The oldest monuments that still survive around the world offer archaeologists and historians rare insights into the development of early civilisations. The identity of the people who made them and ...

The monument has a raised platform thought to have been the altar and is accessed through a ramp of around 25 m long. The Cairn of Barnenez is considered the third-oldest structure in the world.

Earth-bound landmarks ravaged by war, climate change, tourism and other threats also landed in the World Monuments Watch ...

The oldest monument in the nave of Westminster Abbey is that to Mrs Jane Hill (nee Stoteville), who is buried nearby. This is an alabaster and black marble mural monument consisting of a praying ...

It's the oldest masonry fortification in the U.S. What ... Additionally, it is one of only two forts in the world constructed from coquina, a semirare limestone composed of shell fragments.