At first glance, Denmark’s Bay of Aarhus looks like any other stretch of sea. However, beneath its calm, dark waters lie Stone Age settlements that were drowned by the sea more than 8,500 years ago.

Archaeologists studying the vast Zvejnieki cemetery in Latvia have uncovered surprising truths about Stone Age life. Stone tools, long thought to symbolize male hunters, were actually buried just as ...

Archaeologist Laura Dietrich studies a replica Stone Age axe in Germany. While not from the Latvian site, such replicas reveal how ancient tools were used. Some 6,000 years ago in the northern reaches ...

When Plato first described Atlantis more than 2,000 years ago, he wrote of a powerful island civilization that vanished beneath the sea. Although most historians believe the account was not literal, ...

Two chunks of ocher unearthed at ancient rock shelters in Ukraine were actually Neanderthal crayons, according to a recent ...

2.6 million-year-old stone tools reveal ancient human relatives were 'forward planning' 600,000 years earlier than thought 'Oddly shaped head' left in Italian cave 12,500 years ago is Europe's oldest ...

The Loveland Stone Age Fair, approaching a century old, is returning to town, promising a free, fun and educational Saturday for children and adults alike. The fair, now in its 91st year, will be ...

Archaeologists in Spain have discovered a 5,000-year-old stone monument that holds multiple burials and many grave goods, including weapons. These prehistoric stone monuments, known as dolmens, are ...

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