A printing of the Declaration of Independence once presented to the last surviving signer of the original document will be sold next month by Freeman's Auction in Philadelphia. It is estimated to be ...

LA GRANDE, Ore. (AP) — It is a stone of mystery, one with a message to share. The question is — was the message meant for people living in today’s nuclear age or for Oregon Trail travelers in the ...

Scientists are planning to take a fresh look at an engraved rock purported to hold the key to the mysterious “lost colony” of Roanoke. Described as “the coldest case in American history,” the fate of ...

A fragment of a stone engraved with an inscription dedicated to the Roman emperor Hadrian was discovered in Jerusalem. The existence of the 2,000-year-old stone fragment, discovered in recent months ...

A colorful pebble bearing a sequence of linear incisions may be the world's oldest engraving. The object, which will be described in the April issue of the Journal of Archaeology, dates back about 100 ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious engraving of a Pictish warrior with a rather cheeky bottom. The engraving was found in a Pictish stone in Perth’s McDiarmid Park, and depicts a male figure ...

Stone carving has always been considered one of the finest arts, mankind used, to emote, his expressions since time immemorial. HT Image In the earlier days, stones were chiselled both as tombstones ...

An engraved stone carved around 10,000 years ago may be the world’s oldest example of a lunar calendar. The rare pebble — found high up in the mountains near Rome, Italy — dates back to the Stone Age, ...