After Orkney was ruled out as the origin for Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, geologists now have their eyes on north eastern ...

Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering ...

STONEHENGE, England — The dramatic images show men struggling to haul the 25-ton stone pillars of Stonehenge into place, creating the distinctive outline of the 4,000-year-old stone circle. But these ...

Of the many mysteries surrounding Stonehenge, one of the most puzzling is also the most enduring: How exactly did its ancient erectors move the site’s massive stones—each of which weights around 25 ...

After centuries of puzzling over the meaning of Stonehenge, laser-equipped researchers have concluded that the prehistoric monument was built to show off the solstices. Apart from revealing 71 new ...

In the summer of 2019, I walked up a hillside in west Wales with Richard Bevins, a researcher who specializes in petrology, the study of the origins, compositions, and structures of rocks. We climbed ...

In the darkness of the shortest day of 2025, thousands of pilgrims converged in lamplight upon Stonehenge, one of Britain’s ...

It's hard to believe that the Stonehenge World Heritage Site — a popular tourist destination in densely populated southern England, and home to one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the ...

BBC's Sophie Parker has been reporting from Stonehenge this morning, on the day of the winter solstice. Here are her ...

Stonehenge may have been built with the assistance of cows who helped carry the enormous rocks across the British Isles. It could help explain how the fabled bluestones managed to complete the journey ...

At least some of the people who were buried at Stonehenge died and were cremated far from the site — probably in west Wales about 120 miles away, according to a new study. The finding, published ...