Stonehenge is a massive stone monument located on Salisbury Plain in southern England. It was built roughly 4,000 to 5,000 years ago and was part of a larger sacred landscape. The bigger stones at ...

For years, debates about Stonehenge have swung between gritty human effort and sweeping natural forces. Some picture sledges, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON — For thousands of years, Britain's Stonehenge has held tight to many of its secrets. Now, scientists say in a study ...

Stonehenge has long been described as ceremonial, astronomical — even mystical. But what if it was functional? A new engineering theory suggests the layout of Stonehenge may have served as a working ...

Stonehenge has always been shrouded in mystery. The ancient monument and burial site in southern England has been around for more than 5,000 years — but its purpose isn’t completely clear. Researchers ...

Weighing 6.5 tons and transported to Stonehenge around 5,000 years ago, a new study pegs the Altar Stone's origin to Scotland ...

Stonehenge has long been one of history’s great mysteries — and the world heritage site has just revealed yet another layer to its story. Archaeologists have discovered a network of underground shafts ...

After analysing over 700 zircon and apatite grains they found that glaciers likely didn’t extend to parts of England as far south as Salisbury Plain during the last ice age. People, not glaciers, ...

With drums and with flower garlands, with wizard hats and with warm coats, up to 10,000 celebrants are expected to converge on England’s Stonehenge to observe the summer solstice. When this 4,500-year ...

Stonehenge may finally be getting a little less mysterious. Researchers have long thought that the prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, had some time-keeping purpose, but the exact mechanics of ...

In the summer of 2019, I walked up a hillside in west Wales with Richard Bevins, a researcher who specializes in petrology, the study of the origins, compositions, and structures of rocks. We climbed ...