Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date ...

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 ...

What was Stonehenge — a burial site ... just as the nearby “Slaughter Stone” probably had nothing to do with sacrifice — human or otherwise. These were just the romantic (lurid) names ...

The sarsen stones form the structural backbone of Stonehenge, comprising all ... including the Heel Stone, the Slaughter ...

The Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge, long believed to have been hauled to southwest England from Wales, was actually transported more than 450 miles from northeastern Scotland, a team of ...

FILE - A section of Stonehenge, roughly 5,000 years old, on the Salisbury Plain near Amesbury, England, on Aug. 6, 2014. (ANDREW TESTA/The New York Times) ...

Stonehenge is one of the most mysterious and important monuments to have survived from Stone Age Britain. But scientists now believe that the famous Wiltshire stone circle has a secret 'sister ...

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 ...

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. More than 4,000 years ago a small ring of ...

Sun rises at Stonehenge near Amesbury in Wiltshire (AFP via Getty) Henges made either of giant stone slabs or wood have been discovered in Britain, Ireland, many parts of continental Europe ...

(Program not available for streaming.) Dated to the late Stone Age, Stonehenge may be the best-known and most mysterious relic of prehistory. Every year, a million visitors are drawn to England to ...