Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were ...

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 ...

Fossils are so common in Pennsylvania Bluestone that Glass often points out prehistoric plant fragments and ancient tide ...

Learn how a rescue excavation revealed the definitive date of the Carnac megaliths and gave new clues to their function.

Using well-preserved ancient DNA, researchers have created a life-like facial reconstruction of a woman who lived in ...

More than 1,800 years ago, the thousands of pieces formed colorful frescoes that covered the walls of a luxurious villa in Londinium, the precursor to modern-day London ...

In prehistoric communities across what is now northeastern Europe, decorative ornaments with animal teeth were a regular ...

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If good fences make good neighbors, then good walls might make good conversation pieces — as anyone who has traveled down ...

Oldest Evidence of Winemaking Discovered at 8,000-Year-Old Village. Contrary to stereotypes, Stone Age people had a taste for finer things.

During a May inspection tour of Henan province, President Xi Jinping stood before the ancient stone carvings of the Longmen Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site. He paused in silence. The limestone ...

Ancient stone circle to mark Summer Solstice - and it's bigger than Stonehenge The lesser-know neolithic stone circle is much bigger than Stonehenge. Comments. What's On. Nicholas Dawson.