With Stonehenge, just outside the town of ... is aligned towards the sunrise on the and sunset on the winter solstice. Large crowds can usually be seen at the monument during the solstice ...

A recent study conducted by scientists at the University of Ferrara in Italy suggests that the majority of Europeans living 5,000 years ago, including those who built Stonehenge, may have had dark ...

In 2023, a Polish man was whacked with a wooden pole after scaling the stairs of Chichén Itzá. After being brought down, he was quickly surrounded by a crowd at the bottom of the steps and abused, ...

It was an honour to be asked to join the London order's Spring Equinox ceremony scattering seeds in the City, but sadly the ...

In this ranking of the 40 oldest landmarks in the world, we count down from the relatively young to the truly ancient, showcasing places that still draw huge crowds centuries ... at auction for a ...

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

Now, one scientist has proposed a very surprising new theory. Professor Terence Meaden, an archaeologist and retired physicist from the University of Oxford, claims that Stonehenge may have been 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 ...

The ancient monument of Stonehenge, located in southern England, has fascinated people for thousands of years. Built over 5,000 years ago, its origins remain a mystery—we don’t know exactly who ...