Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...

Neolithic people buried hundreds of stones carved with images of the sun about 4900 years ago and they may have done it because a volcanic eruption covered the sky ...

Over the years, a variety of mysterious engraved stone plaques have been unearthed in Denmark. The decorative artifacts date to around 2900 B.C.E., during the Neolithic period. Now, researchers have ...

One of the greatest architectural achievement of Scotland's Neolithic builders has to be the 5000 year old chambered tomb of Maes Howe in Orkney. The builders of the chambered cairn known as Maes Howe ...

It was originally proposed that the stone carvings of the sun were buried ... The eruption would been devastating for the Neolithic peoples of northern Europe. “If you don't have the harvest ...

Prehistoric stone tool, measuring about 15 cm in length and 3 cm in width, carved out of black basalt stone, found near Nagulakatta in Gundrampalli and Epur villages ...

Spiral pattern similar to carved stones in the Boyne Valley, IrelandThe Westray Stone is a wonderful carving from a Stone Age tomb. The complex pattern of spirals is believed to have been cut more ...

They began to set up farms. These farms marked the start of a new age in Britain – the Neolithic period (or new Stone Age): As well as setting up farms and permanent homes, they also built ...

Skara Brae's remarkable survival through the ages is thanks to the design of the original builders who buried the stone-slab walls up to roof level in clay soil and waste material in order to provide ...

the subsequent climate changes and the discovery of the ritual sun stone sacrifices. "It is reasonable to believe that the Neolithic people on Bornholm wanted to protect themselves from further ...

The virtual absence of figurative imagery in the archaeological record of the north-west European Neolithic highlights the exceptional nature of the stone plaques from Vasagård.” The sun stones ...