The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

"Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from the ...

The interior of the Menga dolmen features large stone columns that help support the structure. iStock via Spanish National Research Council The Step Pyramid of Djoser, one of Egypt’s oldest stone ...

Karahantepe is one of at least 20 sites dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, more than 10,000 years ago, that are being explored by archaeologists working in the Taş Tepeler, or Stone Mounds, ...

Ahead of a construction project, archaeologists in a French municipality recently excavated the slopes of Punta Campana and discovered an expansive Neolithic site full of ancient artifacts. The site ...

Archaeologists investigating caves in Malaysia ahead of their flooding for a hydroelectric reservoir have discovered more than a dozen prehistoric burials they think are up to 16,000 years old. The ...

Archaeology has a new, unlikely interface: conversation. Instead of peering at potsherds in glass cases, players can now walk ...

The excavation took place ahead of a construction project, researchers said. Florian Soula INRAP Ahead of a construction project, archaeologists in a French municipality recently excavated the slopes ...