Civilizations from Stone Age Scotland to the eighth-century Maya to 13th-century African empires have used dry stone walling ...

The most ambitious recent dry-stone-walling projects, such as the multimillion-dollar effort to restore the stone walls of Italy’s Cinque Terre, are in service of historical preservation.

Ancient fortifications in Europe had melted stone walls—but it wasn’t battle damage. In Scotland, some 70 hill forts, such as Dunagoil on the Isle of Bute, had stone walls that were partially ...

Archaeologists and university students excavated a stone wall in southern Spain and confirmed a decades-old theory. Photos show the ancient structures found at the site.

These settlements were densely populated. They consisted of central kraals (livestock enclosures, or lesaka in the Sesotho language) surrounded by homesteads built of stone. Kaditshwene was the most ...

An ancient stone wall used by hikers on the Italian peninsula was built to trap a famed gladiator, officials said. Ministry of Culture When imagining the epic era of Roman gladiators, one name is ...

Thieves are dismantling ancient stone walls across North Wales, eroding a vital piece of the region's heritage. An expert has warned that the pilfering of stones for new constructions or garden ...

Ancient stone walls and power: what data science tools can reveal in African archaeology. Mncedisi Siteleki, University of Oslo. Mon, February 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM UTC. 5 min read.

Read more: How pots, sand and stone walls helped us date an ancient South African settlement. Conversely, the settlement of Kaditshwene, despite its size, had the least visible kraals.