In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

I zip up my windcheater and turn up its collar against the rain as I disembark. I have arrived in Orkney, the 70-island archipelago that lies beyond the farthest tip of the Scottish mainland.

to the Neolithic era when early settlers first called these islands home. This rich past came alive in the Smithsonian Channel's documentary Aerial Britain: Scotland, which highlighted Orkney's ...

Around 4,900 years ago, Neolithic people on Bornholm, Denmark, sacrificed stones with sun motifs, coinciding with a volcanic eruption that obscured the sun in Northern Europe.

Orkney's "amazing history" will also play a role in the novel in the form of an unusual murder weapon; a Neolithic stone bearing ancient inscriptions. When asked if the new book is a standalone ...

The first discovery of the so-called sun stones arrived in 1995 when a few pieces came to light during excavations at the Neolithic site of Rispebjerg on the Danish island of Bornholm. But they ...

“Spectacular” treasures awarded to an Orcadian naval officer for his actions during an 18th century siege have returned to Orkney after his family gifted them to the islands. Captain James ...