There are countless megalithic sites around the world, but while Stonehenge may be the most famous, know this: it is not the oldest or biggest. The site of Göbekli Tepe, in Turkey, dates back about 11 ...

Before Stonehenge, before the pyramids—there was an even larger megalithic monument. In this ATG Highlights episode, we travel to the site of the world’s largest known stone circle. Who built it? Why ...

Each of the 32 colossal stones that make up the Menga Dolmen, a 5,600-year-old megalithic monument in southern Spain, is many times bigger than the largest megaliths at Stonehenge, the most famous ...

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Ordinarily, it is the task of archaeologists to painstakingly sift through the ground in pursuit of the past. A recent project in central Germany, however, has done something altogether different.

Carrowmore in County Sligo is one of Europe’s oldest and largest megalithic cemeteries, containing passage tombs, dolmens, ...

The largest single stone weighs around 150 metric tons, about the same as a blue whale and nearly five times heavier than Stonehenge’s largest component. Collectively, the megaliths weigh about 1,140 ...

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