An engraved stone carved around 10,000 years ago may be the world’s oldest example of a lunar calendar. The rare pebble — found high up in the mountains near Rome, Italy — dates back to the Stone Age, ...

May 2 (UPI) --Researchers in France believe a new interpretative framework can be used to show engraved flint stones were carved with symbolic or communicative intent by Neanderthals. Stones artifacts ...

Scientists are planning to take a fresh look at an engraved rock purported to hold the key to the mysterious “lost colony” of Roanoke. Described as “the coldest case in American history,” the fate of ...

Scientists are planning to take a fresh look at an engraved rock purported to hold the key to the mysterious “lost colony” of Roanoke. Described as “the coldest case in American history,” the fate of ...

AN ENGRAVED stone carved around 10,000 years ago may be the world’s oldest example of a lunar calendar. The rare pebble – found high up in the mountains near Rome, Italy – dates back to the Stone Age, ...

The discovery has taken place during the fifth season of an archaeological survey, probing a sophisticated water management system beneath the ruins of the Persepolis, archaeologist Ahmad Ali Asadi ...

Early human ancestors likely engraved images on stone tablets by firelight 15,000 years ago, a new study has revealed. Experts examined artistic designs on 50 stones unearthed in France and found ...

A flint flake from the Middle Paleolithic of Crimea was likely engraved symbolically by a skilled Neanderthal hand, according to a new study. A flint flake from the Middle Paleolithic of Crimea was ...

Hugh Tanchuck grew up going to cemeteries with his father. He remembers weaving in and out of rows of headstones, fixating on the ages of the deceased. “Oh, they were 50,” he would think to himself.

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More than 17,000 years ago in what is now England, people may have performed cannibalistic ...