Stonehenge was likely ... making it unique among over 900 stone circles in Britain, suggests that the stone circle may have had a political as well as a religious purpose – as a monument of ...

Professor Terence Meaden, an archaeologist and retired physicist from the University of Oxford, claims that Stonehenge may ... the sun rises behind the 'Heel Stone' in the northeastern part ...

Question: What is the purpose of a calendar that only ... draw an imaginary straight line from the center of Stonehenge and through the heel stone, is it possible that this line would intersect ...

Every midsummer's night tens of thousands of people gather at Stonehenge to celebrate and witness the rising sun in alignment with the Heel ... stone circle and this may be a clue as to their purpose.

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 ...

The huge effort it would have taken to move the large stones hundreds of miles at a time when only primitive tools were available, shows they had an important purpose ... Stonehenge's large altar ...

Stonehenge gets some well-deserved attention when it comes to British archeology. Between its age, altar stone’s epic journey, and potential origin as a community building initiative ...

New scientific research has changed our understanding of Stonehenge ... purpose of the site was. However, English Heritage gives the working theory that “the fact that the sun rises over the ...

It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge. The only tools the builders had were made of stone, wood and rope! Only a few stones are left standing today. The first task was to cut the boulders into ...

The researchers therefore hypothesize that Stonehenge was an effort to bring together far-flung communities on the island, by building with the most magnificent rocks from each. The Altar Stone ...

“The timber circle gives us valuable insight into rituals and social structures from the late Stone Age [or] early ... around the same time as Stonehenge, the purpose of which is still debated.

Stonehenge was likely built as a ... making it unique among over 900 stone circles in Britain, suggests that the stone circle may have had a political as well as a religious purpose – as a monument of ...