For centuries, scientists have been trying to determine who built Stonehenge. Today, the leading theory is that several groups of Neolithic farmers constructed the monument over a period of 1,500 ...

For years, the 16-foot Altar Stone was grouped with the so-called “bluestones” of Stonehenge, many of which are believed to have been sourced from the Preseli Hills in Wales. The new findings ...

Archaeologists have long believed that Stonehenge ... buys into the healing stone theory. “I think the survey work [Darvill and Wainwright are] doing in the Preseli hills is great, and I ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Stonehenge gets some well-deserved attention when it comes to British archeology. Between its age, altar stone’s epic journey ...

Science Direct Stonehenge remains profoundly mysterious ... But every year scientists learn more about the great stone enigma on Salisbury Plain. Most recently, a team from the University of ...

Researchers say the monolithic altar stone, weighing over 6 tons (13,227 lbs), was moved over 700 km (435 miles) from its origin site. Visitors watch the sunrise at Stonehenge, on June 21 ...

It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge. The only tools the builders had were made of stone, wood and rope! Only a few stones are left standing today. More than 4,000 years ago a small ring of ...

(Program not available for streaming.) Dated to the late Stone Age, Stonehenge may be the best-known and most mysterious relic of prehistory. Every year, a million visitors are drawn to England to ...

FILE - A section of Stonehenge, roughly 5,000 years old, on the Salisbury Plain near Amesbury, England, on Aug. 6, 2014. (ANDREW TESTA/The New York Times) ...