Ancient stonemasons in Crete may have used simple handheld stone tools to shape limestone blocks for Minoan palaces nearly 4,000 years ago, according to new research. Experiments with stonemasons' percussive tools suggest that local materials helped Bronze Age craftsmen...
Archaeologists in Russia have uncovered a rare Alan harness plate made from a gold-silver alloy inside an ancient Caucasus burial mound. The artifact dates to the middle and second half of the 3rd century AD and sheds new light...
