A MYSTERIOUS stone carved nearly 1,700 years ago has been unearthed in a region rich with Biblical history, where Jesus is said to have walked on water. The volcanic slab, inscribed with Ancient ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Roman villa in the ancient city of Ptolemais, located in present-day Libya. Among the findings, the team discovered an enigmatic stone face that does not appear to ...

A tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age. This sculpture, discovered at the archaeological ...

A total of 614 stone plaques ... burying the carvings could have been an attempt to get the sun back or a celebration after the skies did finally clear. How the secrets of ancient cuneiform ...

10, 2025. Amidst the ancient temples and tombs in Egypt's Luxor, skilled artisans continue to transform alabaster -- a luminous stone once cherished by pharaohs -- into breathtaking artworks ...

but the know-how involved in this ancient craft is fading, with only a few of the owners still making stone seals by hand. Seal carving dates back to the Spring and Autumn period in China (770 ...