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 ...

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

Flagstones, an ancient burial site in Dorset, England, may be centuries older than Stonehenge, according to a new study.

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

A new genetic study suggests that the builders of Stonehenge, constructed around 5,000 years ago, likely had dark skin, eyes, ...

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 ...

First discovered in the 1980s, Flagstones is a circular monument resembling a running track that might have even inspired Stonehenge. Archaeologists from the University of Exeter ...

Stonehenge may be the most famous example of ... Still, the areas archeologists could reach provided intriguing clues to the site’s history. “Flagstones is an unusual monument,” explained ...

Archaeologists have determined that the stone circle monument in Dorset, UK is older than previously thought, dating back to ...

Builders putting together a new housing estate have stumbled across a 4,000-year-old site linked to Stonehenge. And the ...

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