Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite offering many beneficial properties for construction, stone has often been overlooked in favor of other materials when ...

John Shaw-Rimmington started building dry stone walls after the stones themselves complained to him. It was the 1980s, and he was living in Ontario, working for clients who wanted decorative stone ...

Building on the research of Sir Flinders Petrie, this investigation dives deeper into the enigmatic stone cores and drill marks found across ancient Egypt — and now, in sites as far away as Peru. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient civilizations accomplished feats of engineering that continue to challenge modern understanding. Despite advances in ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Archaeologists have made an important discovery while exploring Salamis, a small island off the coast of Greece near Athens where a now-sunken city once stood. Scientists found a partially submerged ...

During excavations of a religious site in the United Kingdom, archaeologists found an even more ancient stone construction. The Anchor Church Field Project Newcastle University When Saint Guthlac died ...

Archaeologists in south-east Turkey have made an extraordinary find—a prehistoric stone face that might turn everything we believe about the origins of art and self-awareness on its head. In the early ...

Archaeologists have discovered dozens of ancient "stone grenades" along the iconic Great Wall of China, according to a report. Researchers made the find in the ruins of a building located in a section ...