Stonehenge | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/stonehenge/RSS feed for StonehengeenThu, 30 Jul 2026 18:02:41 +0000Want to Spend Some Alone Time With Stonehenge? This August, Lucky Visitors Get the Chance to Enter the Stone Circle Before the Site Opens to Touristshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/want-to-spend-some-alone-time-with-stonehenge-this-august-lucky-visitors-get-the-chance-to-enter-the-stone-circle-before-the-site-opens-to-tourists-180989229/Almost every day next month, management of the prehistoric landmark in England will draw a winning ticket and offer a unique experience to a visitor before the daily bustle beginsThu, 30 Jul 2026 18:02:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/want-to-spend-some-alone-time-with-stonehenge-this-august-lucky-visitors-get-the-chance-to-enter-the-stone-circle-before-the-site-opens-to-tourists-180989229/Archaeologists Discover Evidence That a Wooden Prototype for Stonehenge May Have Aligned With the Solstice 500 Years Before the Stone Circlehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-evidence-a-wooden-prototype-for-stonehenge-may-have-aligned-with-the-solstice-500-years-before-the-stone-circle-180988988/The remains of a wooden monument in southern England, three miles away from Stonehenge, may demonstrate Neolithic people's interest in the heavensFri, 19 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-evidence-a-wooden-prototype-for-stonehenge-may-have-aligned-with-the-solstice-500-years-before-the-stone-circle-180988988/How Did Stonehenge Get Its Altar Stone? New Research Adds to the Debate Between Human Effort and Glacier Transporthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-did-stonehenge-get-its-altar-stone-new-research-reveals-evidence-adding-to-the-debate-between-human-effort-and-glacier-transport-180988918/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 unlikelyMon, 08 Jun 2026 22:33:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-did-stonehenge-get-its-altar-stone-new-research-reveals-evidence-adding-to-the-debate-between-human-effort-and-glacier-transport-180988918/A 4,500-Year-Old Neolithic Hall Replica Rises at Stonehenge as Archaeologists and Volunteers Build With Prehistoric Tools and Techniqueshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-4500-year-old-neolithic-hall-replica-rises-at-stonehenge-as-archaeologists-and-volunteers-build-with-prehistoric-tools-and-techniques-180988806/The reconstruction of a prehistoric building, likely originally a place for winter feasts at the nearby Durrington Walls site, will serve as a learning space for studentsTue, 26 May 2026 20:29:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-4500-year-old-neolithic-hall-replica-rises-at-stonehenge-as-archaeologists-and-volunteers-build-with-prehistoric-tools-and-techniques-180988806/Archaeologists Are Unraveling the Mysteries Behind Deep Pits Found Near Stonehengehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-unraveling-the-mysteries-behind-deep-pits-found-near-stonehenge-180987826/Based on a comprehensive study, researchers are now convinced the shafts were human-made, likely dug during the Late Neolithic period, roughly 4,000 years agoWed, 10 Dec 2025 14:59:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-unraveling-the-mysteries-behind-deep-pits-found-near-stonehenge-180987826/Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Earthwork Circles Built 6,500 Years Ago—Nearly 2,000 Years Before Stonehengehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-earthwork-circles-built-6500-years-ago-nearly-2000-years-before-stonehenge-180987417/Recent excavations have shed new light on the four circular ditches, which were identified in a field near Rechnitz, Austria, during surveys of the area between 2011 and 2017Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-earthwork-circles-built-6500-years-ago-nearly-2000-years-before-stonehenge-180987417/A Neolithic Cow's Tooth Helps Point to the Mysterious Origins of Stonehenge's Iconic Stoneshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-neolithic-cows-tooth-helps-point-to-the-mysterious-origins-of-stonehenges-iconic-stones-180987222/Isotope analysis of a molar from a cow’s jawbone found buried at the monument provides details of the life story of the animal—and how it may relate to the construction of StonehengeMon, 25 Aug 2025 18:36:34 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-neolithic-cows-tooth-helps-point-to-the-mysterious-origins-of-stonehenges-iconic-stones-180987222/3,700-Year-Old Bronze Age Stone Circle Discovered in an English Foresthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3700-year-old-bronze-age-stone-circle-discovered-in-english-forest-180986318/An amateur archaeologist recently encouraged researchers to take another look at the Farley Moor standing stone, which was once part of a bigger ceremonial siteThu, 27 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/3700-year-old-bronze-age-stone-circle-discovered-in-english-forest-180986318/How Far Did Neolithic Britons Carry Stonehenge's Most Famous Boulder?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-far-neolithic-britons-carry-stonehenge-most-famous-boulder-180986246/In a find that provides insights into the remarkable abilities of these ancient humans, new research studying the chemical footprint of the rock identified the source to be more than 400 miles awayMon, 24 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-far-neolithic-britons-carry-stonehenge-most-famous-boulder-180986246/Could This Prehistoric Burial Site Have Influenced the Construction of Stonehenge?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-this-prehistoric-burial-site-have-influenced-the-construction-of-stonehenge-180986216/Researchers say that Flagstones, a large circular enclosure in southern England, dates to around 3200 B.C.E.—which means it predates Stonehenge by several hundred yearsMon, 17 Mar 2025 18:25:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-this-prehistoric-burial-site-have-influenced-the-construction-of-stonehenge-180986216/