Lichens on stone, those "still explosions" as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, ...

So You Haven't Read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi? This comic is about growing up in Iran during the tumultuous 1980s and the Islamic Revolution. Following the author's real-life events and ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. How and why ancient masons built Stonehenge has baffled historians ...

Why the mighty Stonehenge was built around 5,000 years ago has long been one of the great mysteries. But according to a new study, we may finally have an answer. Scientists say Wiltshire's ...

Stonehenge researchers have found new evidence to argue the creation of the World Heritage Site was partly meant to unify the people living across Great Britain. The prehistoric megalithic ...

I got them. But the recurring topic wasn't politics. It was Stonehenge. My wife, Amanda, and I went to Stonehenge with low expectations. We're glad we did it. It's probably the part of our two ...

Conservationists at Persepolis, Iran’s most iconic ancient site, are waging a delicate battle against an unlikely adversary: tiny but persistent lichens eroding the millennia-old monuments.

Researchers say they’ve tracked down the origins of Stonehenge’s so-called “Altar Stone,” the monolith at the center of one of the world’s most mysterious monuments. The purpose of the ...

A geological study of the Altar Stone shows it likely came from Orcadian Basin, Scotland, at least 466 miles from Stonehenge, researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

One of the massive rocks at the mysterious Stonehenge structure in southern England may have been toted in from about 500 miles away—a remarkable feat to accomplish some 4,500 years ago.