They’re not the six-sided dice we’re familiar with now, but these ancient tools were crucial for rudimentary games of chance 12,000 years ago.

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that the world's oldest known dice were crafted and used by Native American ...

Some of the dice-like artifacts studied. (Madden, Am. Antiq., 2026) A new study may have identified the oldest known dice, ...

A study of ancient artifacts suggests Native American dice games began thousands of years earlier than previously documented.

A fossil once hailed as the world’s oldest octopus has been reidentified as a nautilus relative, overturning decades of scientific belief. British researchers used advanced synchrotron imaging to ...

A one-of-a-kind artifact recently found near the Sea of Galilee may shed new light on how early Christians practiced baptism ...

The world's oldest octopus fossil is no longer an octopus. A new study by researchers says the 300-million-year-old creature ...

The oldest known dice in the world are roughly 12,000 years old and from western North America, a new study suggests. Before the discovery, ...

The site holds three prominent mounds, known as Koms A, B, and C, with Kom C selected for investigation due to its history ...

New research on dice suggests Native gambling traditions span 12,000 years, complicating debates over tribal casinos and ...

More than 12,000 years ago, Native American hunter-gatherers were already making and using dice—thousands of years before ...

Archaeologists in Romania uncovered 34 Roman‑era graves and rare artifacts during a preventative dig ahead of building a new ...