This diagram shows how the Stonehenge calendar may have worked. The 30 stones in the sarsen circle represent days which multiplied by 12 give 360.

Stonehenge casts shadows from the past in this aerial photo taken in 2006. Getty Images. Lying on the ground near the center of Stonehenge, partially covered by two huge slabs that appear to have ...

This diagram of Stonehenge shows the Altar Stone, in green, partly covered by two collapsed stones. A horseshoe-shaped arc of bluestones, in blue, bends around the Altar Stone.

Around 4,500 years ago, the famous silhouette of Stonehenge would have looked very different. Writer and archaeologist Mike Pitts digs up clues to the mystery of the circle's long-lost stones.

Music could have had a big influence on the design of Stonehenge, according to an American researcher reporting at an annual science meeting in Canada.

In contrast, all three of Giza's famous pyramids in Egypt were built roughly between 2575 and 2465 B.C., and construction of Britain's Stonehenge is thought to have started around 5,000 years ago.

STONEHENGE researchers were stunned after analysing the genetic signature of human remains discovered beneath the ancient structure.

Around 4,500 years ago, the famous silhouette of Stonehenge would have looked very different. Writer and archaeologist Mike Pitts digs up clues to the mystery of the circle's long-lost stones.