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New study sheds light on journey of Stonehenge altar stone from Scotland

The altar stone of Stonehenge could have travelled from north-east Scotland via glacier before reaching Salisbury Plain, a study has found

The National (Scotland)

Stonehenge altar stone may have travelled from Scotland via glacier – study

Scientists said the mystery of how the six-tonne, sandstone monolith travelled 435 miles to Salisbury Plain is ‘widely debated’.

Evening Standard

Why Manhattanhenge happens twice a year — and how to catch the perfect photo

New York City residents and visitors are treated to a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers

The Independent UK

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‘Stonehenge is a gateway into a lost world’: meet the people protecting the landmark’s legacy

The ancient wonder’s appeal is down to its enduring sense of mystery, says operations manager Julia Richardson

The Guardian - UK

English Heritage unveils recreation of 4,500-year-old Neolithic hall near Stonehenge

The Kusuma Neolithic Hall, based on Durrington 68 site, will allow visitors to ‘step back in time’ into the lives of those who built the stone circle

The Guardian - UK

Ditched government projects lost taxpayer £6.6bn last year, watchdog says

Spending committee finds MoD most wasteful and also points to cancelled schemes such as Rwanda and Stonehenge

The Guardian - UK

5 temples older than Stonehenge - and why tiny Malta still baffles historians

Ancient temples on the Maltese islands are rewriting history. These structures predate the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge. Built by a Neolithic society around 3600 BCE, they showcase advanced architectural and astronomical knowledge. The Megalithic Temples of Malta stand as the world's oldest freestanding temples, proving great feats are possible even…

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In 1890, Russian gold miners reached into a peat bog and found something that rewrote everything we thought we knew about prehistoric humans

Miners in Russia's Ural Mountains discovered the Shigir Idol in 1890. This ancient wooden monument is over 11,000 years old, predating Stonehenge and the pyramids. Its intricate carvings suggest complex symbolic thought existed among hunter-gatherer communities long before settled civilizations. The idol's preservation in a peat bog has allowed this…

The Economic Times

Manhattanhenge 2026 begins tonight: Here's when and where to see the sunset spectacle

Twice a year, the setting sun perfectly aligns with Manhattan's street grid, creating one of New York City's most spectacular skywatching events.

Space

From Stonehenge to Whitby Abbey: 40 fascinating historical sites in England to visit this summer

Up and down the country are the sites of epic battles, mysterious ancient monuments and ruins from bygone eras. Discover a selection of English Heritage sites in your area with our bumper guide

The Guardian - UK

Scientists may have finally solved how Stonehenge’s massive 25-ton stones reached southern England thousands of years ago

New research pinpoints West Woods in Wiltshire as the origin for most of Stonehenge's massive sarsen stones. This discovery strongly suggests prehistoric humans deliberately transported these stones, refuting theories of natural glacial movement. The findings highlight the remarkable planning and organization of Neolithic communities in undertaking such a monumental construction…

The Economic Times

Stones of the past: 7,000-year-old ‘mustatil’ monuments discovered in Saudi Arabia

Archaeologists have discovered an extensive prehistoric ritual landscape in Northwest Arabia. This site features massive rectangular stone structures called ‘mustatils.’ These monuments are around 7,000 years old, from the Late Neolithic period, and they were built long before the Pyramids of Giza or Stonehenge. Recent digs funded by the Royal…

The Times of India

A 5,000-year-old man-made island discovered underwater in Scotland may be older than Stonehenge

A historical construction lying in the depths of Loch Bhorgastail provides information about human existence more than 5,000 years ago. The structure, which appears to be just a small island made of stone nowadays, used to be a wooden structure carefully erected by Neolithic individuals. The age of this ancient…

The Times of India

Neolithic timber platform older than Stonehenge found in Scottish loch

Archaeologists have revealed a substantial timber platform beneath a stone artificial island, known as a crannog, in Loch Bhorgastail on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The crannog, which predates Stonehenge, was initially constructed over 5,000 years ago during the Neolithic period (around 3500-3300 BC) and later saw additions in the…

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TechRadar

You won't believe AI's take on the 'history' of Stonehenge — and I am so over AI slop

Heaven help us — YouTube is now overflowing with historical AI slop, and it's making it hard to find the real thing.

Euronews

These are the UK’s most popular tourist attractions, from the Natural History Museum to Stonehenge

How many of these museums, galleries and monuments have you been to?

The Guardian - UK

Stonehenge tunnel plan officially scrapped after years of protests

Campaigners have been fighting proposals to build traffic tunnel under the world heritage site since 1994

The Guardian - AU

Pay per view: Victoria wants to charge visitors to see the Twelve Apostles – will it become like Stonehenge?

Like Stonehenge, the Australian coastal landmark is first seen from a busy highway – and locals warn charging a fee for safe viewing could make existing congestion worse

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Digital Camera World

Golden hour and ancient stones: my 5 tips for capturing Britain’s prehistoric monuments

Head for the Neolithic part of town to discover how to photograph henges, burial chambers and hillside carvings

The Times of India

This 12,000-year-old site in Turkey is forcing archaeologists to rethink early humans

According to World Atlas, Göbekli Tepe sits on a low limestone ridge in southeastern Turkey, not far from the Syrian border, and continues to unsettle long-held ideas about early human societies. The site was first identified in the 1960s, but its significance only became clear decades later. Radiocarbon dating places…

The Times of India

Stonehenge mystery solved? Study reveals how 25-tonne stones reached the site in southern England

Stonehenge, located on open chalk terrain in southern England, is identifiable but curiously unexplained. For decades, one practical question has hung over the site without being resolved. How did stones weighing hundreds of tonnes arrive here before wheels, metal tools, and written plans? A recent study done by geologists at…

LiveScience

People, not glaciers, transported rocks to Stonehenge, study confirms

A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the "glacial transport theory" that suggests Stonehenge's bluestones and Altar Stone were delivered to Salisbury Plain by glaciers.

The Conversation

Grains of sand prove people – not glaciers – transported Stonehenge rocks

Ask people how Stonehenge was built and you’ll hear stories of sledges, ropes, boats and sheer human determination to haul stones from across Britain to Salisbury Plain, in south-west England. Others might mention giants, wizards, or alien assistance to explain the transport of Stonehenge’s stones, which come from as far…

The Independent UK

Inside the quest for the origin of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone

After Orkney was ruled out as the origin for Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, geologists now have their eyes on northeast Scotland

The Independent UK

Giant stone monuments older than Stonehenge were built by an ancient ‘water cult’, archaeologists say

It remains a mystery how the ancient people dragged the pillars up into the mountains

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