Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun on midwinter's shortest day.

Visitors to the Sunwheel can see the sun rising and setting over the winter solstice stones from approximately Dec. 16 ...

The first day of inter was Sunday December 21, the time of year in the Northern hemisphere when the Earth's axis is tilts most strongly away from the sun.

The winter solstice, as the name implies, marks the beginning of winter and the point of the year when the sun reaches its ...