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

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Observers in the center of the standing stones can still watch the summer solstice sunrise over the Heel Stone, which stands just outside the main ring of Stonehenge. (Read about pagans' campaign ...

After this day, the days will lengthen until the summer solstice in June. Stonehenge has long been ... with the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset. The unique stone circle, erected in the ...

Today, hundreds of people - including Druids - still travel to Stonehenge to celebrate the sunrise on the summer solstice, and the sunset on the winter solstice, and to take part in the same kind ...

Large crowds of Druids, Pagans and tourists gathered at Stonehenge in England to celebrate the summer solstice by watching the sunrise on the longest day of the year. Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty ...

gives the appearance of an endless sunset during the night, before the sun begins to rise again as morning arrives. Britain's biggest celebration of the summer solstice takes place at Stonehenge ...

Chicagoans can get a glimpse of the sun perfectly aligning with Chicago's east-west streets during sunrise and sunset.

The whole Stonehenge monument, now ruinous, is aligned towards the sunrise and sunset on the winter ... access to Stonehenge during the summer and winter solstice, and the spring and autumn ...