Mysterious stone spheres discovered in ancient settlements in the Mediterranean could be game pieces from the oldest board games ever created, a new study suggests. A large number of small spherical ...

(MENAFN- The Costa Rica News) The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica are a group of more than 5 hundred pyrospheres located mainly in the south of Costa Rica in the alluvial plain of the 'Delta del Diquí' ...

There has been quite a lot of speculation around these spheres found at sites on Santorini, Crete, Cyprus, and other Greek Islands with theories around their use including being for some sort of sling ...

One of the curiosities of the Kysuce region is mysterious stone spheres; the area around Čadca is the biggest discovery site in all Europe. The balls are called Megoňky due to the locality where they ...

Researchers are investigating the origin of the giant stone balls in Costa Rica that inspired the opening scenes of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." The ancient stone spheres of Costa Rica were made ...

Strange stone spheres found during archaeological digs across ancient Greece may have been tokens used in a Bronze Age board game, a study has concluded. The putative playing pieces — which are ...

Costa Rica has presented a bid for its pre-Columbian stone spheres to be inducted into the exclusive World Heritage list by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ...

Specialists from Costa Rica and Mexico are restoring three pre-Columbian stone spheres, rare examples carved from limestone, at the Finca 6 Museum Site in Palmar de Osa in southern Costa Rica. The ...

Intricately carved stone balls of unknown purpose, which date to the third millennium B.C. and have been discovered throughout the British Isles—though most frequently in northeast Scotland—continue ...

Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of ...