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

Glass designer Michael Rudak and craftsman John Galvin draw inspiration from Orkney's ancient standing stones for the whisky's striking presentation. “If the 54 Year Old showcases birth ...

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...

Dating back to the 7th century BC, it stretches over 13,000 miles across the Chinese landscape, snaking through rugged ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable ...

Some of the standing stones are more than 6 feet (1.8 m ... was covered with water after a series of dams were built in the 1960s. —Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac ...

And it long precedes the advent of dumbbells: the act of lifting stones as both a display and test of physical prowess can be traced back to early societies such as the ancient Greeks. Examples ...

A MYSTERIOUS stone carved nearly 1,700 years ago has been unearthed in a region rich with Biblical history, where Jesus is said to have walked on water. The volcanic slab, inscribed with Ancient ...

The purpose of these so-called 'sun stones', and the reasons for throwing them into ditches en masse, have been something of a mystery – but ancient ice excavated from Greenland may have the answer.

Stone circles are ancient and mysterious indeed ... He will delight you with stories about the largest standing circle in Ireland! If you pass through Kenmare town in County Kerry, park your ...

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 ...

Some of the standing stones are more than 6 feet (1.8 m ... a series of dams were built in the 1960s. —Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located ...