The prehistoric monument Stonehenge was built up to 5,000 years ago on Salisbury Plain in England, but its ultimate purpose remains a tantalizing mystery. Skip to main content.

Stonehenge's massive stones have always been a subject of curiosity, since many of them were transported from distant regions. The latest study said that the Altar Stone, a key monolith in the ...

Stonehenge, one of the world’s most iconic archaeological sites, has been sprayed with orange paint by protestors demanding action on fossil fuels. It comes just one day before the annual summer ...

Stonehenge was not ‘one’ monument, but rather was built, altered, and revered for over 1,500 years, around 100 generations." Opinion: The White House has always been 'The People's House.' ...

Archaeologists pinpoint original location of Stonehenge boulders 03:00. London — Environmental activists sprayed several of the ancient stones of Britain's iconic Stonehenge site with an orange ...

Stonehenge was constructed in phases, beginning around 3000 B.C.E. Today, the monument is “the most architecturally sophisticated and only surviving lintelled stone circle in the world,” per ...

Stonehenge's altar stone was quarried over 4,600 years ago, far from the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. But experts now know where it originated.

By analyzing grains of rock within Stonehenge's "altar stone," researchers determined it was most likely transported from present-day Scotland — more than 450 miles away.

Is Stonehenge aligned with the moon? Scientists hope to find out during a rare 'major lunar standstill, which happens once every 18.6 years.

Stonehenge is thought to have been built over about 1500 years, starting around 5100 years ago. It consists of an outer circle of large stones weighing around 25 tonnes each, known as sarsens, and ...