After 1,300 years wedged into a rock wall in a French village in the Pyrenees, the mythical Durandal sword has mysteriously vanished.

An archaeologist decided to take a shortcut on his way to work at a remote excavation site in Norway. Along the way, he noticed markings on a rock — and stumbled on dozens of 6,000-year-old ...

A man hiking with family in Moss, Norway, noticed an unusual rock and found an ancient painting, archaeologists said and photos show. Photo from Jan Magne Gjerde and the Norwegian Institute for ...

An archaeologist decided to take a shortcut on his way to work at a remote excavation site in Norway. Along the way, he noticed markings on a rock — and stumbled on dozens of 6,000-year-old ...

An archaeologist decided to take a shortcut on his way to work at a remote excavation site in Norway. Along the way, he noticed markings on a rock — and stumbled on dozens of 6,000-year-old ...

Another 6,000-year-old carving found in Sør-Varanger. A video from the university, shared on YouTube by Science in Norway, shows the ancient rock art.