The origins of Stonehenge have puzzled and inspired people for generations. Now, new findings offer a clearer picture of why ...

To make matters more puzzling, DNA analysis of bodies buried near the site suggests that the builders of Stonehenge had ancestry outside of England. Given that construction of the monument began ...

Researchers think that at least one major lunar standstill occurred during the earliest stage of Stonehenge’s construction, “potentially influencing the monument’s design and purpose,” per ...

Around this time, an "avenue" was built connecting Stonehenge with the River Avon, according to English Heritage. This would be the last major construction phase that took place at Stonehenge.

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to ... were brought from nearly 150 miles away and used in the monument’s construction. Researchers now find that the altar stone was placed within ...

Stonehenge researchers have found new evidence ... Exact dates and timelines are unknown, but it is believed that construction may have begun on the Salisbury Plain as far back as 3000 BC ...

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Experts say Stonehenge required an enormous amount of timber for its construction—not just for palisades of trunks driven into the ground, but also for builders to drag 20-ton stones on wooden ...

Reflecting on what the study says about society during the early time period, Clarkes noted that the construction of Stonehenge "seems to be this great British endeavor involving all the different ...

Researchers do not know when the Altar Stone arrived at Stonehenge. Construction began around 5,000 years ago (SN: 5/29/08). Initially serving as a cemetery, changes and additions to the site ...