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Large petroglyph in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada

A little digging around suggests this boulder was discovered in 1923 in the Lone Cabin Creek area of the middle Fraser River, just south of the Gang Ranch. It was moved to Stanley Park in 1926.

Ivory Venus Figurine From The Swabian Jura Rewrites Prehistory

ScienceDaily (May 14, 2009) — The 2008 excavations at Hohle Fels Cave in the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany recovered a female figurine carved from mammoth ivory from the basal Aurignacian deposit.


This figurine, which is the earliest depiction of a human, and one of the oldest known examples of figurative art worldwide, was made at least 35,000 years ago. This discovery radically changes our views of the context and meaning of the earliest Paleolithic art.

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Just in time for the shopping season

A store that operated in the 1800s has been unearthed at what is now Boyds Corner northeast of Middletown. According to transportation department officials, store owner John Boyd, who emigrated from Ireland to Delaware in 1791, bought the site from his father-in-law, Thomas Read, in 1812.



The officials are not sure when he built and began operating the store, but an 1849 map identifies his shop at that location.


In addition to the child's marble, items that workers have uncovered include a suspender buckle, gun flints, a wrought-iron nail, a sleigh bell, shards from a stoneware milk pan, broken pieces of ceramic pottery and a kettle hook.

Prehistoric human skull found at Isle of Man Airport

A PREHISTORIC human skull dating back 5,000 years together with remains relating to a Neolithic house have been discovered during works on the runway extension project at Ronaldsway. Experts from Oxford Archaeology called in to carry out the excavation have described the finds as being of 'national and possibly European significance'.


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Ancient Fort Opens New Chapter In First Nations' History

A fortified village that pre-dates European arrival in Western Canada and is the only one of its kind discovered on the Canadian plains is yielding intriguing evidence of an unknown First Nations group settling on the prairies and is rekindling new ties between the Siksika Nation (Blackfoot) and aboriginal groups in the United States.

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Ancient open-air theatres across Greece are crumbling due to neglect

Ancient open-air theatres across Greece are crumbling due to neglect and need swift government intervention to rescue them.



Greece, where Classical drama was born in the 5th century BC, boasts scores of theatres that form a key part of the country's classical cultural heritage. But while about 30 are in a state to host cultural events, 76 are in need of urgent repair.

The 6th century BC Dionysus theatre