Stand at “the Ness” today and several iconic Stone Age structures are within easy view, forming the core of a World Heritage site called the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. On a heather-clad knoll ...
Researchers believe the site was used as a ritual gathering place during the Neolithic period thousands of years ago.
In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...
Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...
"This collection is very special to me," admits Faye Toogood as she tours a group through her latest exhibition at Friedman ...
This rare burial site reveals secrets about the Sahara's lush past This rare burial site reveals secrets about the Sahara's lush past The mysterious origin of Stonehenge’s altar stone might have ...
The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...
York Museums Trust Dozens of antler headdresses were found in the Star Carr excavation Star Carr hit the headlines in 2010 when a circular Stone Age structure uncovered at the site was found to be ...
About 8,500 years ago, a 5'6" man with size 11 feet walked along the Severn Estuary at 2.6 miles per hour carrying a heavy load on his right shoulder. Archaeologists deduced all this from a series of ...