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 ...

A new idea is that Stonehenge was about the winter solstice, or the shortest day of the year. “Stonehenge has been looked at the wrong way around,” says Parker Pearson, one of the winter ...

In a find that provides insights into the remarkable abilities of these ancient humans, new research studying the chemical ...

Stonehenge in the United Kingdom has been associated with the winter and summer solstices for about 5,000 years. Observers in the center of the standing stones can still watch the summer solstice ...

Today, hundreds of people - including Druids - still travel to Stonehenge to celebrate the sunrise on the summer solstice, and the sunset on the winter solstice, and to take part in the same kind ...

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

The whole Stonehenge monument, now ruinous, is aligned towards the sunrise and sunset on the winter solstice. Visitors are able to walk around the Stonehenge monument from a short distance away ...

The UK’s most famous site for solstice celebrations is Stonehenge. On the winter solstice, visitors traditionally enter the towering, mysterious stone circle for a sunrise ceremony run by local ...

Two new buildings will be built near Stonehenge, after plans for two learning centres were approved. Our picture round-up from across the county includes romance and some four-legged creatures.

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 ...