Spanish archaeologists recently announced the discovery of an ancient stone with perplexing symbols carved onto it. The symbols, experts believe, are actually an ancient alphabet. If their ...

Recovered from Bashplemi Lake in Dmanisi, southern Georgia, a basalt artifact is under review as experts assess its age, ...

A series of ancient stone carvings in southwestern China is drawing renewed global interest, as cultural experts highlight the Dazu Rock Carvings as the “last monument in the history of world grotto ...

The discovery of a carved stone in ancient Magdala has given archaeologists a rare, almost cinematic glimpse into how Jews in the Second Temple period may have pictured the sacred menorah in Jerusalem ...

Markings on a stone pillar at a 12,000 year-old archaeological site in Turkey likely represent the world’s oldest solar calendar, created as a memorial to a devastating comet strike, experts suggest.

A large-scale Costa Rican metate (from the Nahuatl metatl) or grinding stone is among the most impressive works in the Arts of the Americas collection at New Orleans Museum of Art. Works such as this, ...