New research sheds light on one of archaeology’s longest-running debates: how Stonehenge’s massive bluestones reached their ...

Scientists have found compelling new evidence that humans, not glaciers, brought Stonehenge’s bluestones to the site. Using ...

We can stop crediting glaciers—the people had the power to move those massive stones.

After analysing over 700 zircon and apatite grains they found that glaciers likely didn’t extend to parts of England as far ...

Learn more about the new research that backs up the theory that the bluestones of Stonehenge were carried or dragged by ...

The researchers reached this conclusion after searching for the traces of potential ancient glaciers in rivers near Stonehenge. They analyzed tiny grains, including hundreds of zircon crystals, and, ...

A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the "glacial transport theory" that suggests Stonehenge's bluestones and Altar ...

New research uses tiny mineral clues to show people moved Stonehenge stones, not glaciers, changing how we view ancient engineering.

Ask people how Stonehenge was built and you’ll hear stories of sledges, ropes, boats and sheer human determination to haul stones from across Britain to Salisbury Plain, in south-west England. Others ...

When both minerals form, they trap small amounts of radioactive uranium – which, at a known rate, will decay into lead. By measuring the ratios of both elements using a technique called U–Pb dating, ...

The monument’s mysterious past has spawned countless tales and theories. According to folklore, Stonehenge was created by ...

New research from Curtin University has delivered the strongest scientific evidence yet that people, ...