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 ...

On Saturday, thousands of people, including druids, shamans, and tourists, gathered at the ancient site of Stonehenge in Britain to witness the first sunrise after the winter solstice, according ...

Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months ...

The gathering of individuals at the sacred site of Stonehenge in England to watch the sunrise during solstice events such as the summer and winter solstice. Pagans, druids and people simply ...

President Donald Trump took a victory lap of sorts before a large gathering of conservatives on Saturday to celebrate his first month in office, a period marked by deep cuts to the federal ...

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

A recent study conducted by scientists at the University of Ferrara in Italy suggests that the majority of Europeans living 5 ...

The ancient Stonehenge monument near Salisbury in Wiltshire was aligned on a sight-line that points to the winter solstice sunset. It is thought that the winter solstice was actually more ...

Themes: The summer and winter solstices; the seasons and the Earth’s orbit around the sun; celebrations of the solstices around the world, including at Stonehenge; the beauty of the natural world.

Stonehenge poses more questions than answers, making it one of the most mysterious prehistoric monuments in the world. And because of its proximity to London, the famous landmark makes for a ...