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September 2024

  • Stonehenge.

    Stonehenge tale gets ‘weirder’ as Orkney is ruled out as altar stone origin

    Weeks after revelation that megalith came from Scotland, researchers make surprise discovery

August 2024

  • Archaelogical site of Gobekli Tepe, the oldest known human-made religious structure, in south-east Turkey.

    The Guardian view on the invention of prehistory: telling the story before records began

    Editorial: The study of Göbekli Tepe, the entombed wonder of the ancient world, shows how things can be as important as words
  • The altar stone lies flat and buried under two fallen sarsen stones and is barely visible to visitors.

    Stonehenge’s altar stone was carried all the way from north-east Scotland. But how?

    Transporting a six-tonne megalith nearly 500 miles to Wiltshire is quite a feat. How was it achieved 4,000 years ago?
    • Like a rolling stone: how was Stonehenge rock transported?

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      Accent snobs can cause lasting harm

    • Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds

July 2024

  • NHS Ambulances outside a hospital in London

    Pause on hospital building ‘must be as short as possible’, says NHS body

  • Rachel Reeves speaking at the Treasury

    Which UK infrastructure projects is Rachel Reeves likely to axe?

  • People watch the rising sun during the summer solstice at Stonehenge, 21 June 2024: they and the stones are seen silhouetted against the pale early morning light with long shadows cast across the grass in the foreground

    Ministers ‘inadequately briefed’ on alternatives to Stonehenge tunnel plan, lawyers argue

  • Seahenge excavation 1999 Holme beach Norfolk Bronze Age monument people digging archaeology archaeologists timber circle England<br>B0JA70 Seahenge excavation 1999 Holme beach Norfolk Bronze Age monument people digging archaeology archaeologists timber circle England

    Mike Corfield obituary

June 2024

  • A lorry in the foreground passes the freestanding stone structures of Stonehenge, which is in a field behind it

    Stonehenge likely to be put on world heritage danger list over tunnel plan

  • Zoe Williams

    The nature march had a huge turnout – so why didn’t it make bigger news?

    Zoe Williams
  • An image taken from a video released by the Just Stop Oil climate campaign group shows activists spraying orange powder paint at Stonehenge in Wiltshire.

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    Get mad about the continuing use of oil, not harmless orange powder paint

  • The moon over Stonehenge at night

    How a lunar ‘standstill’ is shining new light on Stonehenge

  • Thousands flock to Stonehenge to celebrate summer solstice

  • Activists spray Stonehenge with orange powder paint ahead of summer solstice – video

April 2024

  • A crescent moon over the silhouette of Stonehenge at night

    Rare lunar event to shed light on Stonehenge’s links to the moon

    Archaeologists and astronomers to study Wiltshire site’s lesser understood connection to the moon

February 2024

  • An artist’s impression by Highways England of the eastern entrance to the A303 tunnel bypassing Stonehenge.

    The Stonehenge tunnel will benefit visitors on foot and bike

  • Simon Jenkins

    It’s unhenged: millions will be denied one of England’s greatest views

    Simon Jenkins

December 2023

  • Revellers at Stonehenge, including two people holding up a floral arrangement

    ‘A time to reflect’: crowds celebrate winter solstice at Stonehenge

    Thousands gather on Salisbury Plain and more watch online as the sun climbs again after the longest night
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