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 ...

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 ...

In a find that provides insights into the remarkable abilities of these ancient humans, new research studying the chemical ...

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

President Donald Trump took a victory lap of sorts before a large gathering of conservatives on Saturday to celebrate his first month in office, a period marked by deep cuts to the federal ...

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 ...

The UK’s most famous site for solstice celebrations is Stonehenge. On the winter solstice, visitors traditionally enter the towering, mysterious stone circle for a sunrise ceremony run by local ...

In this diagrammatic reconstruction of Stonehenge, that axis (shown in ... Professor Meaden believes that during winter solstice (December 20 or 21) rituals at the monument, the phallic-shaped ...