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 ...

Göbekli Tepe predates Stonehenge by 6,000 years — and it's even more mysterious. Its stones are decorated with indecipherable ...

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 ...

Why does no pyramid in Egypt stand with its original capstone today? Explore the captivating history of the pyramidions—the ...

Description by the architects. The mysterious knowledge surrounding the transportation and placement of megalithic structures of the past eludes contemporary building practices. Walking Assembly ...

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 ...

Several 5000-year-old temples in Malta seem to have been oriented towards specific stars, suggesting the temples could have been schools for celestial navigation. Ancient people constructed seven ...

Archaeologists in Le Peu found a fortified settlement of Europe’s “first megalithic builders” with homes and dramatic entrances, study said. Image from G. Bruniaux, V. Legrand, F. Lévêque, F. Lüth, V.

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 ...