The fascination with one of the world’s most iconic rock collections goes back to the Medieval period — the first time Stonehenge is discussed in writing, according to English Heritage.

The sun rises over the horizon at the ancient Stone circle of Stonehenge on June ... that the shafts were created more than 4,500 years ago during the Neolithic period. ... Reads from TIME.

Radiocarbon dating of cremated bodies excavated from Britain's Stonehenge appears to have solved part of the ancient mystery surrounding the 5,000-year-old site: It was a burial ground for what ...

London-based researchers extracted DNA from Neolithic human remains found in Britain and compared it with DNA from European remains from the same time period. Ancestors of the Stonehenge ...

England's enigmatic Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings and for several hundred years thereafter, new research indicates. Dating of cremated remains shows burials ...

Based on past excavations, Parker Pearson's team estimates that the cremated remains of 150 to 240 people were buried within Stonehenge over a 500-year period. As time went on, the pace of the ...

Stonehenge's "altar stone" likely originated in present-day Scotland, a study found. It raises questions about how ancient humans transported the stone such a long distance.

Importantly, the new research suggests the sarsens were sourced and transported to Stonehenge during the same time period, around 2500 BCE, ...

LONDON — A new archaeological discovery at the site of an ancient village near Stonehenge promises to offer significant clues about life more than 4,500 years ago in the Neolithic period, and ...