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Ten miles off the coast of South Ayrshire in Scotland, lies the island of Ailsa Craig. Uninhabited and shaped by ancient volcanic activity, the island is made almost entirely of microgranite.

The strongest evidence for “lost technology” in Egypt comes from hard stone artifacts showing repeatable precision across multiple sites and periods. Researchers argue that the tool marks, ...

The Karnak Temple Complex is one of the largest stone structures ever built. Its scale, precision, and longevity raise important questions about how ancient Egyptian builders worked. This video ...

Some ancient writing systems cannot be deciphered. Can artificial intelligence help crack the codes of the past?

Ritika Kochhar <br />The Parthenon sculptures from the Temple of Athena Nike in Greece, created in 447 BCE; Michelangelo’s Pietà sculpted (1499 AD) in Rome; and the 12th-century Jain Vagdevi at ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...

Scientists group these dragon stones into three main types: fish-shaped, hide shaped, and hybrid. Fish-shaped stones tend to appear at higher spots near mountain springs, while hide-shaped stones ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Archaeologists at a Pompeii site buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered evidence of ancient Roman ...

For instance, fish-shaped stones dominate the highest elevations, near natural springs fed by melting snow. Whereas ...

An enormous ancient Egyptian sun temple from the Fifth Dynasty has been excavated by an Italian archaeological team.