Stonehenge may have had a second purpose beyond its well-documented astronomical uses. A new study claims that the monument ...
Learn how the sourcing of stone from disparate locations throughout the British Isles may have represented the coming ...
Parker Pearson concluded: “That said, Stonehenge is adopted [as a monument] by those beaker-using people whose descendants become the dominant population of Britain. So despite the change in ...
Researchers spoke of the connectivity of Neolithic society in announcing Stonehenge's six-ton altar stone was likely ...
Thousands gather at Stonehenge for the winter solstice. Stonehenge access is allowed only during solstices. Site may have political and spiritual significance. Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids ...
It is believed that solstices have been celebrated at Stonehenge for thousands of years. The dates of the equinoxes and solstices vary because the Gregorian calendar does not exactly match the ...
The Stonehenge was built around 3,000 BC to align ... The dates of the equinoxes and solstices vary because the Gregorian calendar does not match the length of the tropical year – the time ...
Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people simply yearning for the promise of spring marked the dawn of the shortest ...
Arthur Pendragon takes part in the winter solstice celebrations (Andrew Matthews/PA) It is believed that solstices have been celebrated at Stonehenge for thousands of years. The dates of the equinoxes ...
LONDON (AP) — It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to celebrate the winter solstice, with the shortest day and the longest ...