During a recent home renovation in Klotzow, Germany, a man stumbled upon something unexpected: a three-foot-long bildstein, or picture stone, dating to the 12th century. The boulder features a carved ...

Archaeologists in Germany found a 1,800-year-old stone artifact, a carved “giant,” that was of a pillar first discovered in 1908, photos show. Photo from ArchaeoBW and Ch. Hoyer, shared by Stuttgart ...

Modern Kazakhstan is built upon a foundation of different cultures, khanates, and empires across history. A routine fire patrol, operating some 200 miles northwest of the country's capital, Astana, ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On three August summer days, stone carver Daniel Miller taught a group of students how to work with sandstone at the historic ...

Two years before the Declaration of Independence was signed, Anstiss Crowninshield’s gravestone was laid in its place at the Old Burying Point Cemetery in Salem, right next to one that belonged to her ...