The only thing I missed in Rosemary Hill’s excellent piece on standing stones was mention of the polymath Julian Cope, formerly lead singer of the Teardrop Explodes (LRB, 26 December 2024). His book ...

Building Stonehenge came with collaboration, which might have helped unite these different communities, thus strengthening political, social, and cultural ties across the British Isles.

Why the mighty Stonehenge was built around 5,000 years ago has long been one of the great mysteries, but according to a new study, we may finally have an answer.

Kevin O'Leary on EU willing to go zero-for-zero on tariffs: 'This is the opportunity, this is the moment' Archeologists think they solved a 4,500-year-old Stonehenge mystery ...

In a new book, Stonehenge Decoded (Doubleday; $5.95), he explains how he turned to a modern computer to unravel the 3,500-year-old mystery of Salisbury Plain.

Opinion: I visited Stonehenge and all I got was an appreciation of man's search for meaning I look at Stonehenge and see a reflection of myself and my toils. I think about the people who ...

Stonehenge, one of the world’s most iconic archaeological sites, has been sprayed with orange paint by protestors demanding action on fossil fuels. It comes just one day before the annual summer ...

In his popular, controversial 1965 bestseller, Stonehenge Decoded, the late astronomer Gerald Hawkins argued for perhaps the earliest date — around 2600 B.C. when the towering stone circle on ...

Through 12 surprising influences, H2 holds the key to unlock our secret history. As every tool, innovation and thought unfolds from the wheel to the Internet, the Vikings to Amelia Earhart and ...