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2 days, 7 hours ago

Miles de personas reciben el solsticio de invierno en el antiguo monumento de Stonehenge

LONDRES — Miles de turistas, paganos, druidas y personas simplemente esperanzadas con la promesa de la primavera celebraron el amanecer del día más corto del año en el antiguo monumento de Stonehenge el sábado. Los solsticios son las únicas ocasiones en que los visitantes pueden acercarse directamente a las piedras en Stonehenge, y miles de personas están dispuestas a levantarse …

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2 days, 7 hours ago

Thousands greet the winter solstice at the ancient Stonehenge monument

Associated Press

LONDON — Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people simply yearning for the promise of spring marked the dawn of the shortest day of the year Saturday at the ancient Stonehenge monument. Revelers cheered and beat drums as the sun rose at 8:09 a.m. over the giant standing stones on the winter solstice — the shortest day and the longest …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Britain’s Stonehenge is yet again a source of fascination ahead of the winter solstice

Associated Press

LONDON — It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to celebrate the winter solstice, with the shortest day and the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere. They base that on a recent discovery that one of Stonehenge’s stones — the unique stone lying flat at the center of the …

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Stonehenge mystery is SOLVED after 5,000 years - as scientists finally crack why the mysterious monument was built

Daily Mail

Why the mighty Stonehenge was built around 5,000 years ago has long been one of the great mysteries. Wiltshire's famous stone circle is one of the world's most iconic historic sites and a British cultural icon - but its intended purpose has long divided academics The new research comes a day before the winter solstice - the shortest day of …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Why was Stonehenge built? Scientists may have finally found an answer to 5,000-year-old mystery

India Today

Scientists may have finally uncovered the mystery of the UK's iconic Stonehenge, which has fascinated people for hundreds of years. The latest study said that the Altar Stone, a key monolith in the center of the circle, was brought from northeastern Scotland which is around 435 miles away. "The fact that all of its stones originated from distant regions, making …

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1 month ago

Eco-zealots vandalise 20 cars and leave bizarre message on upmarket street in Edinburgh

Daily Mail

Militant eco-warriors have vandalised 20 cars on one of the most upmarket streets in the Scottish capital. Phrases included: 'These cars kill Valencians' – a reference to the Spanish province in which 217 died last month due to extensive flooding that was partly blamed on climate change. Phrases written on vehicles included: 'These cars kill Valencians' – a reference to …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Two climate activists charged in Stonehenge powder paint protest

Salon

On Thursday, British authorities charged a pair of climate change activists for vandalizing Stonehenge, a prehistoric megalithic structure on a chalk plateau known as the Salisbury Plain. Authorities are charging Just Stop Oil’s Rajan Naidu, 73, of Gosford Street, Birmingham, and Niamh Lynch, 20, of Norfolk Road, Bedford, with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument, and intentionally or recklessly …

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1 month, 1 week ago

2 charged in connection with orange spray attack on Stonehenge monuments

Associated Press

LONDON — Two environmental activists have been charged over the spraying orange paint powder at the Stonehenge monuments in southwest England in June, police said Thursday. Rajan Naidu, 73, and Niamh Lynch, 22, have been charged with “destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument, and intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance,” Wiltshire Police said in a statement. Soon after …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Pair are charged with damaging ancient monument after Just Stop Oil orange paint protest at Stonehenge

Daily Mail

Two people have been charged with damaging an ancient monument after a Just Stop Oil orange paint protest at Stonehenge just before the summer solstice. Rajan Naidu, 73, and Niamh Lynch, 22, have been charged with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument after orange paint powder was thrown at Stonehenge during a JSO stunt in June, Wiltshire Police said. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Timothy Darvill, expert on prehistoric Britain who led excavations at Stonehenge

The Telegraph

Professor Timothy Darvill, who has died of cancer aged 66, was a leading authority on prehistoric Britain; in 2008 he co-directed the first excavations within the stone circle at Stonehenge for more than 40 years, featuring on the BBC’s Timewatch. Through the 1980s to the early 1990s Darvill and Professor Geoffrey Wainwright, later chief archaeologist at English Heritage, worked on …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Stonehenge Altar Stone mystery deepens as research reveals it’s not from Orkney

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Stonehenge mystery deepens as Altar Stone traced to Scotland

China Daily

Updated: 2024-08-16 10:11 The moon rises behind Stonehenge on June 20 in Wiltshire, England. FINNBARR WEBSTER/GETTY IMAGES PARIS — A central stone of the famous Stonehenge monument in southwest England came from 750 kilometers away in northeast Scotland, surprised scientists said Wednesday, solving one mystery but raising another: how did its prehistoric builders move the huge slab so far? Using …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Stonehenge: What we know and don’t know about iconic megalith after shock discovery

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The monument has long given historians clues into how Neolithic …

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4 months, 1 week ago

The Altar Stone at the centre of Stonehenge may have come from more than 700km away in Scotland, Australian study suggests

ABC

The 6-tonne stone at the centre of Stonehenge may have come from a location in Scotland more than 700km away from its final placement, new research has suggested. The Altar Stone was long believed to have come from Wales, but may have been transported via sea, according to research led by Curtin University and published in science journal Nature. The …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Stonehenge’s Altar Stone came all the way from Scotland, new research shows

Al Jazeera

The central stone of the famous British monument came from 750km away in Scotland, and not Wales as previously thought. At the centre of Stonehenge lies the Altar Stone, a hefty slab of sandstone whose origin and purpose have been among the famed megalithic monument’s enduring mysteries for nearly 5,000 years. Using chemical analysis, they determined that the Altar Stone …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows

LA Times

Stonehenge, in Wiltshire, England, was constructed around 5,000 years ago, with stones forming different circles brought to the site at different times. For more than a hundred years, scientists believed that Stonehenge’s central sandstone slab — long called the “altar stone” — came from much closer Wales. Stonehenge was constructed around 5,000 years ago, with stones forming different circles brought …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Stunning photo made up of 43 separate images captures meteor shower over Stonehenge

Daily Mail

Meteor fragments which lit up the sky around Stonehenge have been captured by a photographer thanks to his innovative camera techniques. The incredible sight was photographed by Josh Dury, from Compton Martin, who was able to combine 46 separate images of the Perseid meteor shower over the megalithic structure. The stunning image combines 43 images of the Perseid meteors as …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Stonehenge, Avebury, will not be listed as world heritage in danger: UNESCO

Hindustan Times

The 46th World Heritage Committee has decided against including Stonehenge, Avebury, and associated sites in the United Kingdom on the List of World Heritage in Danger. “The site Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites has not been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger,” a UNESCO spokesperson said after a discussion on it at the committee’s meeting in New …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

UN cultural agency rejects plan to place Britain’s Stonehenge on list of heritage sites in danger

Associated Press

LONDON — The United Nations’ cultural agency rejected recommendations Wednesday to place Stonehenge on the list of endangered world heritage sites over concerns that Britain’s plans to build a nearby highway tunnel threaten the landscape around the prehistoric monument. UNESCO said a site’s inclusion on its List of World Heritage Sites in Danger is not punitive and instead is aimed …

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6 months ago

JK Rowling sends mocking message to Just Stop Oil over Stonehenge protest

The Independent

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6 months ago

Druid chief blasts Just Stop Oil ‘random attention seeking’ after Stonehenge stunt

The Independent

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6 months ago

‘Just Stop Oil’ activists vandalise Stonehenge

The Hindu

Climate activists of the ‘Just Stop Oil’ group sprayed orange powder on to the stones of Stonehenge, the prehistoric rock monument in Wiltshire, England, on Wednesday. The U.K.’s top leaders, normally at loggerheads with each other with a general election three weeks away, found common ground over the attack “’Just Stop Oil’ is a disgrace,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said …

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6 months ago

Climate protesters arrested over spraying orange paint on Stonehenge monument

Associated Press

LONDON — Two climate protesters who sprayed orange paint on the ancient Stonehenge monument in southern England were arrested Wednesday after two bystanders appeared to intervene and stop them. The latest act by Just Stop Oil was quickly condemned by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as a “disgraceful act of vandalism.” Labour leader Keir Starmer, his main opponent in the election …

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6 months ago

The solstice site older (and bigger) than Stonehenge

BBC

The solstice site older than Stonehenge Alamy Avebury is estimated to be 800 years older and 10 times larger in diameter than Stonehenge Just 38km north of Stonehenge, Avebury draws its own annual solstice visitors who want a more up close and personal experience with Britain's ancient standing stones. But just 38km north, another site, estimated to be 800 years …

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Miles de personas reciben el solsticio de invierno en el antiguo monumento de Stonehenge

Thousands greet the winter solstice at the ancient Stonehenge monument

Britain’s Stonehenge is yet again a source of fascination ahead of the winter solstice

Stonehenge mystery is SOLVED after 5,000 years - as scientists finally crack why the mysterious monument was built

Why was Stonehenge built? Scientists may have finally found an answer to 5,000-year-old mystery

Eco-zealots vandalise 20 cars and leave bizarre message on upmarket street in Edinburgh

Two climate activists charged in Stonehenge powder paint protest

2 charged in connection with orange spray attack on Stonehenge monuments

Pair are charged with damaging ancient monument after Just Stop Oil orange paint protest at Stonehenge

Timothy Darvill, expert on prehistoric Britain who led excavations at Stonehenge

Stonehenge Altar Stone mystery deepens as research reveals it’s not from Orkney

Stonehenge mystery deepens as Altar Stone traced to Scotland

Stonehenge: What we know and don’t know about iconic megalith after shock discovery

The Altar Stone at the centre of Stonehenge may have come from more than 700km away in Scotland, Australian study suggests

Stonehenge’s Altar Stone came all the way from Scotland, new research shows

Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows

Stunning photo made up of 43 separate images captures meteor shower over Stonehenge

Stonehenge, Avebury, will not be listed as world heritage in danger: UNESCO

UN cultural agency rejects plan to place Britain’s Stonehenge on list of heritage sites in danger

JK Rowling sends mocking message to Just Stop Oil over Stonehenge protest

Druid chief blasts Just Stop Oil ‘random attention seeking’ after Stonehenge stunt

‘Just Stop Oil’ activists vandalise Stonehenge

Climate protesters arrested over spraying orange paint on Stonehenge monument

The solstice site older (and bigger) than Stonehenge