Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Egyptian rock carving that could reveal the secrets of the ancient kings. Found carved into a stone near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, researchers believe ...

Around 39,000 years ago, a Neanderthal huddled in the back of a seaside cave at Gibraltar, safe from the hyenas, lions and leopards that might have prowled outside. Under the flickering light of a ...

OUTSIDE OF FORKS, Clallam County — There hadn’t been any good fishing on the Calawah River the day last December when Erik Wasankari and his son Reid found the rock. It was a damp, cold day when the ...

An archaeological team in the Bayuda Desert in northern Sudan has discovered dozens of new rock art drawings, some of which were etched more than 5,000 years ago and reveal scenes that scientists ...

Stars and lines engraved in rocks on the Arabian Peninsula may represent nearby hunting traps, making these carvings the first scale-plan diagrams in human history, according to a new study that ...

For 5,000 years, one of the world’s earliest carvings depicting skiing endured rain, wind and snow on the coast of a Norwegian island. But it took only minutes for two children to destroy the historic ...

An archaeological team in the Bayuda Desert in northern Sudan has discovered dozens of new rock art drawings, some of which were etched more than 5,000 years ago and reveal scenes that scientists ...

Some Norwegian hobbyists are having a great time uncovering hundreds of Bronze Age carvings. Their discoveries have lent weight to theories about what the mysterious images mean. From left: Lars Ole ...

PYRAMID LAKE, Nev. — Ancient rock etchings along a dried-up lake bed in Nevada have been confirmed to be the oldest recorded petroglyphs in North America, dating back at least 10,000 years. The ...

Kristin is a science journalist in New York who has lived in DC, Boston, LA, and the SF Bay Area. Most recently, Kristin worked for PBS Newshour and National Geographic writing about science and ...