In 2023, a minor cultural scandal hit Carnac, northwest France. Mr. Bricolage, a home improvement chain, was opening up in the town, but to do so it had cleared away a field of ancient stones.

Eleven submerged granite structures off the coast of Ile de Sein in Brittany, France, could push the origins of European ...

There are countless megalithic sites around the world, but while Stonehenge may be the most famous, know this: it is not the oldest or biggest. The site of Göbekli Tepe, in Turkey, dates back about 11 ...

The largest single stone weighs around 150 metric tons, about the same as a blue whale and nearly five times heavier than Stonehenge’s largest component. Collectively, the megaliths weigh about 1,140 ...

Carrowmore in County Sligo is the largest megalithic cemetery in Ireland and may preserve some of the oldest stone monuments ...

Ordinarily, it is the task of archaeologists to painstakingly sift through the ground in pursuit of the past. A recent project in central Germany, however, has done something altogether different.