As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ...

Today in the history of astronomy, celebrations at Stonehenge mark the summer solstice.

Stonehenge was also the largest burial ground of its time, lending support to the idea that the site may have been used as a religious temple, a solar calendar and an ancient observatory all in one.

Whether this alignment was constructed for sun worship, calendar keeping, or other purposes remains a mystery. Over time, Stonehenge has been attributed to Druids, Romans, Vikings, Saxons, and ...

Unlike Plymouth Rock, though, Stonehenge is actually good. As with anything, your mileage may vary. Unlike ... "These were places to honour the ancestors and mark important moments in the calendar.

4,000-year-old ‘Dutch Stonehenge’ site unveiled in the Netherlands The open-air sanctuary includes a large burial mound serving as a solar calendar, with several passages through which the sun ...

Stonehenge is visible here underneath Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE). The comet made its closest approach to the sun in December 2020 and was visible to the naked eye in certain parts of the world.

Stonehenge's purpose has long been a mystery, with some researchers proposing that it may have been an ancient solar calendar. But now, new analysis suggests the calendar theory is unsubstantiated.

TORONTO (CTV Network) — Stonehenge’s purpose has long been a mystery, with some researchers proposing that it may have been an ancient solar calendar.But now, new analysis suggests the ...

These figures show that Stonehenge was built as a solar calendar, and Darvill argues that Stonehenge's builders modified the solar calendar used in Egypt by adding leap days. .

In 2022, one group of scientists took this impressive display of archaeoastronomy a step further and argued that Stonehenge was actually a 365-day calendar.