In 1893, British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones ... In 1999, their writing system was revealed when road builders unearthed an inscribed stone tablet.

Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists - The administrative tablets give a rare ...

Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented ...

This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from granite ... clothing and everyday life. The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing boards to keep records of thing like laws.

Now, scientists in Norway are working to reassemble the ancient puzzle ... concrete evidence regarding the early use of runic writing on stone and the age of the earliest rune-stones,” said ...