Researchers analyzing Britain's tallest standing stone alignment, the Devil's Arrows, have determined that its massive stones originated from a quarry site 18 kilometers away and were moved there by human effort rather than glacial action. The findings, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, show Neolithic communities transported multiple 25-ton stones across the Yorkshire landscape to build the monument.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-14
Archaeologists working outside Prague have uncovered a circular structure believed to be a Stone Age ritual site dating back roughly 6,500 years. Researchers say the layout suggests its builders possessed astronomical knowledge used to track the sun and moon, making it older than Stonehenge by about a thousand years.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-01
Archaeologists led by Petr Krištuf of the University of West Bohemia have studied a circular earthwork near Chleby in the Czech Republic, roughly 230 meters wide with a deep ditch and twelve entrances. Analysis of the entrance positions shows they align with key solar and lunar events, including the summer and winter solstices and the moon's 18-year cycle, mirroring the astronomical design later seen at Stonehenge but built over a thousand years earlier. Bull skulls and horns found near the ditch entrances point to ritual activity at the site.
info.zcu.cz
· 2026-09-01
In the 1960s, a theory circulated that Stonehenge functioned as an ancient astronomical computer, based partly on the arrangement of 56 holes at the site. Critics at the time, including archaeologist Richard Atkinson, questioned this interpretation, noting some holes may have simply resulted from old tree growth rather than deliberate design.
bbc.com
· 2026-08-31
Researchers studying the Parque Arqueológico do Solstício, a megalithic stone circle near Calçoene, Brazil, have found that one of its 127 granite blocks loses its shadow entirely on the December solstice. Pottery found at the site dates it to between 500 and 2,000 years old, though the granite blocks themselves have not been directly dated. Archaeologists believe indigenous peoples built the site for astronomical, ceremonial, or burial purposes.
en.wikipedia.org
· 2026-08-31
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