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 ...

The Carnac Stones in France are surrounded by myths. Different places around the world have unique megalithic sites. Argentina has megaliths with engravings, Germany has ancient tombs, and Laos has ...

The Su Nuraxi stone complex was built by some of Sardinia’s oldest-known settlers, the mysterious Nuragic people.

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What if the real treasures of Indonesia were to be found far from the Bali area? These 5 Indonesian islands manage to keep a ...

Little Kit's Coty, a group of megaliths in Kent, are known as "The Countless Stones", as it is said that whenever you count the stones you come up with a different number each time. The tale has ...

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 ...

There are more than twice as many females as males buried in an ancient cemetery in Spain, a new study finds — but no one knows why. Archaeologists in southern Spain have discovered a cemetery ...

Think Halloween, and most of us associate it with the hedonistic, multi-billion-dollar event that is seen in the US. Yet, its ...

Most center on the mystical idea that the massive megaliths were moved using "mana," or divine power. Those who possessed mana were able to command the moai to walk to their designated places.

“First thing I’d do if I won on Lotto: buy a ridiculous, brand new pair of creps. I’d have to get my nails done and get ...

BEIRUT, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 57 people were killed and more than 50 injured on Wednesday in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, according to the National News Agency (NNA) and local media ...