Though the winter solstice brings the shortest day of the year, it also signals the gradual return of light to the Northern Hemisphere.

This diagram shows the Earth and Moon orientations ... On that night, researchers gathered at Stonehenge, the famous megalith located on Salisbury Plain, in the south west of England, to determine ...

Stonehenge may have had a second purpose beyond its well-documented astronomical uses. A new study claims that the monument may have been built in part to unify neighboring people groups in and ...

Solar calendar. Place of worship. UFO Landing site. Many uses have been theorized for Stonehenge. Researchers have now added another: monument to unity, they propose in an Archaeology International ...

A surge of visitors is expected at Stonehenge to see the sunrise on the shortest day of the year As the shortest day of the year approaches, Stonehenge is preparing to welcome thousands of ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has worked in the fields of neuroscience research and mental health treatment. Laura is an editor and staff ...

Around 4,500 years ago, the famous silhouette of Stonehenge would have looked very different. Writer and archaeologist Mike Pitts digs up clues to the mystery of the circle's long-lost stones.

A top archaeologist and Stonehenge expert has explained why the ancient formation of Stonehenge was constructed. Mike Parker Pearson, a professor of British later prehistory at University College ...

Mystery has surrounded Stonehenge and the reason why it was built but scientists now believe they have the answer. And now scientists think that they were moved such far distances as part of a ...