Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a six-fingered shaman who they believe held significant spiritual power in the ...

Archaeologists from the Institute of History of Material Culture at the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered four ...

Scientists discovered the first of these small, carved stone artifacts in 1995 at a Neolithic site called Rispebjerg on the island of Bornholm, about 112 miles (180 kilometers) southeast of ...

The find, announced by the team working at the Siwa site in Lintao, marks a significant breakthrough in understanding this Neolithic civilization that thrived 5,000 years ago. The settlement, ...

Two young brothers have been honoured for their extraordinary bravery after they sprang into action to help their mum when she collapsed at home in Thanet. Ronnie, eight, and Robbie, six ...

Archaeologists unearth “extremely rare” early Neolithic village on the French Riviera, marking the human transition from a nomadic existence to an agricultural society.

Credit: National Museum of Denmark Volcanic eruptions shaped the destinies of ancient European societies, leading to dramatic cultural shifts and the emergence of sun worship practices among Neolithic ...

Two so-called sun stones, which are small flat shale pieces with finely incised patterns and sun motifs. They are known only from the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. New evidence suggests ...

The first discovery of the so-called sun stones arrived in 1995 when a few pieces came to light during excavations at the Neolithic site of Rispebjerg on the Danish island of Bornholm. But they ...

Around 4,900 years ago, Neolithic people on Bornholm, Denmark, sacrificed stones with sun motifs, coinciding with a volcanic eruption that obscured the sun in Northern Europe.

HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA—According to a Phys.org report, archaeologist Xingtao Wei of Zhengzhou University and his colleagues analyzed residues preserved on three 8,000-year-old pottery tripods ...