What it is: An ancient stone circle in the Egyptian desert that may be the oldest known astronomical observatory Where it is from: An desert area of southern Egypt, about 175 miles (280 kilometers ...

An amateur archaeologist recently encouraged researchers to take another look at the Farley Moor standing stone, which was once part of a bigger ceremonial site ...

New radiocarbon dating and human remains, red deer antlers, and charcoal found in the area puts this ancient stone circle near Dorchester at 3,200 BCE–roughly 300 years older than Stonehenge.

Archaeologists in Norway have revealed that more than 40 ancient stone circle formations discovered in the country's south last year turned out to be children's graves. Last year, a team from ...

For a while now, a standing stone tucked away in a Berkshire woodland was believed to be a lone monument. New findings, however, have revealed the artifact to be but one piece of an immense ...

"The 'sister' monument to Flagstones is Stonehenge, whose first phase is almost identical, but it dates to around 2900 BC. Could Stonehenge have been a copy of Flagstones? Or do these findings suggest ...

Part of the ancient stone circle found at the Farley Moor site. Photo from Time Team, shared by Forestry England “Stone circles and henges are amongst the most common ceremonial monuments of the ...

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to unify ancient peoples from across the whole of the country, archaeologists claim in a new study. More than 900 stone circles have been discovered across the ...