5,000-year-old stone tomb discovered in Spain is 43 feet long — and it holds many prehistoric burials
The newly found dolmen in Spain was utilized to hold several burials and go back around 5,000 years. (Image credit: Thalassa(PAI HUM 1127)) Archaeologists in Spain have actually found a…
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2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were ‘forward planning’ 600,000 years earlier than thought
An Oldowan flake tool was discovered near a butchered bone from a hippo relative. (Image credit: T.W. Plummer, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project) Ancient human family members moved varied stones over…
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1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed
Among the stone tools found on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia go back a minimum of 1 million years. (Image credit: M.W. Moore) Stone tools found on the Indonesian…
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2,600-Year-Old Stone Relief Unearthed in Ancient Nineveh
The ancient stone relief illustrates Ashurbanipal, the ruler of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 699 to 631 BCE, 2 divine beings and other figures, according to a group of archeologists from…
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150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thought
A 150,000-year-old stone tool from the Ivory Coast (Image credit: Jimbob Blinkhorn, MPG ) Ancient people resided in tropical rain forests much earlier than we initially believed, a brand-new research…
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Stone Age people made sun stone ‘sacrifice’ to banish ‘darkened sun’ after a volcanic eruption, archaeologists say
2 of the sun stones, little pieces of shale engraved with a sun theme. (Image credit: National Museum of Denmark) A volcanic eruption in 2910 B.C. might be the factor…
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‘Vulva stone’ and coin jewelry among remarkable treasures discovered at Viking burial site in Norway
Archaeologists in Norway have actually discovered a chest of uncommon products at a Viking burial website, consisting of a coin from southern Denmark, brooches and coin precious jewelry. (Image credit:…
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Stone Age ‘CSI’: Archaeologists identify a family killed in a house fire nearly 6 millennia ago
Scorched and battered human bones from 5,700 years ago mean a ruthless end for a group of Stone Age individuals who likely passed away in a home fire in what…
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Strange pile of Stone Age skulls unearthed in Italian village baffles archaeologists
An illustration of what the Masseria Candelaro skull cache may have appeared like in the Neolithic. (Image credit: Vicki Herring/ University of Cambridge) Archaeologists have actually found a stack of…
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5,600-Year-Old Stone Bridge Indicates Early Human Arrival in Spain’s Mallorca
Archaeologists have actually found an ancient immersed stone bridge in Genovesa Cave on Mallorca, the primary island of the Balearic Archipelago and the 6th biggest in the Mediterranean Sea. The…
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