A printing of the Declaration of Independence once presented to the last surviving signer of the original document will be sold next month by Freeman's Auction in Philadelphia. It is estimated to be ...

Long before human communication evolved into incessant tapping on computer keys, people scratched on eggshells. Don’t laugh—researchers say a cache of ostrich eggshells engraved with geometric designs ...

A colorful pebble bearing a sequence of linear incisions may be the world's oldest engraving. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The ...

Scientists are planning to take a fresh look at an engraved rock purported to hold the key to the mysterious “lost colony” of Roanoke. Described as “the coldest case in American history,” the fate of ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious engraving of a Pictish warrior with a rather cheeky bottom. The engraving was found in a Pictish stone in Perth’s McDiarmid Park, and depicts a male figure ...

A fragment of a stone engraved with an inscription dedicated to the Roman emperor Hadrian was discovered in Jerusalem. The existence of the 2,000-year-old stone fragment, discovered in recent months ...

An engraved stone carved around 10,000 years ago may be the world’s oldest example of a lunar calendar. The rare pebble — found high up in the mountains near Rome, Italy — dates back to the Stone Age, ...

Stone carving has always been considered one of the finest arts, mankind used, to emote, his expressions since time immemorial. HT Image In the earlier days, stones were chiselled both as tombstones ...

A prehistoric stone engraving of a horse, believed to have been created about 12,000 years ago, has been found in the Bordeaux region of France. Featuring engravings of geometric shapes and another ...

BURI RAMA - A previously unknown 1.45-metre image of a woman engraved in stone has been discovered by a family gathering wild mushrooms in thick forest in Non Din Daeng district. It is a full frontal ...