Explore the Megalithic Temples of Malta, Europe's oldest freestanding structures. Uncover ancient mysteries, ingenious ...

Volunteers and archaeologists rebuilt the tomb site, lifting massive stones with modern excavation tools. Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology / Barbara Fritsch The ...

Early Mesoamerican archaeology attributes the sudden emergence of monumental basalt carving to the Olmec civilization around 1400 BC. Advanced twenty-ton stone heads and complex transport from ...

WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND—Science Magazine reports that large quantities of pig fat may have been used to transport megaliths to the site of Stonehenge. Lisa-Marie Shillito of Newcastle University and her ...

In addition to the seized stone from the megalithic grave, investigators discovered on the property of the convicted individual eight other stones arranged in a circle. An antiquities thief in Germany ...

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN—A new statistical model developed by Bettina Schulz Paulsson of the University of Gothenburg suggests that huge stone structures were first built in what is now northwestern France ...

A rare wheel-like stone discovered at a Megalithic site in Kannur, Kerala, prompts further archaeological investigation and ...

It is not known for certain what the original purpose of the megalithic jars were, with the researchers saying that "remains a mystery." Archaeologists have finally dated one of the arcane scattered ...

Batuh Ritung, located at Pa’ Lungan village in the northern part of the Kelabit Highlands. The megaliths were part of traditional tribal rituals for the dead for generations. In the distant past, ...

Ranchi: A delegation led by state art, culture, tourism and youth affairs minister Sudivya Kumar on Wednesday took the first major step towards exploring ways to conserve Jharkhand’s rich repository ...

Nine megaliths in a remote part of Dartmoor, England, share features in common with Stonehenge, and may shed light on the meaning behind these prehistoric stone monuments, according to a report in the ...

Research on Stone Age tombs throughout Europe offers a new answer to an old debate on where and when the iconic stone works were first built. By James Gorman Thousands of years ago, megaliths began to ...