Nestled in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, Skara Brae is a prehistoric village that has intrigued archaeologists and historians for generations. Built over 5,000 years ago, it predates even the ...

Pupils from Stenness Community School in Orkney visited Skara Brae to learn about its history. Watch below to find out what they discovered. This is a view of Skara Brae looking out to sea over ...

Discovered by chance in 1850, Skara Brae is the best-preserved Neolithic village in Europe. Located on the coast of Orkney, Scotland, this 5,000-year-old site is a fascinating reminder of a long ...

If there were such a thing as a time machine that we could use to journey 5,000 years into the past, we would find a very different world to the one we live in today. The map of Europe would ...

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In other words, not a bad place for photography. Skara Brae. Stone Age folk were living in this village long before Stonehenge was built. Preserved by drifting sands for nearly 5,000 years it was ...

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On the suggestion that civilisation is tied to domestic drainage, may I recommend that Trevor Prew take a trip to Orkney in Scotland, to visit the village of Skara Brae, where there is an example ...