Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written Germanic languages and who inscribed it.

For years, major artifacts sold to collectors and museums have been attributed to a Bremen-born naval officer who apparently bought them in the early 20th century and passed them to his heirs. But the ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Lake Natron in Tanzania is extremely toxic with high alkalinity, turning animals into stone-like statues. Despite this, the ...

Despite advances in modern technology, these mysterious ancient artefacts continue to baffle and intrigue experts.

Emily J. Taylor knows a thing or two about enchanting us with her words. After all, we couldn't get enough of her first book, ...

Malta is home to some of the oldest and arguably most mysterious megalithic structures known to man, older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge.

About 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable archaeological contexts” and provide “insight into early runic writing ...

A stone arm guard was found in the grave, measuring roughly eight by four centimeters. An arm guard is a protective piece commonly employed by archers to protect their bow arm, as the force of the ...

stone tools and bone objects over the past century of excavations, along with numerous burials. In one of these burials, covered in red ocher and arrayed with 10 drilled fox teeth, excavators ...