Research published in the Internet Archaeology Journal found that the pits are man-made and were constructed during the late ...

Work has started on a project to unearth the secrets of a prehistoric ritual site in the Cornwall. Described by experts as the county's "ancient sacred heart", Castilly Henge is believed to have been ...

A prehistoric Stone circle in England may have been erected some 700 years before the origin of the iconic Stonehenge monument, an archaeologist has proposed. The Castlerigg stone circle, located in ...

Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles estimated to be about 5,000 years old were discovered in Dartmoor National Park in southwest England. The stone circles, uncovered during fieldwork near ...

Outside the southern English village of Avebury, there’s a huddle of towering beech trees that local lore claims inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s humanoid trees, the Ents. True or not, the village’s ...

Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three circular ditch systems that date to around 6,500 years ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

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Turkey unveiled dozens of new finds at a major archaeological site in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, giving fresh insight ...