Science news articles about 'stone structures'

... Owen JarusLiveScienceA giant "monumental" stone structure discovered beneath the waters of the Sea of Galilee ... and even how long ago it was built.The mysterious structure is cone shaped, made of "unhewn basalt ...

... . Zertal said. The Hebrew word "gilgal" (a camp or stone-structure), is mentioned thirty-nine times ... to the antiquity of these compounds in Israel's ceremonials, and the 'foot' structures were built by an organized community that had a central leadership ...

... on studies of locations of large landmarks in Britain, such as stone structures, hill forts and earthworks, suggests they were part of a grid used for navigation around 5,000 ...

HAIFA, Israel, April 19 (UPI) -- Enigmatic stone structures in the Syrian landscape built 10,000 years ago were designed for the mass slaughter of migrating gazelles, Israeli researchers say.

Thousands of giant wheel structures dot the landscape of the Mideast.

... to work looking for cracks in the world's tallest all-stone structure. He's been scaling facades for more than 25 years, though none quite like the Washington ...

The megalithic stone structure may have been used as an astronomical calendar.

... complex is composed of an elevated, massive circular stone structure and an intricately constructed building characterized ... Beth-Shemesh After ruling out the use of the site as a domestic structure, the researchers knew that they had found something unique. Excavations ...

Ancient Neolithic people built the biggest stone structures at Stonehenge first, while the outer ring of blue stones came later.