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Humans, not glaciers, brought stones to Stonehenge, study confirms

After analysing over 700 zircon and apatite grains they found that glaciers likely didn’t extend to parts of England as far south as Salisbury Plain during the last ice age.

Ken Follett returns with an epic on building Stonehenge in 2500 BCE.
View of the Hizma checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank, August 21, 2025.

IDF rescues Israeli trapped inside Hizma following military blockade of Palestinian village - Ynet

IDF officers planning an operation in Kafr Aqab, December 2025.

IDF, police conduct operation against criminal, terror operatives in Kafr Aqab, northern Jerusalem

IDF troops operate in the northern West Bank.

IDF kills one, arrests another after stone-throwing attack near West Bank highway


Turkey unveils new Gobeklitepe discoveries, adding to picture of Neolithic age

Turkey's Stone Mounds Project, including Gobeklitepe and Karahantepe, features the world's oldest structures for gathering and rituals, dating to 9,500 BCE.

A pillar and a human statue stand at the Karahantepe excavation site, widely regarded with Gobeklitepe as keys to understanding the birth of symbolic thought, social complexity and monumental architecture thousands of years before cities or states existed, near the southeastern city of Sanliurfa, Tu

Two Jews, seven Palestinians wounded in clash near Bethlehem

One of the wounded on the Palestinian side was hit by gunfire from a Jewish settler.

Buildings and streets of Jenin refugee camp, November 19, 2025.

Paratroopers kill terrorist who threw rocks at Israeli citizens, soldiers near Ofra in West Bank

IDF troops, operating with Shin Bet direction, arrested more than 60 wanted suspects across the West Bank last week, including 18 Hamas operatives

IDF troops operating in West Bank.

Massive emerald gemstone found in Madagascar's presidential palace

Mines Minister Carl Andriamparany called the gemstone a collector's dream, adding that officials have found no record of a similar stone ever documented in Madagascar.

Madagascar's new military ruler, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, speaks after being sworn in as president on Friday taking over from Andry Rajoelina following a coup that ousted him, at the constitutional court in Antanariv , Madagascar, October 17, 2025

Lost letter of Emperor Caracalla Found — Burdur Museum Rushes to Save 1,800-Year-Old Stones

Following a demolition order, the Burdur Museum Directorate is retrieving ten slabs reused in the 1950s from the ancient city of Takina to safeguard them as cultural heritage.

The Ancient Roman written Stone. Illustration.

Lion-headed stone found at Bathonea points to late antique olive oil and wine production hub

A carved limestone block bearing a lion-head spout emerged from the soil of Bathonea, the ancient harbor city on the northern shore of Istanbul’s Lake Küçükçekmece.

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Hieroglyphic stele with winged sun disk in Sharqia may reshape record of the Canopus Decree

The sandstone slab, uncovered in the temple complex at Tell Far'oun in Al-Husseiniyah, measures 127.5 by 83 by about 48 centimeters and carries 30 lines of hieroglyphs.

The found Canopus Decree.

Man lightly wounded after stones pelted at vehicle near Jerusalem

The man sustained injuries to his limbs caused by broken glass.

A Magen David Adom vehicle on Highway 1, which was shut down as a result of the fires, April 30, 2025

MDA treats hilltop youth for gunshot wound fired by Border Police officer

The hilltop youth was shot after throwing stones towards the road when the officer felt his life was in danger, according to Army Radio, citing the Border Police spokesperson.

A Magen David Adom ambulance; illustrative.

Earth's oldest stones: New dating puts Greenstone Belt age at 4.16 billion years

Researchers used two isotope decay methods to confirm the age of ancient magma in the Nuvvuagittuq rocks.

 Earth's oldest stones: New dating puts Greenstone Belt age at 4.16 billion years.