A 1,500-year-old tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments is set to go up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York this ...

Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles discovered at an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, marking a ...

For decades it was merely a sidewalk stone at a home in the Middle East, its significance unbeknownst to its owner. Now, the ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered 12,000-year-old round stones with holes, potentially revealing the wheel's origins.

These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

The tablet’s inscription is written in a version of Paleo-Hebrew, the alphabet that was replaced among ancient Judeans in the ...

Stones from a ruined medieval site have been found in the nearby walls of a city cathedral. A few of the original decorative stones from Old Sarum - now a heritage site on the edge of Salisbury ...

Together, the techniques helped uncover the secrets of the ancient ochre, including that it had been transported—sometimes over impressive distances. This implies the strong likelihood that ...

Take cues from ancient wisdom and shift your mindset to transform your winter experience from daunting to delightful. People gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice, an ancient ...

The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the previous ancient record holder by about 20 million years. Imprinted in a slab of sandstone are parts of the tadpole’s skull and backbone, along with ...

Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) stock surged 6% in morning trading Wednesday after the Google parent reported fiscal third quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates on the top and bottom lines ...