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 ...

Scientists claim to have finally discovered the true purpose behind the mysterious existence of Stonehenge. Thanks to a ...

In light of this, the authors of the study, published in the journal Archaeology International, argue that Stonehenge may have served a unifying purpose. The paper casts new light on the enigmatic ...

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to ... suggests that the stone circle may have had a political as well as a religious purpose – as a monument of unification for the peoples of Britain ...

Recent research on Stonehenge's large altar stone ... the stone circle may have had a political as well as a religious purpose — as a monument of unification for the peoples of Britain ...

Many archaeological discoveries make themselves known to the world by mere accident, and construction workers in Denmark have ...

While Stonehenge's original purpose is much debated, a key similarity between the two sites is that they were both the sites of burials and cremations. At Stonehenge, archaeologists have found 64 ...

As well as sharing similarities with other Danish woodhenges, there is also a striking parity with a known woodhenge in ...

There has always been plenty of mystery surrounding the world’s oldest structures. From the pyramids of Egypt to Stonehenge, ...

Stonehenge, one of the most iconic and mysterious monuments of ancient Britain, has puzzled researchers for centuries. Erected by prehistoric peoples over 5,000 years ago, its true purpose remains ...