Explore the mystery of dolmens, ancient megalithic burial chambers. Uncover their unknown builders, prehistoric rituals, and ...

Learn how a rescue excavation revealed the definitive date of the Carnac megaliths and gave new clues to their function. From Stonehenge to Easter Island, megalithic structures can be found across the ...

Imagine standing before a stone wall that has endured for more than 5,500 years — built centuries before the Pyramids of Giza were even conceived, and predating Stonehenge by over a millennium. On the ...

A multidisciplinary research team led by the Archaeometry research group of the University of Tübingen and the GEA research group of the University of Granada made a surprising discovery in the ...

Like many ancient sites, the existence of Su Nuraxi—a 3,500-year-old megalithic complex in Barumini, Sardinia—was known to local farmers long before it caught the attention of professional ...

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 ...

Volunteers and archaeologists rebuilt the tomb site, lifting massive stones with modern excavation tools. Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology / Barbara Fritsch The ...

A study suggests how European megaliths originated and spread. Approximately 35,000 megaliths--structures or monuments constructed from large stones--are known throughout Europe, most of which date ...

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Professor Amalia Perez-Juez excavating in #Menorca with Amics del Museu de Menorca (Ana, Cecilia, Carlos and Borja). Amazing #megalithic structures built in the first millennium BC.