Home
RSS
This toy hedgehog, found in a child’s grave at Stonehenge, is proof of what we have always known - children have always loved to play.The chalk figurine was probably a favourite possession of the three year old, and placed next to the child when they...
Related Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
1
Star It 
(0)
If kayaking is your favorite sport, what could be better then carrying it with you wherever you go, even when you are flying, so you are never without your gear....
made popular Jul 4 2009
While vacationing in Pisa earlier this summer, a roommate of mine at the hostel I was staying in in Rome recommended at I spend a day in Cinque Terre.
Accessible by a...
made popular Jun 30 2009
Filed under: News, Weird, Health If you’ve ever participated in the tourist tradition of bending over backward and making out with the Blarney Stone in Ireland,...
made popular Jun 24 2009
The emergency brake was pushed down on a Washington Metrorail train that smashed into a second subway train, killing nine people, federal safety officials said.
made popular Jun 24 2009
During the student uprisings of May 1968, the Franco-German, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, was known as Danny the Red, but now he is Danny the Green, and he has directed and...
made popular Jun 22 2009
For a majority of summers we were deprived of Bollywood blockbusters in theatres. Thankfully the prayer of you movie enthusiasts has been heard in more ways than one....
made popular Jun 21 2009
Many people have motion sickness and do not enjoy traveling as they must take medication that makes them drowsy. The new Motion Sickness Relief Wrist Band is certified...
made popular Jun 18 2009
Today is the last day for residents of one of the last surviving ancient cities in China to claim a bonus for agreeing to move out to make way for the wrecking...
made popular Jun 18 2009
Marriage must be re-established as the “gold standard” for relationships to halt an “epidemic” of family breakdown which is overwhelming the...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Traveling has become one of the most popular and coolest hobbies today. Because of this – or maybe the reason for this (is) – travel costs have gone down...
made popular Jun 14 2009
Lately, we have found that Canada is increasing its tourist ads in travel magazines and on TV. Might it be because the number of tourists has decreased? Rightly so....
made popular Jun 11 2009
sami,
On the one hand it’s the ultimate in “de-development.” But on the other it’s a testament to Gazan ingenuity which has somehow been undimmed by...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Affordable places to visit in Ontario Canada without breaking your budget.
made popular Jun 5 2009
Lucozade Energy is looking for a creative journalist to take three months out this summer on an all expenses paid world trip.
The lucky candidate will follow a group of...
made popular May 27 2009
Last week (23 May, Saturday), I traveled through the Beach (I like to say it beach rather than bank) of Koshi River, which was flooded last year in rainy season. More...
made popular May 27 2009
Filed under: News Just as prices for international travel hit amazing new lows, it seems Qantas is eager to find a way to claw a few dollars back. Seems they want to...
made popular May 25 2009
Gautama Buddha or Siddhartha Gautam was the founder of Buddhism. This spiritual leader is regarded in high regard among followers of Buddhism as he left all worldly...
made popular May 9 2009
Today is the 2553rd Buddha Jayanti–the birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha which is being celebrated across the nation on Saturday.
Buddhists around the...
made popular May 9 2009
AP,
Airlines are flying some nearly empty planes from the U.S. to Mexico instead of canceling flights, a check by The Associated Press on Wednesday showed, a sign that...
made popular Apr 29 2009
Cool factor: Volcano Boarding
My take: Earlier this month, we talked about a group of guys who call themselves “10 Jews, one snowboard”, attempting a record at the...
made popular Apr 28 2009
All Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
For many decades now speculation has raged as to the precise significance of one of England’s most well known landmarks, Stonehenge. Located in the county of...
made popular Sep 24 2008
AP, London
The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to...
made popular Sep 22 2008
Archaeologists have pinpointed the construction of Stonehenge to 2300 BC - a key step to discovering how and why the mysterious temple was built.
The radiocarbon date...
made popular Sep 22 2008
Extending hugs to beaming passers-by, Laura Tungate, a 26-year-old financial advisor from Newcastle, who has been coming to the solstice ceremony for the past eight...
made popular Sep 7 2008
AP, Hooper
A farmer has erected a fence in his backyard made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his...
made popular Aug 4 2008
Talk about modern architecture taking a cue from the mysterious and timeless structures of the past. The circularly placed huge boulders that stand in England are...
made popular Jul 16 2008
AP, Stonehenge
The summer solstice drew thousands of revelers to Stonehenge to watch the sun rise over the ancient monument Saturday for the first time in the new season.Beating drums...
made popular Jun 21 2008
England’s enigmatic Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings and for several hundred years thereafter, new research indicates
made popular May 30 2008
AP, Washington
England’s enigmatic Stonehenge served as a burial ground from its earliest beginnings and for several hundred years thereafter, new research indicates.Dating of...
made popular May 29 2008
AP, London
Two men attacked the ancient monument of Stonehenge with a hammer and chipped off a piece of stone the size of a large coin, a conservation group said Thursday.Two men...
made popular May 22 2008
Some of England’s most sacred soil was disturbed Monday for the first time in more than four decades as archaeologists worked to solve the enduring riddle of...
made popular Apr 1 2008
A businessman is to construct a full-size replica of Stonehenge in the Margaret River region of Western Australia.
Ross Smith says the £700,000 monument will be made...
made popular Mar 27 2008
AP, Perth
Pagans and druids, mark your calendars and book your airplane tickets. An Australian entrepreneur hopes to open a Stonehenge replica by the Dec. 21 solstice, just in...
made popular Mar 25 2008
Archeologists have unearthed 4,600-years old remains of largest Neolithic village near the ancient stone monument of Stonehenge in south-west
England. New excavations...
made popular Jan 31 2007
Choosing the top seven wonders has become a fascination over the decades. Every country nourishes the desire that its heritage should be enlisted in the seven wonders...
made popular Nov 14 2006
Clustered on the edge of the Nafud desert in northwestern Saudi Arabia, 50 groups of about five pillars of Rajajil stones present a remarkable model against the fallen...
made popular Jun 17 2006
Related Tags
archaeologists Australia Britain burial ground Cars England Europe GBR XEN India London North America Pictorial Politics & Society prehistoric monument Solstice Technology Travel United Kingdom United States World
Images
London:
President of the Society of Antiquaries, Geoff Wainwright, right, and archaeology professor Tim Darvill look at fragment of bluestones before their press conference at the Society of Antiquaries of in London to reveal their preliminary findings about the.
