A megalithic burial mound in Spain was built using “advanced engineering” 6,000 years ago, with stones weighing several times more than any used to make the UK’s iconic Stonehenge ...

The Dolmen of Guadalperal, also known as the treasure of Guadalperal by locals, has often been referred to as the 'Spanish Stonehenge' - a megalithic monument dating back to 2000 BC. Located in ...

New research suggests that, as well as being a probable centre for the veneration of the Sun, Stonehenge was also a fertility temple. A detailed study of a partly buried fallen stone at the ...

There are countless megalithic sites around the world, but while Stonehenge may be the most famous, know this: it is not the oldest or biggest. The site of Göbekli Tepe, in Turkey, dates back ...

The Britons responsible for the building of the iconic Stonehenge were probably black, a study has suggested. Data from 348 ancient genomes gathered from across Eurasia have been reconstructed ...

Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, and its giant stones can be seen from miles around. It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge ...