Gunung Padang, a megalith in West Java, Indonesia, is a striking sight, a lush hill dotted with a collection of sharp, ...

The alignment of some megalithic temples in Malta suggests they may have been used to teach sailors how to navigate by the ...

Researchers speculate the ancient Greek Dragon Houses may have been used as temples, astronomical observatories, or storage ...

New research suggests that the ruins of Rujm el-Hiri have shifted over time, challenging long-standing theories about their ...

Tombs that are scattered across Ireland may have helped bring ancient societies together for feasting and remembering their ...

The society of the Chalcolithic period, or the Copper Age, has always been very complicated to study because until a few ...

Megaliths are huge stones placed in prominent positions in the landscape. But why? In the absence of any written testimony, scientific advances are starting to plug the gaps and help ...

Visitors have reported bizarre, unexplained happenings According to accounts on The Megalithic Portal, some visitors have reported intense feelings of great dread when entering a stone circle ...

The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site ...

It was an astounding discovery, because it meant the megalith must have traveled at least 465 miles to Salisbury Plain. A partial view of the Altar Stone. Scholars estimate it traveled 465 miles ...