For centuries, scientists have been trying to determine who built Stonehenge. Today, the leading theory is that several ...

The difference between an equinox and a solstice is based on Earth’s tilt, affecting daylight length and the changing of ...

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 monument ...

Before toppling over, Stone 67 would have aligned with the sunrise at the summer solstice and the sunset at the winter solstice. If this is correct, it would suggest that Stonehenge could be a ...

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Dr Susan Greaney, a specialist in Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, in Exeter’s Department of Archaeology and History, said ...

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

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Archaeologists have discovered a Stonehenge-esque circle of timber posts in Denmark, thought to be from the late Neolithic or early ...

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 ...

In this diagrammatic reconstruction of Stonehenge, that axis (shown in red) points towards the midwinter solstice sunset (in the bottom left) and towards the midsummer solstice sunrise (in the top ...