Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial photo of Stonehenge at sunrise. Stonehenge wasn't a prehistoric solar calendar but served mainly as a memorial to the ...

It had long been thought that the famous site of Stonehenge served as an ancient calendar, given its alignment with the solstices. Now, research has identified how it may have worked. New finds about ...

Stonehenge may have served as a calendar to keep track of the yearly movements of the sun, suggesting a prehistoric link to sun worship in the eastern Mediterranean, according to new research. A study ...

On a mostly flat plain an hour north of Stockholm lies a collection of large burial mounds dating from an ancient culture at ...

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Archaeologists in China have unearthed a set of wooden, rectangular pieces in an immaculately well-preserved 2,000-year-old tomb. Researchers say these pieces are linked to an ancient “astronomical ...

Ancient Mayan and Chinese calendar systems share so many similarities, it is unlikely they developed independently, according to the late David H. Kelley, whose paper on the subject was published ...

Scientists have deciphered broken fragments of one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient manuscripts with biblical writings and other texts. Above, one of the scrolls. Uriel Sinai/Getty Researchers solved ...

WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 11: Stonehenge monument is seen on December 11, 2013 in Wiltshire, England. English Heritage will be unveiling the new multi-million pound visitor centre at Stonehenge – ...

Stonehenge may have served as a calendar to keep track of the yearly movements of the sun, suggesting a prehistoric link to sun worship in the eastern Mediterranean, according to new research. A study ...