Stonehenge may have had a second purpose ... Mike Parker Pearson from UCL said in a press statement. On the Winter Solstice, the Sun dips directly below the Alter Stone, between two upright ...
Stonehenge's altar stone was quarried over 4,600 years ago, far from the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. But experts now know ...
One of the most intriguing mysteries lies in the Intihuatana stone. Archaeologists believe it functioned as an astronomic ...
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LONDON — Stonehenge monuments that have stood ... the stone circle aligns with the summer solstice sunrise and winter solstice sunset, drawing crowds of spiritualists, druids and sun worshippers.
The Gasco archaeological site, located south of the iconic Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, has revealed a fascinating network of ...
Stonehenge may have had a second purpose ... International on December 20 (fittingly, one day before the Winter Solstice). “The fact that all of its stones originated from distant regions ...
Stonehenge was likely built as a project to ... monument’s final structure was made to align with the sun during the winter and summer solstices in a way that may have been of “ancestral ...
The winter solstice is one of the oldest known holidays ... The stone circles of Stonehenge were arranged to receive the first rays of midwinter sun. Some ancient peoples believed that because ...
LONDON (AP) — It's that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to celebrate the winter solstice, with the shortest day and the longest ...