The "reverberation time"—the time it takes for a sound to decay by 60 decibels—was about 0.6 seconds for mid-frequency sounds inside the model. This indicated that sounds inside Stonehenge ...

Over the past decade, Trevor Cox, professor of acoustical engineering, and colleagues at the University of Salford in Manchester, England, have built a scale model of Stonehenge (one-twelfth the ...

Thousands of years ago, ancient Britons built Stonehenge, but its true purpose has puzzled researchers for centuries. Could it have been a burial ground? A way to observe the night sky? Or maybe ...

A recent archaeological study conducted at the prehistoric funerary site of Flagstones, located in Dorset, has revealed that this circular enclosure is the oldest known of its kind in Britain. Thanks ...

Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, and its giant stones can be seen from miles around. It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge ...