More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these ...

An object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany — crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some of the ...

A curious ancient Roman artifact has drawn renewed attention as researchers report finally solving the mystery of its undeciphered markings.

Thousands of marks carved into Paleolithic artifacts suggest that early modern humans were using structured symbols to communicate as far back as 40,000 years ago, a detailed analysis has found. The ...

Thrifting has also uncovered other antique heirlooms. In some cases, secondhand shopping has allowed families to reconnect ...

And while not all of these diagonal streets reach the Loop, it’s unusual for them not to point in that direction (Ogden being the most obvious example that originally terminated at the old Chicago ...

The comparison focused on three-dimensional geometry rather than decoration. This matters because cartonnage masks were often shaped in molds: If two objects were formed in the same mold, they can ...

History Colorado has named its newest exhibition “Moments that Made US,” but the most important word in that title is “US.” ...

Indigenous groups in present-day Oregon stitched the fragments together using cord made from plant fiber and animal hair.

A 1950s find of Late Pleistocene perishable items from two Oregon caves was recently made available to scientists. Included ...

Portugal returns artifacts, making its first restitution of pre-Columbian objects to Mexico, as both countries commit to combat itrafficking of cultural property.