WASHINGTON (AP) — The ancient ritual meaning of Stonehenge is still a mystery, but researchers are one step closer to understanding how the famous stone circle was created. The unique stone ...

The age-old mystery about the origins of Stonehenge's sarsen stones has finally been solved. The breakthrough comes in a ...

FILE - A section of Stonehenge, roughly 5,000 years old, on the Salisbury Plain near Amesbury, England, on Aug. 6, 2014. (ANDREW TESTA/The New York Times) ...

Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. This world heritage site attracts millions of visitors each year who marvel at this only ...

It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge. The only tools the builders had were made of stone, wood and rope! Only a few stones are left standing today. More than 4,000 years ago a small ring of ...

Question: On the Stonehenge raising, they used a weighted tip to tilt the main riser stone into the hole. Why not just have the stone dragged up an Earth ramp with wood rails to a pivot point of ...

The Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge, long believed to have been hauled to southwest England from Wales, was actually transported more than 450 miles from northeastern Scotland, a team of ...

Archaeologists in Denmark have discovered the remains of a large timber circle that may be contemporaneous with England's ...