Archaeologists have discovered mysterious ancient architecture cut into a rocky landscape on Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island, a study says. The study details recent investigations at ...

An ancient stone site in western France has been removed to make way for a new hardware store, sparking criticism of the local mayor. The mayor of Carnac, Olivier Lepick, insisted he adhered to the ...

A recent study published in the journal Antiquity answered some anticipated questions about the mysterious stone structures in the Carnac Region of France. A team of archaeologists has gained new ...

For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the table — a ...

Man's ancestors transported stones over long distances to craft tools 2.6 million years ago - 600,000 years earlier than previously thought. Stone tools unearthed in Kenya reveal that hominins ...

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen—drawing on research of 60,000 years of volcanic activity derived from ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica—have re-contextualized an ancient object ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...