More figurines and objects carved during the late Stone Age have been discovered at Zaraysk, southeast of Moscow. The new artifacts include two human figures assumed to be female, a small bone engraved with a cross-hatch pattern, a mammoth rib inscribed with three mammoths, and a cone-shaped object. “These finds are incredibly rare, and they […]

A necklace of amber beads thought to be 4,000 years old has been unearthed in a cist tomb in northwest England. “[Amber is] associated with burials in the prehistoric period but it’s not readily available, the nearest source is in the Baltic [region],” said Vicky Nash of the Mellor Archaeological Trust. A dug-out wooden boat […]