A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the ...

About 5,000 years ago, two stone circles were built in what is now southwest England, proving that Stonehenge was not […] ...

Stonehenge, a Neolithic monument, is pictured in Wiltshire, England. Research has uncovered new insights into the provenance of the Altar Stone, one of the megaliths that form the monument.

Researchers may have solved a Stonehenge mystery — and raised another. They say its central Altar Stone somehow got to England from Scotland, hundreds of miles farther away than originally thought.

LONDON — The world’s most famous prehistoric monument continues to surprise and amaze. Researchers on Wednesday revealed that the long-mysterious “Altar Stone” at the heart of Stonehenge ...

Misconception: Stone Age women didn’t get involved in the action. The Venus of Willendorf, a 11-centimeter-tall limestone figurine of a woman dating to 29,500 years ago.

Stonehenge gets some well-deserved attention when it comes to British archeology.Between its age, altar stone’s epic journey, and potential origin as a community building initiative, it has a ...

The “monumental” timber building found near Carnoustie in Angus is more than a thousand years older than Stonehenge, and has ...

The iconic Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge in southern England was likely moved over hundreds of miles nearly 5,000 years ago, according to new research. CNN values your feedback 1.

One of the many archaeological mysteries at Britain’s Stonehenge has been solved. The site’s six-ton Altar Stone hails from over 400 miles north in Scotland, not from Wales or other closer ...