A printing of the Declaration of Independence once presented to the last surviving signer of the original document will be sold next month by Freeman's Auction in Philadelphia. It is estimated to be ...

Long before human communication evolved into incessant tapping on computer keys, people scratched on eggshells. Don’t laugh—researchers say a cache of ostrich eggshells engraved with geometric designs ...

Scientists are planning to take a fresh look at an engraved rock purported to hold the key to the mysterious “lost colony” of Roanoke. Described as “the coldest case in American history,” the fate of ...

A colorful pebble bearing a sequence of linear incisions may be the world's oldest engraving. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The ...

An engraved stone carved around 10,000 years ago may be the world’s oldest example of a lunar calendar. The rare pebble — found high up in the mountains near Rome, Italy — dates back to the Stone Age, ...

A small stone tablet featuring geometric art made by the Magdalenians, an Ice Age people that once inhabited Europe. The Natural History Museum A group of ten stone fragments covered in abstract ...

Materialism may not be in vogue as a virtue, but it’s the items that are left behind when a person’s gone that helps tell the story of their culture. Future archeologists may dig up iPhones and keep ...

Stone carving has always been considered one of the finest arts, mankind used, to emote, his expressions since time immemorial. HT Image In the earlier days, stones were chiselled both as tombstones ...

Mani stone refers to the stone engraved with Buddhism scriptures or the portraits of deity, and is regarded as the eternal belief engraved in stones. [Photo/China Tibet Online] Mani stone refers to ...

A prehistoric stone engraving of a horse, believed to have been created about 12,000 years ago, has been found in the Bordeaux region of France. Featuring engravings of geometric shapes and another ...