Qin-era carved stone proven authentic through advanced analysis, revealing ancient Kunlun mission and inspiring new preservation efforts.

Far below the surface of the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have mapped a 3,000 foot line of stones that looks less like a ...

A groundbreaking study reveals a hidden system beneath Egypt’s oldest pyramid—suggesting ancient engineers used a forgotten ...

Ancient Egypt left behind thousands of stone vessels carved from granite, diorite, and other materials so hard that even ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Mykonos may have the brand power — the beach clubs, the DJs, the spotlight energy, but ask any Greek where they escape when ...

Exploring ancient ruins is like stepping into a time machine. Some of these ruins make you wonder how in the world they were ...

A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

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PENZANCE, England (RNS) — On a gray fall afternoon earlier this month, a group of 19 people gathered outside the Church of St. Buryan, an iconic medieval parish with a 92-foot granite tower that ...

Emma Stone named the world’s most beautiful woman. Credit: Flickr / Gerald Geronimo / CC BY SA 2-0 A new facial analysis study has named Emma Stone the most beautiful woman in the world, using ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints of living organisms in ancient rocks, an ...