Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study has revealed that Stonehenge’s six-tonne altar stone came from even further afield than archaeologists thought.

Learn more about Stonehenge's Altar Stone and how further study supports the idea that glaciers did not move the stone to England; Neolithic people did. Stonehenge — the ancient megalith in England — ...

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Ice flow modeling and geological analyses suggest it's possible that glaciers carried the stone part of the way during the last Ice Age. However, scientists say that scenario is unlikely ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. When archaeologists sift through layers of dirt to tell ...

Stonehenge’s central Altar Stone, a six-tonne slab of sandstone also known as Stone 80, was long assumed to have been ...

A study published in Nature by researchers from Curtin University and the University of Aberystwyth has identified the ...

Stonehenge at night with the Milky Way visible above. The six-tonne Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge, the world's most famous neolithic monument in southern England, is from northern Scotland, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, which lies at the heart of the ancient monument in southern England, was likely transported over 435 ...

(CNN) — When archaeologists sift through layers of dirt to tell stories of the past, sometimes their discoveries capture stirring traces of humanity. Continuing excavations within the ancient city of ...