India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Now, one of the world’s wealthiest men says Miramar, the property he purchased three years ago, will be open to the public after his and his wife Christine’s deaths. “Christine and I intend ...

As early as the 13th century, people have linked the tomb to the mythical King Arthur, the ruler of the fictitious kingdom of Camelot. According to legend, King Arthur battled a giant in a duel at ...

Researchers on Wednesday revealed that the long-mysterious “Altar Stone” at the heart of Stonehenge came from faraway Scotland, raising tantalizing new questions about how — and why — a ...

New research led by Curtin University has revealed Stonehenge's monumental six-ton Altar Stone, long believed to originate from Wales, actually hails from Scotland. The study titled "A Scottish ...

Stonehenge, the famous stone circle in southern England, has confused historians for centuries, but researchers on Wednesday revealed new and unexpected information about the monument's six-ton ...

The focal point of these festivities is the Altar Stone – the six-tonne sandstone slab that lies flat at the centre of Stonehenge. The ancient society that built this monument, from 3,100 to ...

Stonehenge had a hard Scottish heart, a new study suggests. The ancient site’s central stone, a large slab known as the Altar Stone, consists of rock transported at least 750 kilometers from ...

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A study of the 6-tonne altar stone at the heart of Stonehenge has shown that it was almost certainly brought there from north-east Scotland, much further than any other stone in the megalithic ...

Ramps left behind at the unfinished sites show that they were likely used to put one stone on top of another to build these massive structures that have stood the test of time. The Parthenon was built ...

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 for nearly 5,000 years.