DNA reveals burials inside one of Europe’s largest Neolithic monuments, showing Spain’s Menga dolmen stayed sacred for ...
Concerns have been raised over kayaking activities being conducted near the prehistoric Pansaimol rock carving site at Rivona, a protected heritage location.
If you’ve gone driving along Interstate 25 lately and saw an unusual sight near Monument — something from another time and place — you weren’t hallucinating. Yep. Those are dinosaurs. Surrounded by ...
Archaeologists have discovered one of the largest settlements ever identified in Ireland's Baltinglass hillfort landscape.
Scientists group these dragon stones into three main types: fish-shaped, hide shaped, and hybrid. Fish-shaped stones tend to appear at higher spots near mountain springs, while hide-shaped stones ...
The ancient monument was built between 5,000 and 3,500 years ago to align with the movement of the sun on the solstices.
English Heritage, the organization that manages Stonehenge, said some 8,500 people celebrated Saturday at the monument on Salisbury Plain, about 75 miles southwest of London. It added that its ...
The shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day in the Southern Hemisphere has been marked around the world.
Hundreds of visitors gathered at the ancient passage tomb at Newgrange, in Co Meath, in the early hours of Sunday morning to celebrate the Winter Solstice. The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day ...
In a few weeks’ time, just 38 lottery winners — chosen from 16,000 global applicants — will stand in the darkness of Newgrange’s 5,200-year-old chamber in Ireland’s Boyne Valley in anticipation of an ...
The discovery of a series of huge Neolithic pits have been confirmed at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site after initial research a few years ago. The massive pits at Durrington Walls in Wiltshire are ...
Newgrange remains one of the world’s most extraordinary prehistoric monuments, aligned perfectly to capture the winter solstice sunrise. Recent discoveries inside the tomb shed light on its ...