Ancient rock carvings go online
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Archaeologists discover more than 250 examples of prehistoric rock art carvings in Northumberland.
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The earliest evidence for the existence of reptiles is found in  rocks dating back 315 million years.
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Archaeologists say they have found the ashes, bones and other evidence of animal sacrifices to some pre-Zeus deity on the summit of Mount Lykaion in Greece.
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By Derek Kravitz, The Dallas Morning News  Jun. 18--SEYMOUR, Texas -- Robert T. Bakker picks out a 275 million-year-old tooth from the red-colored dirt on this massive northwest Texas ranch, examines it with a trained eye and promptly sticks it in his mouth.
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Researchers said Thursday they have unearthed what may be one of the earliest calendar entries in Meso-America, massive stone sculpture that suggests women held important status roles in pre-Hispanic culture.
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For the past couple of years, these mysterious circles of carved stone figures, which villagers in southern Nigeria still worship on occasion, have been causing a frenzy of excitement here.
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If you have ever wandered around a dusty Greek archaeological site in midsummer, clueless about what you are seeing or where you are going, help is finally at hand. Greece's Culture Ministry on Thursday unveiled a hand-held gadget for visitors that offers high-resolution video, detailed diagrams of sites such as ancient temples, position indicators, and imagery along with stereo sound.
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Live images of an ancient "solar clock"  are to be beamed to a global audience from an ancient tomb in Ireland
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Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy&#39;s hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.
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The Mars Global Surveyor released the latest glyph image that appears to evoke the kinds of communication in rock formations that has become famous among Mars' watchers on the internet. But there is a serious side to interpreting remote sensing data, and shadow is not always one's ally...
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A Finnish research team has made a remarkable archaeological find linked to a prehistoric culture which predates the Incas.
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By Urry, James  AMIRIA HENARE, Museums, Anthropology and Imperial Exchange. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. xix + 323. ISBN 0- 521-83591-7. Pounds 48.00, $80.00 (hardback).
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By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID  WASHINGTON - Chimpanzees may have been using stone "hammers" as long as 4,300 years ago.
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An image gallery containing creatures and objects made with Blender, an open-source 3D tool.
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The Internet is fertile ground for genealogy websites branching out to connect the dead and the living with a shared dream of drawing humanity's family tree.
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A 16 billion pixel image of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper masterpiece is posted on the internet.
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Asia Societyâs glinting and glowing show of pre-Islamic art offers windows onto history, past and present.