Around 20 enormous pits, arranged in a circular formation, were dug during the late Neolithic period and are more than 4…
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Food & Nutrition
A 5,000-year-old cow tooth suggests cattle hauled Stonehenge’s bluestones from Wales
Researchers from the British Geological Survey (BGS), Cardiff University, and University College London have examined a cow tooth intentionally left near the entrance of Stonehenge during its construction between 2995…
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New genetic evidence suggests the ancient Britons—builders of Stonehenge—likely had dark skin. A new study by researchers at the University of Ferrara (Italy) found that most Europeans living 5,000 years…
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A new study finds the altar stone of the monument—a central bluestone weighing six tons—probably traveled more than 700 kilometers. For more than a century archaeologists have known that Stonehenge’s…
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The stones discovered near Stonehenge more than 200 years ago have turned out to be tools used to work gold. British archaeologists reached that conclusion after re-examining Bronze Age stone…
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Dutch archaeologists have unearthed a 4,000-year-old religious site that local media are already calling the “Dutch Stonehenge.” The site features a burial mound that once served as a solar calendar.…
