From Stonehenge to Easter Island, megalithic structures can be found across the world. These ancient stone creations have captured the imagination for centuries, with many structures still shrouded in ...

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 ...

A team, including UW anthropologists, works at the site of a circular plaza that was built around 4,750 years ago in the Cajamarca Basin of northern Peru. (Jason Toohey Photo) Two University of ...

Two new prehistoric stone circles have been discovered in the U.K.’s Dartmoor National Park. One of the structures is noted to have “similar features to Stonehenge,” and lends credence to one ...

Anthologists working in the northern Peruvian Andes have excavated a circular stone plaza, cited as one of the earliest examples of monumental megalithic architecture in the Americas. Dated back ...

Long before cities dotted the Middle East, people gathered in the hills of modern-day Jordan to build something very different from a settlement. Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen have ...

Archaeologists uncover prehistoric Megastructures in Slovenia’s Karst Plateau, revealing previously unknown ancient European ...

Evidence of two previously unknown prehistoric stone circles has been uncovered in southern England—with one site seemingly displaying similarities to the early phase of the iconic Stonehenge. Remains ...

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 University of Wyoming anthropology professors have discovered one of the earliest circular plazas in Andean South America, showcasing monumental megalithic architecture, which refers to ...