Stonehenge wasn't a prehistoric solar calendar but served mainly as a memorial to the dead, according to new research by scientists who study ancient astronomy. The first stones at Stonehenge were ...

This video explores a fresh perspective on Stonehenge’s true purpose and construction. Experts explain new findings about the ...

For centuries, scientists have been trying to determine who built Stonehenge. Today, the leading theory is that several ...

Craig Rhos-y-felin is a dramatic rock outcrop on the northern Preseli Mountains. Slabs of jagged, blue-tinged stone rise from ...

The so-called “cold moon” above Stonehenge on Dec. 15, 2024. Josh Dury / SWNS. The Altar Stone is similar to other large stones of relative size and placement found among stone circles in ...

A Mystery of Stonehenge May Finally Have Been Solved, but It Raises New Questions, Researchers Say The new findings suggest that the “Altar Stone" at the center of the mysterious monument didn't ...

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.

Stonehenge was built in stages 5,000 years ago on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain approximately 75 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of London. The unique stone circle was erected in the late ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed that Stonehenge’s central sandstone slab — long called the “altar stone” — came from much closer Wales. But a study last year by some of the same ...

As the quest to find the origins of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone heats up, researchers rule out one Scottish site that appeared to have a direct link to the monument.

Stonehenge is thought to have been built over about 1500 years, starting around 5100 years ago. It consists of an outer circle of large stones weighing around 25 tonnes each, known as sarsens, and ...