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…
A startling discovery of a Stone Age slaughterhouse has revealed that ancient Americans were hunting and butchering prehistoric ancestors of elephants in Chile nearly 13,000 years ago. Scientists have unearthed…
Scientists believe mysterious stone spheres found at ancient archaeological sites in the Mediterranean and Aegean may be playing pieces from one of the first-ever board games. The experts - from…
A new study has revealed that chimpanzees use a variety of different stone tools depending on what kind of nut they want to crack. The research was led by archaeologists…