New research around Stonehenge is transforming a familiar monument into the hub of a vast prehistoric logistics system.

Professor Timothy Darvill, who has died of cancer aged 66, was a leading authority on prehistoric Britain; in 2008 he co-directed the first excavations within the stone circle at Stonehenge for more ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what could be the largest cluster of houses ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland. Until now, the largest cluster of ancient settlements ...

Stonehenge, one of the most examined prehistoric structures globally, is located on Salisbury Plain in southern England. The long-standing debate has continued for decades regarding whether glaciers ...

In the 1970s, archaeologists unearthed prehistoric human remains from a deep underground shaft in Somerset, England. The truth of what really happened to those men, women, and children, however, has ...

Head for the Neolithic part of town to discover how to photograph henges, burial chambers and hillside carvings ...

The iconic Neolithic monument of Stonehenge may have represented an attempt to unify people living in different parts of prehistoric Britain, researchers have proposed in a study. The paper analyzes ...

Researchers have found that a prehistoric burial site called Flagstones is one of the earliest known large circular enclosures in Britain. Located in Dorset, Flagstones dates to around 3200 B.C.E., ...

Stonehenge, one of the most iconic prehistoric monuments in the world, has long captivated historians, archaeologists, and tourists alike. This ancient stone circle located on England’s Salisbury ...

New archaeological research is revealing that, more than a thousand years before Britain became part of the Roman Empire, it was part of an extraordinary Mediterranean-based trading network.