Small figurines carved from mammoth ivory more than 30,000 years ago have been discovered in a cave in Germany. Among the earliest undisputed artworks ever found, they are providing new clues into the ...

In the heart of El Salvador, a recent archaeological discovery has reignited fascination with the enigmatic societies of ancient Mesoamerica. Hidden within a 2,000-year-old pyramid near the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view of an ancient temple with square rooms and stone walls. Archaeologists excavating a 2,800-year-old temple at a ...

A 12,000-year-old clay figurine found at a prehistoric village overlooking the Sea of Galilee is reshaping what researchers know about early art, according to a study in PNAS. The artifact, a tiny ...

JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — An 1,800-year-old figurine believed to have originated from the eastern stretches of the Roman Empire has been discovered by archaeologists outside the walls of the old city, the ...

BELLEVILLE -- If just one more shovel of earth had been removed, the curious figurine of a kneeling woman carved about 900 years ago might have ended up in a 19th century curio shop. Or lost forever.

A 2000-year-old figurine depicting a Celtic fertility God has been uncovered in an old Roman settlement by archaeologists in farmland in Cambridgeshire. The discovery shows there were strong links ...

Two summers ago, while snorkeling in the marshy streams of the Tollense River on Germany’s Baltic coast, a 51-year-old truck driver named Ronald Borgwardt made a startling discovery. Poking around in ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare stone figurine of a woman at a dig in Turkey's central province of Konya. The woman, with her sagging breasts and belly, is thought to represent either a fertility ...

If you collect Precious Moments figurines, you may be sitting on a small fortune. Some of the company's earliest offerings can sell for hundreds of dollars online. Precious Moments was founded in 1978 ...