They began to set up farms. These farms marked the start of a new age in Britain – the Neolithic period (or new Stone Age): As well as setting up farms and permanent homes, they also built ...

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 ...

According to the study, Stone Age farmers who depended on the sun for ... Such sites existed throughout Europe during the Neolithic period, Iversen said. At Vasagård, the ditches had been around ...

A new study has revealed that Flagstones in Dorset dates to 3,200 years BC and sheds new light on the origins of monumental architecture during the Neolithic period.

Many archaeological discoveries make themselves known to the world by mere accident, and construction workers in Denmark have ...

The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of distinction and spiritual authority.

Archaeologists uncover an 8,400-year-old human figurine in Azerbaijan’s Damjili Cave, shedding new light on Mesolithic art ...

As well as sharing similarities with other Danish woodhenges, there is also a striking parity with a known woodhenge in ...