New research has overturned a century-old belief about the origins of Stonehenge’s famous Altar Stone. The new study shows that the six-tonne sandstone block, which forms the centerpiece of the ...

The so-called “cold moon” above Stonehenge on Dec. 15, 2024. Josh Dury / SWNS. The Altar Stone is similar to other large stones of relative size and placement found among stone circles in ...

Archaeology & History Were Stonehenge’s Builders Inspired by the Moon? The notion that the moon’s movement was built into Stonehenge’s layout has long been a subject of academic debate.

But Stonehenge includes other elements, such as 56 pits arranged in a circle, an earthwork bank and ditch, and other smaller features, such as the four station stones.

A set of highly decorated chalk cylinders, carved in Britain more than 4,000 years ago and known as the Folkton drums, could be ancient replicas of measuring devices used for laying out ...

Missing piece of Stonehenge returned 60 years later . Robert Phillips, now 89, took the piece when he was on the site in 1958. By Kevin Lam. May 8, 2019, 12:43 PM. 1:13.

The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes team, a cooperative archaeological effort by a handful of British universities, found 20 of the pits altogether, forming most of a circle around the already-known ...

Stonehenge may be ancient solar calendar Bournemouth University's Timothy Darvill says layout represents 365.25-day solar year ...