A set of highly decorated chalk cylinders, carved in Britain more than 4,000 years ago and known as the Folkton drums, could be ancient replicas of measuring devices used for laying out prehistoric ...

Some of the most enigmatic human-made objects from Europe's late Stone Age — intricately carved balls of stone, each about the size of a baseball — continue to baffle archaeologists more than 200 ...

Archaeologists in south-east Turkey have made an extraordinary find—a prehistoric stone face that might turn everything we believe about the origins of art and self-awareness on its head. In the early ...

The pillar is topped with a simple carving of a human face. Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism At one of the world’s oldest Stone Age archaeological sites—Karahantepe in southeast ...

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KARAHANTEPE: On the windswept hills overlooking Turkiye’s vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world’s earliest ...

Hundreds of elaborately carved stone balls dating from Prehistoric Scotland have been discovered over the centuries, but their purpose remains a mystery. More than 500 of the stone balls have been ...

AFP — On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey’s vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world’s earliest ...

Fox, vulture and wild boar figurines found at Neolithic site Experts say find gives unique insight into prehistoric life Stories helped strengthen social bonds in new communities ISTANBUL, Aug 28 ...

KARAHANTEPE, Turkey — On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey's vast south-eastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life might have looked 11,000 years ago when the world's ...