The enigmatic stone alignments in the Carnac region of Brittany, France, are among the most famous megalithic monuments in ...

Before Gizeh rose above the Egyptian horizon, Carnac was already drawing its stone lines on the Armorican landscape. Nearly 3,000 menhirs stretch for almost 4 km, from Le Ménec to Kerlescan.

In 2023, a minor cultural scandal hit Carnac, northwest France. Mr. Bricolage, a home improvement chain, was opening up in the town, but to do so it had cleared away a field of ancient stones ...

Thirty nine ancient standing stones at the Neolithic site of Carnac, in Brittany north-western France, have been destroyed during the construction of a Mr Bricolage DIY store, it has been revealed.

Built 1,000 years before the famed English site, the Alignements de Carnac's 3,000 perfectly aligned stones continue to baffle historians. Not far from the wide, sun-drenched beaches of Carnac in ...

Since 1991, the principal groups of Carnac stones have been fenced in by ugly, green-mesh enclosures, similar to the controversial barrier erected around Stonehenge.