Thousands of years ago, people on what is now the Danish island of Bornholm threw hundreds of mysteriously carved stones into a ditch before burying them. The purpose of these so-called 'sun stones', ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed from ...

London — Environmental activists sprayed several of the ancient stones of Britain's iconic Stonehenge site with an orange substance Wednesday, demanding that the next U.K. government — set to be ...

In a remarkable breakthrough published in the journal Science Direct, a research team led by geomorphologist Professor David ...

Five thousand years ago, a massive volcanic eruption dimmed the sun over northern Europe, causing a Neolithic Danish community to offer sun stones in the hope of bringing back the light and saving ...

A recent study published in the journal Antiquity answered some anticipated questions about the mysterious stone structures in the Carnac Region of France. A team of archaeologists has gained new ...

Despite Scotland’s soggy start to summer, midsummer is nearly here, and with it, a burst of interest in the country’s ancient standing stones. While June has felt more like autumn than high summer, by ...

Chikkamagaluru: Two rare boundary stones were found on farmland in Kalkere in Chikkamagaluru's Koppa taluk on Sunday. The ancient stones were found on the farmland of Shantha Srinivasa Gowda and ...

Israeli archeologists have unearthed what they believe are the oldest verified nutcrackers used by human ancestors. The crackers are basalt stones on which the scientists argue they see indentations ...