Tag: Rock
Getty acquires Hellenistic rock crystal garden ring – The History Blog
The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a masterpiece of Hellenistic jewelry: an elaborate gold ring with a miniature...
Colossal 12,000-Year-Old Rock Art Reveals Forgotten Human Culture in Ancient Arabia
Monumental rock art in Arabia reveals how ancient communities survived, thrived, and expressed identity in a once forbidding desert...
12,000-Year-Old Camel Rock Art In Arabia’s Desert Served As Ancient Signs To Water Sources
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A research team has discovered over 60 rock art panels featuring 176 engravings in three...
12,000-year-old animal rock carvings found in Saudi Arabian desert – The History Blog
Dozens of monumental rock carvings of animals have been discovered around in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud desert. They date to...
Mysterious Ancient Rock Carvings May Be Linked To The Native American Legend Of The False Face
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - To this day, the origins and purpose of the enigmatic rock carvings remain shrouded...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Spots Bizarre Helmet-Shaped Rock and Mysterious Megaripples
Perseverance left rocky slopes for sandy megaripples at “Kerrlaguna,” where it’s studying how wind continues to shape Mars today....
Scientists May Have Solved a Puzzling Space Rock Mystery That Could Change Our Understanding of How Life Began
Although carbon-rich asteroids are common in space, they account for less than 5% of the meteorites that reach Earth....
Hiding in Plain Sight: 220-Million-Year-Old Sea Dragon Found in Museum Rock After Decades
Ichthyosaur fossil confirmed for the first time in western Japan — also marks Japan’s first discovery of a Late...
Mysterious Rock Art Reveals Secrets of Egypt’s First Dynasty
An engraved panel from Aswan may show one of Egypt’s earliest political elites. It reveals how rulers used art...
Rare Rock Panel Sheds New Light On Ancient Egyptian History
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recently discovered rock art panel located near Aswan, Egypt, may illustrate a rare image...