Found on the island of Rousay, the red sandstone artifact adds to the layered history of an archaeological site in the ...

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. Its geochemical fingerprint ...

The Butterfly Stone, being special, falls into the second category. I had seen it in London, in the British Museum, cocooned within glass, as had Jo Bourne, almost ten years after its discovery.

The trip may have taken over a decade to accomplish, the WaPo reported. Next up — figuring out where exactly the stone came from in Scotland and why it was moved.

Researchers may have solved a Stonehenge mystery — and raised another. They say its central Altar Stone somehow got to England from Scotland, hundreds of miles farther away than originally thought.

Stonehenge, the Neolithic stone circle on Salisbury Plain in southern England, has captivated archaeologists, antiquarians and sightseers for centuries. For decades researchers have tried to find ...

The stone was discovered by construction workers building a new road in Perth, Scotland, in 2017. The workers noticed something etched into the stone and alerted authorities.

The stone has been moved to lab in Scotland's capital city Edinburgh where more detailed analysis will take place. In other archeological news, a Roman mosaic around 1,800 years old was recently ...