Digging into the dry soil of a field in southern Germany, archaeologists hit some rocks and painstakingly unearthed a massive stone structure. They’d expected to find something at this site — but what ...

The excavation of an ancient burial in northern Latvia dating back over 5,000 years challenges long-held assumptions about the roles of women and children in Stone Age societies. Analysis of remains ...

Fragile limestone carvings from the Diquís culture undergo conservation at the Finca 6 Museum Site in southern Costa Rica ...

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements found in archaeological sites around the world. A mano is a hand-held stone ...

A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle Paleolithic eras. Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that date ...

A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site. By Ali Watkins By the time Dr. Richard Bates swept ...

Ancient stone structures on the West Coast are helping experts understand more about historic food practices, according to groundbreaking scientific research. In a recent interview with Fox News ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Experts are still puzzling over a basalt stone tablet more than ...

John Shaw-Rimmington started building dry stone walls after the stones themselves complained to him. It was the 1980s, and he was living in Ontario, working for clients who wanted decorative stone ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered the text on the Rosetta stone, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization. The stone had been ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...