The site, believed to have likely served as a focus for religious gatherings, bears extensive evidence of feasting and ...

Stonehenge has long drawn crowds in person, especially at the summer solstice, when the monument’s link to the rising sun feels easiest to grasp. Now that world is opening up in a different way, ...

Stonehenge is usually treated as a singular achievement, a monument that appeared on Salisbury Plain fully formed. A ...

The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.

Ice flow modeling and geological analyses suggest it's possible that glaciers carried the stone part of the way during the last Ice Age. However, scientists say that scenario is unlikely ...

A team of researchers has used mineral dating of river sands around Salisbury Plain to challenge the long-standing idea that ...

A new discovery near Stonehenge has revealed what archaeologists believe may be an early prototype for the monument’s solar alignment. It comes days before the solstice.

Stonehenge poses more questions than answers, making it one of the most mysterious prehistoric monuments in the world. And ...

What we’ve discovered at Bulford is 500 years earlier than the famous stones we know so well,” lead archeologist Phil Harding said.

June 21, 2026, is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It kicks off astronomical summer and gives us the longest day for the year. For the unversed, Earth's axis is tilted as the planet ...

The remains of a wooden monument in southern England, three miles away from Stonehenge, may demonstrate Neolithic people's interest in the heavens ...

Archaeologists say they have discovered a structure near Stonehenge that may have served as a “prototype” for the monument.