These megalithic temples are aptly named for their colossal size – Ggantija meaning ‘belonging to the giant’ in Maltese. According to local legend, it was indeed giants that built these stunning ...

Anthologists working in the northern Peruvian Andes have excavated a circular stone plaza, cited as one of the earliest examples of monumental megalithic architecture in the Americas. Dated back ...

Like many ancient sites, the existence of Su Nuraxi—a 3,500-year-old megalithic complex in Barumini, Sardinia—was known to local farmers long before it caught the attention of professional ...

The hillsides surrounding the Malampuzha Dam in Palakkad have long been known for their quiet slopes and scattered mounds that merge gently with the reservoir’s edge. Yet when surveyors began ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious stone circle in the Andes Mountains that they say was constructed before the great pyramids of Egypt. The circular stone plaza, which measures around 60 ...

Malta is home to some of the oldest and arguably most mysterious megalithic structures known to man, older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge.

The mysterious alignments of standing stones scattered across Brittany in France have intrigued archaeologists and tourists alike for centuries. Now, fresh discoveries at the Le Plasker site near ...

Ruins of a prehistoric stone wall submerged off the northwest coast of France may be evidence that a sunken city of legend actually existed. The megalithic structure is thought to be about 7,000 years ...

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