Over the years, a variety of mysterious engraved stone plaques have been unearthed in Denmark. The decorative artifacts date to around 2900 B.C.E., during the Neolithic period. Now, researchers have ...

The prehistoric artifacts are small ... Evidence from the site indicates that Neolithic people deposited the stones en masse over a short period—possibly in a single event—around 2900 B.C ...

Archaeologists in Chintamani taluk, Karnataka, have discovered 40 prehistoric sites, uncovering rock paintings from the ...

According to the team, there is a high chance that a connection exists between the volcanic eruption, the subsequent changes in climate, and the ritual sun stone sacrifices. In addition to a ...

Archaeologists have discovered 4,800-year-old relics in the earliest known lakeside settlement in Tibet, officially the Xizang Autonomous Region of China, dating back thousands of years. The site, ...

"We investigated Masseria Candelaro because we are studying how prehistoric people interacted with the dead between the Neolithic to the end of the Bronze Age in Italy," study lead author Jess ...

The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...

The position has been documented as early as the Later Neolithic era ... These new findings of the Bronze Age remains and artifacts can offer researchers more insight into the era when humans ...

Hundreds of stone artifacts discovered on a Danish island may have been offered to the gods to ward off a climate crisis. A volcanic eruption in 2910 B.C. may be the reason Neolithic people on a ...

Three years ago, archaeologists were called to a 24-acre plot of land in central England. They were there on behalf of Bloor Homes, a housing development company, to search the land and make sure ...

This new insight into a climate episode in the Neolithic period has led archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen, the National Museum of Denmark and the Museum of Bornholm to view their ...