Observers in the center of the standing stones can still watch the summer solstice sunrise over the Heel Stone, which stands just outside the main ring of Stonehenge. (Read about pagans' campaign ...

I know that on the summer solstice, the sun rises directly above the heel stone, the one in the opening of the circle. If one were to draw an imaginary straight line from the center of Stonehenge ...

New scientific research has changed our understanding of Stonehenge as tests ... that the sun rises over the Heel Stone on the longest day of the year (summer solstice) and sets over it on the ...

An estimated 15,000 people gathered at Stonehenge to witness the sunrise on summer solstice – the longest ... an archaeology enthusiast who dressed up as a Stone Age shaman, said: ‘I ...

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Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Stonehenge gets some well-deserved attention when it comes to British archeology. Between its age, altar stone’s epic journey ...

Large crowds of Druids, Pagans and tourists gathered at Stonehenge in England to celebrate the summer solstice by watching the sunrise on the longest day of the year. Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty ...

Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy wilds of Dartmoor, offering a clearer picture of life 5,000 years ago.

Stonehenge is ... final phase of construction. Stone Henge’s heyday would last around 200 years until 1900BC. The stones’ alignment means that on the Summer Solstice the Sun rises directly ...

I know that on the summer solstice, the sun rises directly above the heel stone, the one in the opening of the circle. If one were to draw an imaginary straight line from the center of Stonehenge ...

Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy ... traces of a low bank suggest it may have once been a henge, similar in form to Stonehenge or Orkney’s Ring of Brodgar.