A distinctive rock in the deepest part of a northern Israeli cave suggests the space may have been used for communal rituals about 35,000 ... Given the more recent age for fire use, it doesn ...

Värikallio rock paintings are some of the most famous examples of Stone Age rock art in Finland. Because some of the paintings depict a person drumming with their hands, researchers suggest the ...

The Stone Age timeline encompasses a huge chunk of human ... leading many to believe that some of these procedures were performed solely as rituals. Prehistoric societies might have also attempted ...

Ritualized human sacrifice was common across Europe during the Stone Age, according to a team of ... is distinguishing ritual sacrifice from other forms of ritualized violence,” the study ...

From the Stone Age came prehistoric art ... Perhaps sacred centers of ritual and worship. We know they functioned as celestial calendars. As this 360-degree theater demonstrates, the structure ...

Personal adornment — including earring-like objects thought to be worn as piercings — has been documented among Neolithic or late Stone Age ... marked coming-of-age rituals within social ...

Stone Age people at Masseria Candelaro in Puglia ... The skull fragments found in Italy were likely linked to rituals directed towards specific ancestors as opposed to standard funerary rites.

It's also possible the roundels may have been connected with trade, rituals or rites of passage ... archaeologists excavating the Stone Age roundel... The roundel structure uncovered in the ...

A significant prehistoric monument has been discovered in a Derbyshire forest thanks to excavations by Forestry England in partnership with Time Team - the well-known British archaeology series ...