This video shows a historic landscape in Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, where a line of large stone statues stands on open ...

Giant “dragon stones” found across the Armenian highlands were shaped and installed by an ancient “water cult”, archaeologists revealed in a new study. The pillar stones carved in animal shapes and ...

Archaeologists have finally uncovered the purpose of four mysterious stone megastructures scattered across Europe. These ancient constructions, once thought to be ritualistic or defensive, have been ...

Known as the Plain of Jars, this UNESCO World Heritage site features thousands of massive, tubular-shaped stone vessels scattered across the Xieng Khouang plateau, some standing up to three meters ...

Ancient inhabitants of the Arabian desert created monumental works of rock art on cliff faces, including life-sized images of camels, perhaps as a way to mark sources of water. Michael Petraglia, at ...

Ancient Greek weightlifter Bybon went down in history for the feat of lifting a 316-pound stone overhead with one hand.