Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marvelling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring the remnants of Europe’s distant past brings a special thrill to ...

The site is an elevated, flat-topped rock with an assortment of monuments and ruins built throughout the 5th century BC , including the Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion.

Jenkins’ appointment reignites debate over the Parthenon Marbles—ancient Greek sculptures ... “Imagine if another country had chunks of Stonehenge and wouldn’t return them. But it’s deeper than ...

Denmark vows to keep the centaur head. Credit: National Museum Denmark A centaur head and two more marble fragments taken from the Parthenon in the 17th century are among the most popular exhibits of ...

If you visit, it’s well worth taking the time to appreciate some of the more remarkable sites. The champion of the Acropolis must surely be the Parthenon, which, according to Andrew Stewart’s book One ...

The "Neolithic classroom" will be based on evidence found at Durrington Walls Two new buildings will be built near Stonehenge, after plans for a pair of learning centres were given the go-ahead.

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 ...

That makes it older than Stonehenge, its more famous counterpart. “Flagstones is an unusual monument; a perfectly circular ditched enclosure, with burials and cremations associated with it ...

A mammoth ‘desert Stonehenge’ by Guadalajara-based Jose Dávila steals the show. A service station for the soul by L.A.’s Alison Saar and a 1,300-foot mirrored “zip-line” by Swiss artist ...

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to unify ancient peoples from across the whole of the country, archaeologists claim in a new study. The research, published on Thursday in the journal ...

Her comments inspired a headline in The Times, which asserted, “The Elgin Marbles are as significant to Greece as Stonehenge is to England.” To illustrate her point, Roberts compared the Parthenon ...

Want to travel from London to Stonehenge – one of the most historic landmarks in England? Find out how by car, bus, train and on a day trip. Stonehenge is one of the most visited wonders in England, ...