Some Egyptian stone artifacts display flatness, squareness, and symmetry that rival modern machining standards. These ...

Explore the astonishing discovery of a massive 1,600-ton limestone block at the ancient Baalbek quarry, revealing advanced stone-cutting techniques, engineering precision, and unanswered questions ...

TEHRAN - An Iranian village in Ilam province is drawing attention for a series of rock-cut grain storage structures believed ...

A 1.5-million-year-old skull fossil from Gona, Ethiopia now has a virtual face, thanks to digital reconstruction.

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Around 5,000 years ago, people in what is now Iran began turning dull stone into shining metal. By heating copper ore until ...

Scientists group these dragon stones into three main types: fish-shaped, hide shaped, and hybrid. Fish-shaped stones tend to appear at higher spots near mountain springs, while hide-shaped stones ...

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a 12,000-year-old Paleolithic site at an unprecedented altitude of over 4,300 meters on ...

More than 50 skeletons spanning 20 burials were recovered from beneath the Tower of London, with one mass grave dating back to the Black Death.

People lived, worked and died on the Inishkea Islands over a period of 4,000 years and perhaps even longer, writes BRIAN ...

While the world-famous Inca Trail is undoutedly Peru’s headline hike, the Quarry Trail is a less-crowded alternative that’s ...

A Revolutionary War massacre in what is now the Bronx reveals how the Stockbridge Mohicans fought for American liberty — and ...