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

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 ...

A recent study conducted by scientists at the University of Ferrara in Italy suggests that the majority of Europeans living 5,000 years ago, including those who built Stonehenge, may have had dark ...

"Given that Stonehenge was built during the transition from Neolithic to Bronze Age, and given the high frequency of dark-skinned samples we inferred for that period even in northern Europe ...

"We also observed a peak of light eye pigmentation in Mesolithic times ... of dark-skinned samples we inferred for that period even in northern Europe, it is likely that Britons who built Stonehenge ...

For those of us who approach things by the Goldilocks Principle (not too little, not too much), spring equinox is ...

Experts are still unsure why the change from darker to light skin was so ... for that period even in northern Europe, it is likely that Britons who built Stonehenge displayed dark features'.

Despite the turmoil in the federal government, the sun will rise at Chaco Culture National Historical Park this year. And if this season is clouded by lack of funding and the park is shuttered or ...

Discover the significance of the spring equinox, the balance of day and night, and how cultures around the world celebrate ...

Spring equinox rituals and traditions from around the world, from a mass water fight in Thailand to sun worship at Mayan ...