Favignana, off the west coast of Sicily, is known for its stone quarries, clear waters and fabled fish. A writer explores by ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS may have found the oldest burial site in the world – after discovering carefully arranged human remains dating ...

The hominins who lived at Gantangqing lived a heavily plant-based subsistence lifestyle. They had access to meat, and also ...

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, recently provided a comprehensive, ...

Unlike stone or bone, it rarely survives more than ... Some of the tools had rounded ends, while others had chisel-like thin blades or ridged blades. Of the 35 tools, 32 show marks of intentional ...

Rishabh Pant was carted off to hospital with a suspected broken foot just as he was switching into full-on funk mode while ...

The stone in question is no ornately carved megalith, just a simple oblong block of red sandstone, measuring some 650mm in length by 400mm wide, and 270mm deep: with chisel marks apparent on its ...

The extraordinary cave network of Ajanta in India houses a trove of masterpieces dating back thousands of years.

The surface is abraded in areas - the lower surface of the sculpture is flat and unfinished, with several chisel marks visible. The upper surface is highly smoothed and polished, yet scratched. The ...

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out in 2014–15 and 2018–19, ...

Infuse your space with old-world charm using design elements that add timeless elegance, depth and a richly layered sense of ...

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