Stonehenge was likely built as a project to ... were brought from nearly 150 miles away and used in the monument’s construction. Researchers now find that the altar stone was placed within ...

Construction of Stonehenge, which consists of several large stones (known as megaliths) arranged in a circle shape, is thought to have begun around 5,000 years ago, with several changes and ...

The construction of Stonehenge in the Wiltshire countryside coincided with the arrival of thousands of migrants from Europe in around 2500 BCE, new research has suggested. The influx of arrivals ...

Question: What was the closest known settlement to Stonehenge at the time of its construction, not including the area where the workers may have stayed? ~William Answer: There are indications of ...

Stones from Pembrokeshire used in the construction of Stonehenge may have been transported by land rather than sea, archaeologists have found. A study found some of the stones were taken from the ...

The discovery shows the construction of Stonehenge was a far greater collaborative effort than scientists realised. It also means that the ancient monument, near Salisbury in south-west England ...

Rujm el-Hiri, dubbed the “Stonehenge of the East” with a 492 ... Theories over the impetus for the construction have found little in the way of real clues to back them up.

This was the final phase of construction. Stone Henge’s heyday ... This is an artist's impression of a ceremony at Stonehenge. We can only guess what happened there, but it is likely that ...