Stonehenge

Stonehenge’s monumental six-tonne altar stone, long believed to have originated from Wales, actually hails from Scotland.

The Altar Stone was long believed to have traveled 150 miles from Preseli Hills in Southwest Wales with the other megaliths.

A High Court judge has thrown out an appeal by campaigners who are trying to block the construction of a road tunnel near Stonehenge.

People who visit ancient temples and megalithic sites often describe experiencing a strange sensation.

A recent discovery could radically change our views of one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites, Tutankhamun’s tomb.

“Why would you move 75 large stones just so you could dance around twice a year? If you put a roof on it you can use it all year.”

Archaeologists are increasingly discovering megaliths across the continent – albeit a small number so far – that were previously put up in earlier monuments.

“It is ... likely that the stones were first used in a local monument, somewhere near the quarries, that was then dismantled and dragged off to Wiltshire.” -Archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson

Researchers say they’ve found the quarries where Stonehenge’s rocks came from, but the stones likely were used elsewhere first and moved.

The skeleton could tell us “what life was like for those who lived under the shadow of Stonehenge at a time of frenzied activity.”