The purpose of these so-called 'sun stones', and the reasons for throwing them into ditches en masse, have been something of a mystery – but ancient ... layers from Germany, known as varves ...

Archaeologists found the ancient graveyard during construction work and, so far, have excavated less than half of it.

A 1,600-year-old golden lock unearthed in Germany reveals Roman craftsmanship and sparks curiosity about its use and ...

That was the case recently when a remarkable discovery from the Copper Age was made during an otherwise routine dig for a new ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed ... Lake sediments from Germany also hint at drastically reduced sunlight around this time, while ...

Photo from E. de Bourdeaux via LWL A metal detectorist stumbled on a tiny gold cylinder while searching a field in Germany. The find looked like a miniature version of some other ancient Roman ...

Neolithic people buried hundreds of stones carved with images of the sun about 4900 years ago and they may have done it because a volcanic eruption covered the sky ...

Traditional stone-lifting has a rich history, with legendary rocks located everywhere from Iceland and Germany to Asia ... to put wind beneath an ancient piece of rock with a storied history.

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...