An investigation into the evidence for ancient high technology found across the world. We look into the evidence for ...

Astonishing evidence for an ancient form of sophisticated machining into very hard stone can be seen on one of the artifacts found on the Ancient Egyptian site of Elephantine Island. After several ...

Ancient stone tools found on Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia, raises huge questions about early hominins ability to sail ...

Around three million years ago, ancient hominins began refining their toolmaking, using hammerstones to strike stone cores and create sharp-edged flakes. By pounding, slicing and scraping, the stone ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) At first glance, it might seem impossible to decipher. But as an experimental ...

Archaeologists are revealing the secrets of a long-lost Stone Age civilisation – believed to be the oldest in the world. Ongoing investigations by Turkish, British and other archaeologists in ...