The oldest-known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has sold for over USD 5 million at Sotheby's in New York. Dating back to the Late Roman-Byzantine Era (ca. 300-800…
Red-faced engineers have confessed to dumping 3,000 tonnes of rock contaminated with poisonous arsenic into one of the world's greatest beauty spots. The rock, from a new tube train tunnel…
A woman and her eight-year-old son have stumbled upon a grey stone dating back millions of years that glows under UV light while taking a stroll on a beach. Sarah…
An Israeli soldier who went for a hike in the rain while taking a two-day break from the army discovered an almost 3,000-year-old scarab beetle carved into a precious stone…
Stone balls worshipped for generations by a family in India have been revealed to be dinosaur eggs more than 70 million years old. The amazing discovery was made by chance…
An Egyptian accountant was astonished when he discovered a stone bearing the likeness of the Virgin Mary carrying Jesus in her womb. Cairo resident Ahmed Hani El-Husseiny, 41, found the…
Archaeologists have unearthed a Mayan stone marker from an ancient ball game that was played thousands of years ago and incorporated elements of football, tennis, rugby and basketball. The discovery…
A 1,500-year-old town unearthed by archaeologists has been declared the Persian Gulf's oldest known commercial pearl diving community. The 6th-century town - in the Emirati state of Umm Al Quwain…
Astonished scientists have unearthed a bizarre 150-kilo Mayan penis statue carved from stone during an archaeological dig in Mexico. The statue - around the size of a small man -…
Eight wild boars which dropped dead around a legendary death stone believed to kill anyone who approaches it have puzzled social media users in Japan. The three adult boars and…