The Peloncillo mining district in the Black Hills has a solid history of producing pumice and scoria as well as being a unique site for collecting fire agates. The Black Hills are at the northern end ...

When they first laid eyes on the fragmentary remains of the dun-colored skull—part of a flat and low brain case, a nearly complete, chinless lower jaw, and one lonely tooth—the Israeli ...

9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups A cremation pyre built about 9,500 years ago has been discovered in Africa, offering ...

More than a century ago, a rancher in western Nebraska discovered some unusual animal bones on his land. It took another 20 years for paleontologists to arrive, and when they did, they uncovered a ...

Italian archaeologists working at the sanctuary of Tas-Silg on Malta have discovered an agate fragment with a Middle Babylonian cuneiform inscription dating to the thirteenth or fourteenth century B.C ...

The Pylos Combat Agate, found in the Griffin Warrior’s grave, is an extraordinarily fine seal stone measuring only 1.4 inches wide. It depicts the final moments of a battle among three ...