Sitting atop a 180-year-old stallion, just off Britain’s ancient Ridgeway, I watch a man meditating inside an extra-terrestrial doodle. From my vantage, by the rump of the huge chalk figure that ...

The physical excavation (video) of Silbury Hill, along with studies using ground-penetrating radar and seismic sonar equipment, has shown that there is not a single human bone in the mound. Instead, ...

Iconic Silbury Hill is a 98ft (30 metre) high prehistoric artificial chalk mound which is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Silbury Hill is a huge artificial mound in southern England, about 130 feet high and covering five acres. Europe’s largest artificial mound, it may have been built by the makers of Stonehenge ...

We are about to enter some rather iffy tunnels dug into Silbury Hill, in Wiltshire, a 4,400-year-old man-made pyramid constructed entirely from chalk. It will be wet, dark and nasty in there, so ...

Despite much investigation, the purpose and significance of Silbury Hill remains elusive. Its proximity to Stonehenge and Avebury stone circles suggest it may have had a religious, ceremonial or ...

Silbury Hill mystery soon to be resolved. Archaeologists could finally be on the brink of solving a puzzle that dates back more than 4,000 years. By Jack Watkins 29 January 2009 • 2:00pm .

I have never seen or heard of this being considered.Silbury Hill the Neolithic mound in Wiltshire, has been the subject of several investigations, the earliest known in 1776.

Archaeologists are unlocking the secrets of Silbury Hill, one of Britain's greatest historical mysteries. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in ...