Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Each of the 32 giant stones that make up the 5,600-year-old megalithic monument Menga Dolmen in southern Spain is many times larger than the largest megaliths at Stonehenge, the most famous wonder of the Neolithic… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, located at the heart of the ancient monument in southern England, may have been transported more than 700 kilometres (430 miles) from the site in what is now northeastern Scotland around 5,000… Read More »
Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the 6-tonne rock at the centre of Stonehenge. The discovery deepens the mystery of the site. The “altar stone,” the sandstone boulder at the center of the ancient monument, likely came from modern-day Scotland, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. That means it… Read More »