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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The standing stone was covered with earth ... The archaeologists uncovered cooking pots, jars with ancient Hebrew inscriptions, loom weights, scarabs, stamped seals with decorative motifs and ...

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen—drawing on research of 60,000 years of volcanic activity derived from ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica—have re-contextualized an ancient ...

Hundreds of mysterious engraved “sun stones” unearthed in Denmark may ... How the secrets of ancient cuneiform texts are being revealed by AI “It’s a good explanation,” says Jens Winther ...