An algorithm running on HEAP's control module subsequently determined the best location for each boulder, in order to build a stable 6-meter (20-ft) high, 65-meter (213-ft) long dry-stone wall.

The Heap of Stones along the Sino-Indian border in high altitude Kameng sector on the Line of Actual Control not only marks the divide between the two countries, but also symbolises pervasive ...

The word cairn is derived from the Gaelic word carn or karn, which means “heap of stones.” Since the dawn of time, humans have been building rock cairns for a number of reasons, including ...

A new analysis of the 6,000-year-old stone circle known as Rujm el-Hiri (also Gilgal Refaim) in Golan Heights suggests that it was not built to observe the heavens. When you purchase through links ...

But originally, Nabta Playa consisted of dozens of upright stones, each a few feet high, in the desert about 60 miles (100 km) west of the Nile. In addition to a pile of stones above a central ...