Stonehenge secrets revealed through digital mapping by archaeologists is the most recent breakthrough in discovering what lies beneath the gigantic stones. According to multiple reports, archaeologists had the Stonehenge secrets revealed by way of the most detailed map ever created showing the earth underneath and surrounding the World Heritage Site.

With the use of advanced technology, the mystery behind the heritage will not be so daunting any longer. Apparently, there is more to Stonehenge that meets the eye and the huge blocks of stones are hiding something underneath them.

According to the Associated Press, researchers used ground-penetrating radar, high-resolution magnetometers and several other techniques to decipher what's deep beneath the stone circles, thus having Stonehenge secrets revealed.

The almost 3,000 to 5,000-year-old monument built with stones foreign to Wiltshire, England, is apparently only part of 17 previously unknown monuments way larger than the area where the stones are.

According to CNET, the project with Stonehenge secrets revealed is called "The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project". It was reportedly conducted by the University of Birmingham and the University of Bradford in the UK and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology in Vienna.

The experts used a wide variety of remote sensing technologies and geophysical surveys to have the Stonehenge secrets revealed and see the monuments buried underneath it.

The project which had Stonehenge secrets revealed produced detailed maps of the 17 ritual monuments together with huge timber building. According to the AP, Birmingham University said on Wednesday that the monuments were previously thought to have been used during burial ceremonies.

Professor Vincent Gaffney from the University of Birmingham said of the Stonehenge secrets revealed, "The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project is unique at a global level. Not only has it revolutionised how archaeologists use new technologies to interpret the past, it has transformed how we understand Stonehenge and its landscape."

Gaffney added that apart from the new monuments revealed, more new types of monuments "that have previously never been seen by archaeologists" were uncovered.

According to the BBC, most of the land surrounding the monument had not been reviewed before in such precise detail.

Gaffney, leader of the project with some of Stonehenge secrets revealed, said, "Was it really an excluded place, where only special people would come?"

The BBC reports that the research team's new three-dimensional map of the Stonehenge area covers an area of 12 sq km or 1,250 football fields. They reportedly made use of six different techniques to examine the entire site and at different depths.

Some of the instruments used to have some of the Stonehenge secrets revealed were a magnetometer, a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and a 3D laser scanner.

In one of the many mounds, researchers were able to identify a 33m-long timber building about 6,000 years old, which they presumed was used for ritual burials and related practices. The research also yielded traces of up to 60 huge stones or pillars forming part of the "super henge".

According to the AP, the Birmingham University said the project which had some of Stonehenge secrets revealed also uncovered some huge prehistoric pits. Some of the pits reportedly appeared to be aligned with the sun, which could shed light on new information on Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman settlements and fields.

Gaffney said at the British Science Festival, "For the past four years we have been looking at this amazing monument to try and see what was around it."

According to the BBC, the discovery will pave the way for having all of Stonehenge secrets revealed as the research can produce a brand new account of how Stonehenge's evolved over the centuries.

Since the 1620s, archaeologists have been digging and trying to solve the mystery of the landmark. According to the AP, the monument attracts more than 1.2 million visitors a year - including President Barack Obama which came to the site last week.

With all of these new findings, it shows that the history and evolution of the large stones are more complex than previously thought. Hopefully, the researchers will uncover more once they conduct an in-depth analysis of the data they gathered from the mapping.

Stonehenge secrets revealed, or at least some of it, will be described further today in a BBC Two documentary.