Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months – uniting people in the process ...

In light of this, the authors of the study, published in the journal Archaeology International, argue that Stonehenge may have served a unifying purpose. The paper casts new light on the enigmatic ...

Stonehenge may have had a second purpose beyond its well-documented astronomical uses. A new study claims that the monument may have been built in part to unify neighboring people groups in and ...

Recent research on Stonehenge's large altar stone ... the stone circle may have had a political as well as a religious purpose — as a monument of unification for the peoples of Britain ...

As well as sharing similarities with other Danish woodhenges, there is also a striking parity with a known woodhenge in ...

Many archaeological discoveries make themselves known to the world by mere accident, and construction workers in Denmark have ...

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, it has a ...

While Stonehenge's original purpose is much debated, a key similarity between the two sites is that they were both the sites of burials and cremations. At Stonehenge, archaeologists have found 64 ...

There has always been plenty of mystery surrounding the world’s oldest structures. From the pyramids of Egypt to Stonehenge, ...

Stonehenge, one of the most iconic and mysterious monuments of ancient Britain, has puzzled researchers for centuries. Erected by prehistoric peoples over 5,000 years ago, its true purpose remains ...

The analysis suggests that Flagstones may have served as a prototype for later monuments like Stonehenge. Findings from this ...

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to ... suggests that the stone circle may have had a political as well as a religious purpose – as a monument of unification for the peoples of Britain ...