Latest Archaeology Stories
Gender and class inequalities haven’t really changed for 4,000 years
The king behind Machu Picchu built his legacy in stone
What unearthing ancient cities teaches us about exploring outer space
This ancient optical illusion is a 14,000-year-old puzzle
Ancient crystals show that beer has always had a place at the table
Humankind’s legacy is basically garbage
Archaeologists unearth more evidence that when a civilization drinks together, it stays together
As Rome digs its first new metro route in decades, an archaeologist safeguards the city’s buried treasures
These Chinese fossil deposits shed light on an explosive period in evolution
Ancient poop is helping archaeologists understand a midwestern city’s demise
Anthropologists have identified the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in Europe
Prehistoric footprints reveal how ancient men and women divided labor
Your ashes might say more about you than you’d think
Scientists explored a buried Roman city without digging up an ounce of soil
Colonial bias gave us an incorrect history of North America’s Indigenous people
These 1,000-year-old, blue-specked teeth could rewrite medieval history
Video: Sunken Seaplane Was One Of The First Victims Of Pearl Harbor
400-Year-Old Hearts Had Same Diseases As Hearts Of Today
Siberian unicorns lived alongside humans, and they were so much cooler than the mythical version
Roman Toilets Didn’t Help With Hygiene
Dinosaur Stomping Ground Found
Ancient Tooth Yields Up DNA Of Ancient Human Cousins, The Denisovans
Smart Scanner Will Make It Easier To Digitize Archaeological Relics
A Mammoth Discovery
Scans Reveal Strange Warm Spot At Giza Pyramid
The oldest weapons in North America offer a new view of prehistoric tech
Bigger Brains in Human Ancestors
What ice cores tell us about ancient storms
The Cat May Have Been Domesticated Two Separate Times
Looking Inside a Mummy’s Stomach
Muons And Drone-Mounted Lasers Probe For Secret Rooms In Egypt’s Pyramids
Why tiny fossils can tell us more than big ones
Did Humans Evolve Opposable Thumbs So We Could Punch Each Other?
Pharaoh’s Feminine Figure Explained
Our Neanderthal DNA May Help Scientists Understand Depression And Addiction
Jefferson-Era Chemistry Lab Discovered At UVA
Archeologists Unearth Oldest “Old World” Brain
A Space Archaeologist Wants Your Help In Locating Lost Tombs
The Space Archaeologists
Bogs are beautiful, swampy records of human history
Cheese played a surprisingly important role in human evolution
9,000-Year-Old Remains Show Evidence Of Oldest Known Decapitation In The Americas
Sail Like An Egyptian
What Did Early Americans Eat?
Reports of Homo erectus’ laziness are ‘moronic’
Satellites Help Locate Shipwrecks In Shallow Waters
‘Indiana Jones 5’ Is Coming, Starring Harrison Ford
The weirdest things we learned this week: bone flutes, zebra carriages, and laughing gas parties
Explore A 3D Model Of Richard III’s Parking-Lot Grave
Oldest Human DNA Found in the Americas
I squeezed through a 7-inch passage to find ancient humans
Burnt bread shows that our ancestors were baking 4,000 years before agriculture
Website Yields Unexpected Results in the Business of Artifacts
Humans Spread Over South America Like An Invasive Species
Do Those Guys With Metal Detectors Ever Find Treasure?
Eating Carbs Helped Humans Develop Big Brains
Scientists In The United Kingdom Are ‘Fingerprinting’ Stolen Rocks
Four Years of Google Earth, and What Has it Found?
A volcanic eruption may have helped the dinosaurs take over the world
Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?
How South Africa’s ‘Cradle of Humankind’ got the title
Ancient ‘made in China’ label pushes back the date of shipwreck by 100 years
Floridians And Mastodons Once Coexisted
So, Just How Good Are You At Puzzles?
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