When Vikings sailed the North Sea in the 10th century, they recorded their exploits in runes, but that ancient alphabet is ...

The scientists dated the engravings to more than 57,000 years ago, making them the oldest produced by Neanderthals discovered to date. Stock image: Illustration of a Neanderthal man in a cave.

The Venus is a squat figure with very large breasts and genitalia and might have been a fertility symbol. ... Netherlands during highway construction in 1955 and is the oldest boat ever discovered.

An ancient monument discovered in Turkey may just be an ancient monument. But, if its markings are what experts think they are, it might be the world’s oldest solar calendar.. In a study ...

Scientists have exhumed a nearly 500-year-old bronze conquistador cannon in Arizona that's the oldest gun ever discovered in the United States. By employing radiocarbon dating and other cutting ...

The 29,000-year-old bones of a child discovered in Thailand are the oldest human remains ever found in the country, archaeologists have announced. The child — nicknamed "Pangpond," after a Thai ...

The oldest stone tools ever discovered were unearthed in Kenya by a group of scientists at the Lomekwi 3 site. The stone tools unearthed are simple in their design and pre-date humans.

Scientists have deciphered the world's oldest map -- and they believe it's led them to the location of Noah's Ark. The 3,000-year-old Babylonian artifact has puzzled archaeologists for centuries ...

The nearly 12,000-year-old architectural wonder is thought to be the oldest place of worship ever discovered, ... A separate symbol depicting a V worn around the neck of a bird-like beast was ...