On Saturday, thousands of people, including druids, shamans, and tourists, gathered at the ancient site of Stonehenge in Britain to witness the first sunrise after the winter solstice, according ...

“Stonehenge’s architectural connection to the sun is well known, but its link with the moon is less well understood,” says Clive Ruggles, an archaeoastronomer at the University of Leicester ...

The model helped researchers to get inside the heart and soul of Stonehenge, and hear what ancient Britons would have ...

Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...

a spectacular sunrise greeted the hundreds of people gathered at Stonehenge. They had braved a freezing morning to be here, and as the first rays of the pale, yellow winter sun began to move ...

Stonehenge is a monument built on the alignment of the midsummer ... of the tropical year – the time it takes the Earth to complete an orbit around the Sun. To realign the calendar with the tropical ...

That is why thousands of people gather here every year at this time to watch the Sun rise. This is an artist's impression of a ceremony at Stonehenge. We can only guess what happened there ...

LONDON (AP) — It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to celebrate ... on a plain in southern England as the first rays of sun break ...

Stonehenge is widely known for its connection to the movements of the Sun, in particular at summer solstice, when thousands flock to the monument in the early hours to witness the sunrise.

Question: Why was Stonehenge built? I've heard that on either the longest or shortest day of the year, the sun rises or sets just at the entrance. Why did they build it like this? ~Scott Answer ...

LONDON (AP) — It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain ... England as the first rays of sun break through the giant stones ...