Archaeologists in North China's Shanxi Province have announced the first-ever discovery of a Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25) pictorial stone carving bearing the county name "Lishi," referring to present-day ...

A discovery beneath Kolsåstoppen, a forested hill in eastern Norway, is drawing new attention to rock carvings created more ...

The standout images are ships, some carved upright, others upside down, packed with small human figures whose heads are unusually clearly defined. Fjeld and his daughter also spotted the “sole of a ...

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Ancient stone carvings have long captured the imagination of historians and enthusiasts alike, with some suggesting these artworks depict aircraft-like machines. The presence of such carvings in ...

Phys.org reports that an excavation at the Holzman archaeological site in central Alaska’s Tanana Valley has uncovered ivory ...

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, ...

An international team has discovered the earliest known hand-held wooden tools used by humans. A study jointly led by ...

For more than 200 years, Nordic Bronze Age rock art has sparked the interest of academics. Yet we still know surprisingly ...

A survey of rock art in Wadi Khamila conducted by Mustafa Nour El-Din of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Ludwig Morenz of the University of Bonn revealed a 5,000-year-old ...

Franklin Matchian cannot wait to get to Tucson for the gem show season, although strictly speaking that’s not his primary ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The collection consists of nine (9) ...