Archaeologists in Mexico City discovered a bevy of stone objects carved to look like humans at a former Aztec site. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A study published in PLOS One on September 10, 2025, demonstrated that women and children were just as likely as men to be buried with stone tools at the Zvejnieki cemetery in northern Latvia, ...

"The Melun Diptych" (circa 1455) by Jean Fouquet in an exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Germany. Since ancient times, people working in the fields occasionally stumbled over strange-looking ...

In the Ría de Vigo estuary in northwestern Spain, the archaeologist cooperative Árbore Arqueoloxía unearthed a six-inch stone penis they think was used to sharpen weapons. Although archaeologists ...

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The two panels of "The Melun Diptych" (circa 1455) by Jean Fouquet: "Étienne Chevalier with Saint Stephen" (on the left), and "Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels," in an exhibition at the ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — A Juneau man has donated four ancient stone objects, including tools and a carved seal head, to the Sealaska Heritage Institute. Ronald Haffner donated a maul, a bowl, a grinder and a ...