A smudged red disk painted on a cave wall in northern Spain has been dated to more than 40,800 years ago using a technique that measures the radioactive uranium in the calcite patina covering the painting. The new dates suggest that these paintings are almost 10,000 years older than cave paintings in central France. Alistair Pike […]

Ireland’s Lia Fail Standing Stone, also known as the “Stone of Destiny,”  has been vandalized. The 5,500-year-old monument, which sits on the Hill of Tara, was hit with a hammer, causing damage in a total of 11 places on all four granite faces. None of the fragments were found. Tradition holds that the High Kings […]