Civilizations from Stone Age Scotland to the eighth-century Maya to 13th-century African empires have used dry stone walling ...

An ancient burial site discovered in 1976, this excavated mound contains a stone structure that is most likely the remnants of a tomb, where shards of pottery suggest funerary offerings were made.

Archaeology has long been kind to the men (and women) who raised Egypt’s stone marvels. Burial shafts beside the Giza ...

The most mysterious artifacts ever discovered in America all have unique and strange tales. Let's take a look at what these ...

New research in northwest Saudi Arabia has identified the existence of a network of previously unknown walled oases.

Archaeologists in the Judean Desert have unearthed a "mysterious pyramid-shaped structure" dating back 2,200 years. "It is an enthralling historical mystery," the directors said in the release.

Archaeologists discovered a walled city in the northern Saudi Arabian desert that was likely home to 500 people as far back as 2,400 B.C. The experts believe the city’s roughly 1,000 years of ...

Ancient polychrome wall found in northern Peru likely over 4,000 years old. By Reuters. August 25, 2023 5:19 AM UTC Updated August 25, 2023 ... drawn in the desert more than 1,500 years ago, ...

What it is: An ancient stone circle in the Egyptian desert that may be the oldest known astronomical observatory Where it is from: An desert area of southern Egypt, about 175 miles (280 kilometers ...

Stone Age hunter–gatherers traveled long distances to get the right color stone for their tools Jul 10, 2025 Archaeologists uncover tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, first ruler of ancient Maya city Caracol ...

The most ambitious recent dry-stone-walling projects, such as the multimillion-dollar effort to restore the stone walls of Italy’s Cinque Terre, are in service of historical preservation.

Archaeologists discovered 88 ancient footprints dating back about 12,000 years in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert. The human footprints are also called "ghost footprints" because they are only seen ...