New research has shed new light on the origins of the Carnac megaliths in France, making them perhaps the oldest monumental ...

An ancient monument located in the Yorkshire Dales has been given a protected status by the government.

University of Edinburgh. "Carvings at ancient monument may be world's oldest calendars." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 August 2024. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 08 / 240806131238.htm>.

Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial site, was found in the 1980s during construction of the Dorchester bypass in Dorset, a county in southwest England. Excavations unearthed a 330-foot-wide ...

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization.

Each October, an expedition from the University of Chicago’s Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) returns to Chicago House, their headquarters in Luxor, Egypt. Known as the Epigraphic ...

The component parts are the unique twin-town lay-out of the Ancient Town of Si Thep (component part 001), featuring Muang Nai (Inner Town) and Muang Nok (Outer Town) surrounded by moats; Khao Klang ...

Ancient people may have created these carvings at Göbekli Tepe to record the date a swarm of comet fragments hit Earth nearly 13,000 years ago – or 10,850 BC – researchers say.