New Irish-led research casts doubts over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland ...

As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ...

Modern scientific inquiry suggests that Stonehenge is far older than Jones, Aubrey, or any of their contemporaries initially believed. But while we now have a rough idea of when the megalith was ...

The Stonehenge was built around 3,000 BC to align with the winter solstice sunset, and people have gathered to mark the shortest day of the year ever since.

Thousands of people including pagans, druids and dancers have gathered at the ancient Stonehenge monument for the winter solstice, marking the shortest day of the year. During sunrise at 8.09am ...

Winter Solstice: Pagans, druids and tourists descend on Stonehenge to mark the shortest day of the year By SABRINA PENTY Published: 06:37 EDT, 21 December 2024 | Updated: 11:38 EDT, 21 December 2024 ...

Thousands of people greeted the dawn with cheers and applause at Stonehenge as they marked the winter solstice. Those who observed the spectacle on Saturday at the neolithic monument in Wiltshire ...

Hundreds of people have gathered at Stonehenge for the winter solstice. The winter solstice is the day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight. The shortest day lasts 07 hours 49 minutes and ...

The date of the winter solstice can fall at any point between Dec. 20 and 23, depending on the year, but the 21st and 22nd are the most common. In 2023, the solstice fell on the same date but a ...

FILE - Druid leader Arthur Uther Pendragon, center, holds up his staff as he takes part in a Winter Solstice ceremony by the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, in southern England, Dec. 21, 2012.