DNA reveals burials inside one of Europe’s largest Neolithic monuments, showing Spain’s Menga dolmen stayed sacred for ...

Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun on midwinter's shortest day.

Using LiDAR technology, archaeologists discovered a cluster of five rare Neolithic-era earthwork monuments in Ireland. The ancient find highlights ritualistic practices, likely associated with solar ...

Having stood the test of time, some of the oldest man-made structures in the world range from modest huts, megalithic temples and prehistoric pyramids to ancient burial mounds and Aboriginal ...

What is the summer solstice? For many people, the summer solstice is simply the first day of summer and the longest day of the year, meaning that it has more daylight hours than any other day. In the ...

THE second of Mr. Ormsby-Gore's guides to the ancient monuments, covering the area south of the Thames, includes the most impressive, as well as some of the most important, relics of the prehistoric ...

Across continents and millennia, ancient civilizations left behind massive monuments whose true purposes still elude us. From underwater ruins to desert etchings visible only from the sky, these ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Have you ever seen an equinox? On Monday, March 20, 2023, ...

This is a serial property of three component parts: a distinctive twin-town site, featuring an Inner and Outer Town surrounded by moats; the massive Khao Klang Nok ancient monument; and the Khao ...

POSSIBLY few of the public who visit our ruined castles, abbeys and other historic sites are conscious of the extent of their indebtedness for their esthetic enjoyment or the satisfaction of their ...