A cultural golf course in Guernsey
The Channel Island of Guernsey is a place of low taxes (no VAT) and many tourists. It enjoys good weather without being too warm,...
West Kennet, a prehistoric passage grave in Southern England
This passage grave, or long barrow, at West Kennet in the south of England was built two hundred years before the Dutch hunebeds, in...
Coronavirus: Cerne Abbas Giant given face mask
One of the most famous of all hillside chalk figures in England has been adorned with a face mask to prevent him from the...
Glas – a prehistoric feat of engineering
Gla (or Glas) is a vast 3,300-year-old fortress built on top of a 38-metre high limestone outcrop. The site, north-west of Athens, is also...
What did prehistoric people drink?
In 1921 near the Danish town of Egtved, a remarkable discovery was made. A practically intact grave of a 16 - 18 year old...
Underground corridors, myth or reality?
You may come across a conspiracy theory that tells of the existence of a completely undocumented rock-cutting civilization in Malta in prehistoric times. Many...
35,000 year old turtle carving discovered
The best-selling Discworld book series, created by British author Terry Pratchett, is set on a fictional flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which,...
Nazca lines, mysterious designs in the deserts of Peru
Between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains in Peru lies an area of desert with very large and unusual patterns of lines in...
Pas Bayard; hoof prints in stones in Belgium
At Vitron, about 50 kilometers from La-Roche-en-Ardenne, there is a stone that is comparable to the stone at the source of Saint Thibaut (see...
Broch of Gurness in Orkney, Scotland
On the Scottish island of Mainland in the Orkneys is a broch or settlement dating from the Iron Age. Known as the Broch of...
