A newly studied megalithic tomb in Oman reveals centuries-long Neolithic burial practices, regional mobility, and early ...

These ancient monuments were discovered by Kondaveeti Gopi Varaprasada Rao, a research scholar at Maulana Azad National Urdu ...

The hillsides surrounding the Malampuzha Dam in Palakkad have long been known for their quiet slopes and scattered mounds ...

From the moment Stonehenge was rediscovered in the Middle Ages, locating the origin of its megaliths has been an obsession. In his 12th century chronicle of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed King ...

“Megaliths represent the earliest form of monumental stone architecture,” write the authors of the new study, and the Menga Dolmen is a fantastic example. This prehistoric megalithic structure near ...

Jharkhand’s megalithic landscapes -- preserved not in esoteric collections but in living villages and forests -- are a ...

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 ...

For decades, it was believed that Rujm el-Hiri—an ancient stone megalith located on Syria’s Golan Heights plateau consisting of circular walls orbiting a central mound—was used as an astronomical ...

The anthropomorphic statues, dating back to the Megalithic period (circa 1,000–300 BCE), were discovered by Sangu Venkat ...

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Collectively, the megaliths weigh about 1,140 metric tons. “I tell the students in my lectures … the weight is more than two Boeing 747 airplanes combined, the ones that fly across continents and so ...