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A team from Perth’s Curtin University studied the age and chemistry of mineral grains within fragments of one of the circular monument’s biggest features, the six-tonne Altar Stone. Long believed to ...

It’s one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments – but is Stonehenge the “Ikea of monolithic monument building”? That’s the view of Mike Parker Pearson, professor of British later prehistory ...

Among all the legends and lore associated with Stonehenge, the famed Neolithic stone circle on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two things are rarely mentioned: that, as recently as the 20th ...

Spaceship landing site? Celestial calculator? A giant fertility symbol? Shrine to Mother Earth? Or just a pile of rocks? It’s been a mystery for 5,000 years, but scientists think they may finally have ...

Built by ancient Britons thousands of years ago, Stonehenge's true purpose has eluded researchers for centuries. Was it used as a burial ground? As a way to observe the night sky? Perhaps it was used ...

17:46, Thu, Aug 21, 2025 Updated: 17:50, Thu, Aug 21, 2025 A cow's tooth from a jawbone placed at the entrance to Stonehenge some 5,000 years ago has provided new evidence for the iconic monument's ...

If you’re driving along the Columbia River Gorge, you might blink twice at the sight of a towering circle of concrete monoliths rising from the rolling sagebrush. It looks like Stonehenge somehow ...

A dramatic image of Stonehenge made the rounds on social media in July 2025, just before the month's end. The image, according to a Facebook post (archived) with over 70,000 reactions in two days, was ...