An exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., entitled "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya," highlighted the ...

Archaeologists sifted through the soil of an abandoned ancient village and unearthed a glimpse into everyday life.

The Dolní Věstonice Portrait Head features a woman’s face with carefully engraved details like her eyes, nose, mouth and ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable archaeological contexts” and provide “insight into early runic writing ...

Archaeologists have discovered some of the earliest-known stone fragments containing Germanic letter inscriptions at a grave ...

The Sierra Nevada Mountains stretch out before you like a crumpled blanket of green and gray, their peaks playing hide-and-seek with wispy clouds. It’s the kind of view that makes you want to break ...

At a cathedral in York, England, expert stonemasons are combining cutting-edge technology with ancient technique to bring ...

In an Iron Age burial ground surrounded by towering pines, rock fragments from the past have surfaced, and the faintly ...

Archaeologists have pieced together the earliest stone fragments containing inscriptions of Germanic letters, revealing what ...

Piecing together fragments of the world's earliest known rune stone shows they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and may have ...

Months ago, when I first started working for the paper, I was given a book called “Fourth and Maple” from my mom, which is a very special book to my family as it contains old wisdom reminiscent of ...

Beyond the main attraction of Stonehenge, Wiltshire has equally impressive ancient sites, giant chalk horses and cosy pubs in ...