Ancient civilizations accomplished feats of engineering that continue to challenge modern understanding. Despite advances ...

Across the world, archaeologists keep stumbling on structures so old, so large and so technically sophisticated that they ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have excavated eight ancient "standing stone circles" that they say were used as homes. About 345 of these structures were identified through aerial surveys across the ...

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Researchers have announced the discovery of a remarkable submerged stone wall off the coast of Brittany, France, revealing ...

Archaeologists discovered roughly 345 standing stone circles in Saudi Arabia using aerial surveys. Experts believe the 7,000-year-old structures were once houses, complete with doorways and roofs. The ...

The mysterious alignments of standing stones scattered across Brittany in France have intrigued archaeologists and tourists alike for centuries. Now, fresh discoveries at the Le Plasker site near ...

[music playing]NARRATOR: Aswan, Southern Egypt, March 1813.Swiss explorer Johann Burckhardt is traveling northalong the Nile River when he comesacross three massive stone heads protruding from the ...

A new analysis of the 6,000-year-old stone circle known as Rujm el-Hiri (also Gilgal Refaim) in Golan Heights suggests that it was not built to observe the heavens. When you purchase through links on ...

Deep-sea sediment layers show rare microbial wrinkle structures that formed in environments far beyond the reach of sunlight. Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University ...

Whether they're sites of worship, popular tourist attractions or luxury apartments, there are plenty of historic landmarks still flourishing today. Read on to see the world's oldest man-made ...