Using LiDAR technology, archaeologists discovered a cluster of five rare Neolithic-era earthwork monuments in Ireland. The ancient find highlights ritualistic practices, likely associated with solar ...
A Stone Age circular monument in England is even older than Stonehenge, raising the possibility that Stonehenge's creators used it as inspiration, a new study finds. When researchers radiocarbon-dated ...
Stonehenge may be the most famous example of the “huge stones arranged in a circle” genre, but it’s a reputation that arguably isn’t deserved. After all, it’s far from the largest henge in Europe, or ...
An archaeological survey has identified traces of hundreds of previously unknown monuments—including five "incredibly rare" prehistoric structures that may have once marked "routes for the dead" into ...
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This Overlooked Monument May Have Inspired Stonehenge’s Design
The rolling landscape of Dorset, England, conceals an understudied archaeological enigma. Unlike the towering monoliths of ...
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