The megalithic monuments of the Neolithic era—consisting of large stones and peculiar architecture—have long perplexed ...

Megaliths are huge stones placed in prominent positions in the landscape. But why? In the absence of any written testimony, scientific advances are starting to plug the gaps and help ...

Many of Ireland’s backroads lead to ancient Megalithic structures that beckon one to imagine what life would have been like between 4600 and 600 BC when most stone circles and dolmens (portal ...

Megalithic structures are fascinating due to their prehistoric origins and mysterious creators. The Carnac Stones in France ...

IN his presidential address to Section H (see NATURE, vol. lxxxvii., p. 356), at the meeting of the British Association at Portsmouth in 1911, Dr. Rivers explained how he had been led to reject ...

In this way, it has been possible, for the first time, to obtain a precise demographic profile of the biological sex of the people who were buried in these megalithic monuments. Surprisingly ...

In addition to farming, the Neolithic migrants to Britain appear to have introduced the tradition of building monuments using large stones known as megaliths. Stonehenge in Wiltshire was part of ...

A test of the metre-long core was matched with a geochemical study of the standing megaliths. Archaeologists pinpointed the source of the stones to an area 15 miles (25km) north of the site near ...

Visitors have reported bizarre, unexplained happenings According to accounts on The Megalithic Portal, some visitors have reported intense feelings of great dread when entering a stone circle ...

A new study uncovers gender bias at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria where twice as many women were buried. A multidisciplinary research team led by the Archaeometry research group of the ...