A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...

The invention of the wheel is a major breakthrough in human history. But now, the records may have to be rewritten - as the ...

After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...

First discovered in 1963, the Treasure of Villena is a haul of 66 items largely made of gold and silver. The treasure – ...

Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to archaeologists, a fortune teller would carve a question into the bone with ...

A French-Saudi research team unearthed the 4,000-year-old hidden town named al-Natah within the walled oasis of Khaybar, a fertile land surrounded by desert in the northwest of the Arabian ...

Natah, in Saudi Arabia's Khaybar Oasis, revealing insights into ancient urban life and challenging previous notions of ...

Archaeologists excavating a site in Dorset, England, have recovered one of the oldest and most complete wooden tools ever ...

Editor's Note: APYs listed in this article are up-to-date as of the time of publication ... How much you should be saving for retirement is an age-old question that just about everybody wants ...

Before exploring the average retirement age in the UK, it’s worth knowing that everyone is free to work for as long as they wish. That’s because Britain has no forced retirement age.