... Ever since serious scientific study of Stonehenge began, archaeologists have noted its alignment with the movements of the ...

Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.

The stones’ alignment means that on the Summer Solstice ... This is an artist's impression of a ceremony at Stonehenge. We can only guess what happened there, but it is likely that hundreds ...

Stonehenge is one of the most mysterious and important monuments to have survived from Stone Age Britain. But scientists now believe that the famous Wiltshire stone circle has a secret 'sister ...

Stonehenge, one of the most iconic and ... The arrangement of the giant stones, particularly their alignment with the sun during solstices, has fuelled many theories about its significance.

Archaeologists have determined that the stone circle monument in Dorset, UK is older than previously thought, dating back to ...