An estimated 15,000 people gathered at Stonehenge to witness the sunrise on summer solstice – the longest day of the year. Cheers and drumming from the crowd, who included druids and other ...

Stonehenge in England, for example, is one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments. Its entrance faces the rising sun on the day of the summer solstice, which had 18th-century scholars ...

Observers in the center of the standing stones can still watch the summer solstice sunrise over the Heel Stone, which stands just outside the main ring of Stonehenge. (Read about pagans' campaign ...

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Science Direct Stonehenge remains profoundly mysterious. We still aren’t certain who built it, or why they aligned its geometry with the summer solstice, or brought the smaller stones from 180 ...

Large crowds of Druids, Pagans and tourists gathered at Stonehenge in England to celebrate the summer solstice by watching the sunrise on the longest day of the year.

Today, hundreds of people - including Druids - still travel to Stonehenge to celebrate the sunrise on the summer solstice, and the sunset on the winter solstice, and to take part in the same kind ...

The Summer Solstice has arrived marking the official ... Perhaps one of the best known traditions centers around the stone circle at Stonehenge. Whether you're druid, pagan or curious, thousands ...

Some of their monuments were aligned to precisely mark the summer solstice light (looking at you Stonehenge). Pagan celebrations of the day carry on into modern times. Events include gatherings at ...