Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months ...

Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date ...

Over the years, the Altar Stone has been overshadowed by the more prominent features of Stonehenge, such as the towering sarsens and the enigmatic bluestones. However, its story is no less compelling.

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 ...

New research suggests that, as well as being a probable centre for the veneration of the Sun, Stonehenge was also a fertility ...

Many archaeological discoveries make themselves known to the world by mere accident, and construction workers in Denmark have ...

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 ...

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) ...

This pagan altar stone is from there. The sandstone altar would have stood in the open air, the depression in the top would have been used for burning sacrifices. In the 1850's the altar was ...

The altar is located just under the basilica’s famous stone canopy, designed by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, which was recently restored. The suspect is from Romania and the candelabra ...

The altar is a three-tiered square platform built of white marble, its shape symbolizing the ancient notion that the earth is square. There are four stone staircases, one on each side, leading up ...