But a new study of the Altar Stone, which lies at the heart of the horseshoe-shaped monument, suggests that it traveled a great distance to get there. A mineral analysis found that the stone ...
The Treaty Principles Bill is in the firing line, more than 1000 firefighters contain a blaze in Turkey, and NZ Tourism confirms our tourist numbers remain low. Newly-appointed chief Human Rights ...
Researchers say they’ve tracked down the origins of Stonehenge’s so-called “Altar Stone,” the monolith at the center of one of the world’s most mysterious monuments. The purpose of the ...
A new study has shown that the six-tonne Altar Stone at the heart of Stonehenge came from the far north of Scotland – rather than southwestern Wales, as previously thought. The research ...
The once-majestic, now fallen stone that represents perhaps the strangest component of Stonehenge traveled a very long way to take pride of place in the mysterious ancient megalith. The so-called ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The mysterious Altar Stone at Stonehenge might have been transported more than 700km from north east ...
Stonehenge, the famous stone circle in southern England, has confused historians for centuries, but researchers on Wednesday revealed new and unexpected information about the monument's six-ton ...
Now it turns out one of those stones—the 6-ton altar stone at the center of the prehistoric monument—came all the way from the northernmost tip of Scotland some 430 miles away, much farther ...
Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, which lies at the heart of the ancient monument in southern England, was likely transported over 435 miles (700 kilometers) from what’s now northeastern Scotland ...
The largest Altar Stone at the heart of Wiltshire's Stonehenge is actually Scottish not Welsh, new research suggests. The “remarkable” discovery has left experts “stunned” and shatters a ...
Aug 14 (Reuters) - At the centre of Stonehenge lies the Altar Stone, a hefty slab of sandstone whose origin and purpose have been among the famed megalithic monument's enduring mysteries.
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