Timeline
The great megaliths of Europe were built over more than two thousand years. Here you can see when each site was begun and how long it was in use, next to a few famous events elsewhere in the world. Tap a site to find out how many years ago it was built.
From the first stones to the Olympics
4,500 BC
4,000 BC
3,500 BC
3,000 BC
2,500 BC
2,000 BC
1,500 BC
1,000 BC
500 BC
3,200 BC: Earliest writing appears in Mesopotamia
2,560 BC: Great Pyramid of Giza is completed
776 BC: First recorded Olympic Games
Tap a site on the timeline to see how long ago it was built.