Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people yearning for the promise of spring have marked the dawn of the shortest day ...

About 15,000 revelers witnessed an ancient solstice sunrise alignment on Saturday morning at Stonehenge, the U.K.’s most ...

Thousands of people have gathered at Stonehenge to see the winter solstice sunrise. From 21 December, the shortest day of the ...

It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to celebrate the ...

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

The winter solstice ushers in the astronomical winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Meanwhile, the Southern Hemisphere will ...

The celebrations at Wiltshire's world-famous Stonehenge were managed by English Heritage, which has live-streamed the event.

As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the frosty morning sky, thousands of people gathered at the iconic Stone ...

No one could see the sun through the low winter ... until the summer solstice in June. The solstices are the only occasions when visitors can go right up to the stones at Stonehenge, and thousands ...

Revelers cheered and beat drums as the sun rose at 8:09 a.m. (0809 GMT) over the giant standing stones on the winter solstice — the shortest day and the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere.