Thousands gathered before dawn at Stonehenge to welcome the summer solstice, celebrating the year’s longest day with music, dancing and quiet reflection as the sun rose over the ancient stone circle.

Dave Hamilton, author of a new guidebook to the weird and curious, shares some of the less-known places to celebrate the longest day of the year

Thousands gathered before dawn at Stonehenge to welcome the summer solstice, celebrating the year’s longest day with music, dancing and quiet reflection as the sun rose over the…

Over 20,000 people gathered at Stonehenge in the U.K. on June 21 to witness the summer solstice sunrise, marking the Northern Hemisphere's longest day.

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Around 20,000 people gathered on Sunday to the neolithic site, located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, to watch sun-up on the year's longest day to mark the astronomical…

Los grupos presentes en el monumento megalítico celebraron pequeños rituales al son de la percusión y la música.

Thousands celebrated through the night at Stonehenge in southwest England, ushering in the sunrise on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The stone circle…

Thousands of revellers have flocked to Stonehenge, partying through the night and into the morning to celebrate the summer solstice. The solstice – the longest day of the year –…