An ancient stone with a phallic motif provides new information on Stone Age art and symbols.
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THE Govern­ment’s craven appeasement of militant Islam is plumbing new depths.

Under the guise of promoting tolerance, Ministers are tearing apart the legal fabric that was once part of the bedrock of our civilised society.

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Gordon Brown unjustifiably used the anti-terrorism act against the people of Iceland, for his own short-term political gain. This has turned a grave situation into a national disaster, affecting families in both Iceland and the United Kingdom. Help us avert…

A fracture of a spindle with a runic inscription was discovered in an archeological excavation near the Althingi parliament building in Reykjavík last week. It is believed to date back to the 11th century and may be the oldest runic…

One hour before the final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign, fourteen members of IVAW marched in formation to Hofstra University to present questions for the candidates. IVAW had requested permission from debate moderator Bob Schieffer to ask their questions…

Hopes of saving the red squirrel from oblivion have been raised, with the discovery that some of the animals have developed immunity to a deadly virus.

Eight have been found to have naturally developed immunity to the squirrelpox virus,…

Britain’s rich variety of regional dialects have become largely forgotten and with the emphasis on foreign languages they are “teetering on the brink of extinction,” a linguistics professor has claimed.

A survey of 3,000 people carried out in…

Later this month teams of scientists, engineers, pilots and support staff from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), USA, Germany, Australia, China and Japan will join forces for one of the most scientifically, technically ambitious and physically demanding Antarctic projects yet to…

Global warming is happening and we’re to blame, right? That’s certainly the view of almost every expert in the field. But a die-hard band of naysayers continues to rail against the consensus. Are they completely mad? Judge for yourself…

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Early plans to create a giant “Big Brother” database holding information about every phone call, email and internet visit made in the UK were last night condemned by the Government’s own terrorism watchdog.

Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, the…

ARCEHOLOGISTS have discovered the bones of at least 50 prehistoric people killed in an armed attack in Germany about 1300BC.

The signs of battle were found near Demmin, north of Berlin. They are the…

What happened to the prehistoric village on Lake Mondsee in the Austrian Alps? One geologist has found evidence that a vast rock slide may have set off a tsunami that buried the lakeside settlement. He’s hoping to find funding —…

This toy hedgehog, found in a child’s grave at Stonehenge, is proof of what we have always known – children have always loved to play.

The chalk figurine was probably a favourite possession of the three year old, and placed…

Archeologists have been exploring a necropolis housing 55 bodies and 18 pieces of 1,700-year-old golden jewelry in the ancient city of Ephesus, located in the Aegean province of İzmir.

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POZZUOLI, Italy, Oct. 10 (UPI) — The Roman stadium where Emperor Antoninus Pius staged Rome’s version of the Olympic Games will be open this weekend for the first time in almost 500 years. Archaeologists have so far excavated half of…

In an age of rapidly rising fuel bills the discovery of vast supplies of free hot water sounds too good to be true. But that is exactly what one Dutch city has found to run the radiators of hundreds…

The power of the sun is to be recreated in a new £1 billion science project which aims to provide a clean and almost limitless source of energy.

British scientists will this week begin work to create a nuclear fusion…

It may have taken Michelangelo four long years to paint his fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but his earliest predecessors spent considerably longer perfecting their own masterpieces.

Scientists have discovered that prehistoric cave paintings took up…

Poland has claimed that it has assembled enough votes to block a landmark EU climate change agreement after spearheading a revolt by Eastern European states that fear the package would increase their dependence on Russian natural gas supplies.

A six…

A revolutionary plan to produce green fuel from the jatropha plant has passed a major test by delivering its first shipments.

D1 Oils, the British company behind the scheme, says it is well on the way to reaching its target…