At long last, researchers have managed to track down the origins of a unique stone that is a significant part of Stonehenge, ...

Experts are abuzz over a new report stating that the Altar Stone — one of the site’s most mysterious pieces — was transported from Scotland prior to the invention of the wheel. Oli Scarff / SWNS ...

The iconic Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge in southern England was likely moved over hundreds of miles nearly 5,000 years ago, according to new research.

At the center of the ancient Neolithic structure lies what is referred to as the Altar Stone. It now rests recumbent, but at ...

A new study has revealed that Stonehenge’s six-tonne altar stone came from even further afield than archaeologists thought. Neolithic people somehow moved the enormous stone roughly 750km from ...

The journey from northeast Scotland, where a study placed the Altar Stone’s origin just a few short weeks ago, would have been virtually impossible back in Neolithic times – let alone while ...

The Altar Stone is seen underneath two bigger stones at the Stonehenge site in Wiltshire, England. Nick Pearce/Aberystwyth University Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s ...

United Kingdom Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows The 16-foot stone was brought to its site from northeast Scotland, over 460 miles away ...

A geological study of the Altar Stone shows it likely came from Orcadian Basin, Scotland, at least 466 miles from Stonehenge, researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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