The mysterious alignments of standing stones scattered across Brittany in France have intrigued archaeologists and tourists alike for centuries. Now, fresh discoveries at the Le Plasker site near ...

While shooting a documentary at Göbeklitepe, I encountered strikingly different historical interpretations of the site. An ...

“Megaliths represent the earliest form of monumental stone architecture,” write the authors of the new study, and the Menga Dolmen is a fantastic example. This prehistoric megalithic structure near ...

Learn how a rescue excavation revealed the definitive date of the Carnac megaliths and gave new clues to their function. From Stonehenge to Easter Island, megalithic structures can be found across the ...

Greece is famous for its ancient architecture. Each year, the Acropolis, Agora, and Parthenon attract millions of visitors—and rightly so. However, they’re far from the only human-made marvels the ...

Like many ancient sites, the existence of Su Nuraxi—a 3,500-year-old megalithic complex in Barumini, Sardinia—was known to local farmers long before it caught the attention of professional ...

Located in Brittany, in the west of France, in the area that spreads between the Quiberon peninsula and the Gulf of Morbihan, this serial property composed of four component parts comprises a high ...

Two people buried more than 140 miles (225 kilometers) apart in Neolithic Germany turned out to be father and son, despite living in a period imagined as isolated and local. One was buried at a site ...

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Diving deeper into the genetic pool, the study also uncovered strong western hunter-gatherer ancestry in both groups, especially pronounced along paternal lines. According to the researchers, this ...