A megalithic burial mound in Spain was built using “advanced engineering” 6,000 years ago, with stones weighing several times more than any used to make the UK’s iconic Stonehenge, archaeologists ...

Advanced’ construction technology found at 5000-year-old Stone Age site in Denmark - Funnel Beaker Culture site may hold one ...

Archaeologists with the University of Cádiz have excavated one of the largest tombs ever discovered in Andalusia, which ...

A detailed updated report was sent to the World Heritage Centre on 7 March 2007. This report indicates: a) The following actions have been undertaken towards the development of a management plan of ...

Discover the history of Kodaikanal's dolmens and the early inhabitants through the eyes of Jesuit Fathers and archaeologists.

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN—A new statistical model developed by Bettina Schulz Paulsson of the University of Gothenburg suggests that huge stone structures were first built in what is now northwestern France ...

Megalithic architecture is associated with spread of food production in many parts of the world, but archaeological investigations have focused mainly on megalithic sites among early agrarian ...

In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international research team, led from Uppsala University, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals ...

A new study uncovers gender bias at the megalithic necropolis of Panoria where twice as many women were buried. A multidisciplinary research team led by the Archaeometry research group of the ...

In 2003 an exchange of letters took place between the World Heritage Centre and the Maltese authorities on several issues related to the Megalithic Temples of Malta, in particular on the proposal for ...

Archeologists have discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalithic tombs on Ireland and in Sweden. The kin relations can be traced for more than ten generations and ...