What might be passed over as two oddly shaped rocks are the work of Stone Age artisans who sculpted the rocks into beady-eyed snake heads, archaeologists have found. It's a mystery why these ancient ...

Istanbul, 1838: in fear for his life, treasure-hunting archaeologist Dr Lefèvre begs Yashim the Eunuch to help smuggle him out of the city. Two days later, reports of Lefèvre’s mutilated corpse dumped ...

Carvings about 70,000 years old on a snake-like rock in a cave in Botswana indicate that Stone Age people developed religious rituals far earlier than previously believed, a researcher said on ...

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Heart's Zoe Hardman and her two young children got stuck in to some arts and crafts when they joined forces to make a colourful stone snake to brighten up their garden. Making a memory snake with my ...

Chennai: A fragmented terracotta snake figurine and a crystal stone, polished and glittering, were discovered at Keeladi in Sivaganga district where the ninth phase of excavation is being undertaken ...